For best vinyl playback avoid the plastic
Crossley CR6002A-BK Earlier this week my fellow Radio Survivor Matthew posted about this cute-looking little Crosley record player with a oblong clamshell design far more compact than a typical...
View ArticleThe bumpy road traveled by digital audio
In last week’s post about iHeartRadio I focused much of my criticism on the sound quality of the service, or lack thereof. Since the debut of the compact disc in the 1980s digital has become nearly...
View ArticleLike vinyl? Here Are Recommendations for Good, Inexpensive Turntables
As radio lovers, we here at Radio Survivor are also music lovers, as music is an enormous component of so much great grassroots radio. And so much of that music is found on vinyl, whether digging...
View ArticleReasonably Priced Turntables for Your Radio Station
I fear I didn’t write last month’s post on good inexpensive turntables soon enough. To the surprise of many, Amazon announced that its top selling item in electronics during the 2015 holiday season...
View ArticleTechnics SL-1200G: The Wheels of Steel Are Back, But There’s a Catch
DJs, vinyl-heads and radio nerds rejoiced at the unveiling this week of the new Technics SL-1200G turntable. It’s an all-new version of the venerated DJ deck that ruled clubs, radio studios and many...
View ArticleRadio’s Wheels of Steel Are Coming Back: The Technics SL-1200 Mk VII
If Jennifer’s radio tours and my recent visits to stations are any indication, it seems like a large percentage of the physical media being played on community and college stations are vinyl records....
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