Vinyl keeps winning big. In 2025, U.S. buyers snapped up 47.9 million units, an 8.6% jump that marked the 19th year of steady ...

Sales of vinyl records increased by 7.9 percent in the United States year over year, increasing from 43.4 million units moved in 2024 to 46.8 million units in 2025. That ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? It's no secret that vinyl records are making a major comeback. Even Harry Styles set ...

My dopamine menu might change seasonally, but the one aspect that will always remain a constant is a lounging listening session with a comfort album of my choice whistling through my home. Famously ...

Jukebox Hero — The rise of the CD threatened Vinyl Recorder creator Friederich Schien’s vinyl jukebox business; new songs simply weren’t being published to the records his jukeboxes could play. In ...

Monday, Aug. 12 is National Vinyl Record Day for those who celebrate. The day actually has its inspiration from California. According to the National Day Calendar, a man named Gary Freiberg of Los ...

The very first vinyl record was pressed in 1948 by Columbia Records: Mendelssohn’s Concerto in E Minor by violinist Nathan Milstein. It was, of course, a standard black disc. Imagine spinning that ...

Don't let your warped vinyl get you down. Here's what you need to know about flattening your favorite LP. Mary-Elisabeth is an associate writer on CNET's How-To team. She's a recent graduate of ...

610 Record Manufacturing takes tiny PVC pellets and turns them into plastic pucks which are then flattened with metal stamps that have the grooves needed to hear music from a vinyl record. It’s the ...