Vinyl sales are near all-time highs, and their popularity has revived a conversation that has raged for decades: why does vinyl sound better than digital? Where is the magic in vinyl that digital ...

Even Steve Jobs listened to vinyl. The late Apple CEO, whose iTunes Store revolutionized the music business for the online era, "listened to vinyl" at home, Neil Young said in 2012. Young, who's now ...

Producer T Bone Burnett has announced a new analogue disc, dubbed 'Ionic Originals', which transcends the technology of CDs and vinyl found today. Using both lacquer and aluminium, Burnett claims that ...

Have you ever been cornered at a party by an audiophile who insists (usually at some length) that vinyl sounds superior to digital? Or have you ever noticed that you prefer vinyl yourself? Is that ...

Vinyl records have a long, storied history for music lovers—unfortunately, they're also inferior.