A. Good record cleaning devices start under $50 and go up into the many thousands of dollars. My favorites range between $40 and $1,000. First up is the Allsop Orbitrac 3. To clean with it you put the ...

Record cleaning machines vacuum the deep-down, ground-in dirt from LPs. Pristine vinyl is quieter and sounds, well, cleaner! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

A wonderful cartoon from years back shows two nerdy guys staring at an elaborate hi-fi system featuring a turntable and shelves groaning under the weight of countless LPs. The proud owner says, “The ...

So, you dig your parents' old vinyl LPs out of the attic, and you're ready to give them a spin on the new turntable you got for Christmas. You put the record on and notice a lot of pops and skips.

“What is the most valuable thing in the world?” Tom Port asks me. We are in a building in his backyard in Thousand Oaks, Calif., browsing shelves of vinyl records. The whole room is dedicated to the ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Q. What do you recommend for cleaning vinyl LPs? — C.K., Zephyrhills, Fla. A. Good record cleaning devices start under $50 and go up into the many thousands of dollars. My favorites range between $40 ...