When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Lawrence Manning It’s a debate that’s raged for decades. Which music format ...

James Russell’s mother told him that his first invention was the “automated battleship” he built when he was 6. By the time he was 13, he was fixing toasters, irons and fans at a local appliance store ...

We’ve all no doubt heard the countless claims about how vinyl simply sounds “better” and “warmer” than today’s digital music. And this belief is taking today’s consumers beyond the boxes in their ...

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 always enjoy the odd things that people do to try to get better audio reproduction. Exotic cables, special amplifiers, and higher resolution digitization come to mind. Most of this is dubious, at ...

As much as I love the convenience of streaming, I still prefer to have a physical music library – not least because on a really good CD player, discs still sound much better than any lossy compressed ...

Whether you’re looking to replace an ageing CD player with something newer, or you have an old CD library and nothing to play it on, our pick of the best CD players will help you get those discs ...