In 2017, something curious happened: Sony started manufacturing vinyl records again after ceasing all production in 1989. The RIAA's (Recording Industry Association of America) 2022 year-end revenue ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), vinyl records outsold CDs in the United States in 2023, the second ...

It appears that, much the recent return to vinyl records, many music fans are fueling a resurgence of interest in CDs. How, and why, is this happening?

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Our primer on Hi-Res Audio for those who think Spotify and the Apple iPod raised the bar for music playback. In response, Hi-Res Audio (or high resolution audio) may have been a form of pushback ...

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It doesn’t matter if an album was created in the world’s most advanced recording studio, mixed by a master engineer, and distributed to fans as high-resolution audio files. If you’re listening to it ...