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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, ...

Andrew Bloomenthal has 20+ years of editorial experience as a financial journalist and as a financial services marketing writer. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience ...

Streaming services like Spotify make listening to music convenient, but there's still something special about dropping the needle on a vinyl record. Pulling an album from its sleeve, placing it on the ...

I can remember the first time I set up a record player, and it wasn't pretty. There was a belt drive to attach, I needed to set the tracking weight and maybe figure out what that actually meant at the ...

Sumiko and MoFi lead our 2025 cartridge picks, proving smart design still beats excess. The best value is in setup, turntables and records, not chasing price tags. Shopping for an affordable ...