Q. Why do so many audio fans seem to prefer a vintage receiver over new receivers with modern technology? Are there actual reasons that older equipment can sound different or better? I have a Technics ...

Eight years ago, Mikey Weiss had wanted to build a display of vintage stereos at his Brooklyn store – “a museum piece,” he calls it – to show people what stereos looked like in the 1970s. His ...

I'm in the process of putting together a budget hi-fi system and I am curious for any advice fellow Arsians could provide. I would like a system that is purely stereo and produces high SQ rather than ...

The Turntable Vintage Audio has opened in Manheim where it sells a variety of stereo equipment and speakers from the 1970s and 1980s. The roughly 1,000-square-foot shop at 27 N. Main St. carries ...

From Issue Six of Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Maybe it was a hand-me-down, maybe it was a spur-of-the-moment eBay grab, or maybe ...

Being an audiophile is hard to do on a budget, but it is possible. Weblog MakeUseOf notes that buying vintage audio gear is a great way to get bang for your buck. For the money you put in, an old ...

Grandpa smell. Let’s talk about it. My grandpa smelled great, and I have no complaints about my kid’s grandads, so forgive me for the sweeping statement. But there’s something about the smell of some ...

Editor's Note: This story was originally published in December 2018. A native of Italy, Adriano “Max” Isernia’s varied career has included selling clothes, running a bank’s branch office and managing ...

The lengths the retrocomputing devotee must go to in order to breathe new life into old gear can border on the heroic. Tracing down long-discontinued parts, buying multiple copies of the same unit to ...

Eight years ago, Mikey Weiss had wanted to build a display of vintage stereos at his Brooklyn store – “a museum piece,” he calls it – to show people what stereos looked like in the 1970s. His ...