Vinyl records offer a richer sound than the digital formats most people use to listen to music these days. But you’ll only get that kind of sound quality if your vinyl record collection is clean.

Remove dust from your records with a brush every few plays. For a deeper clean, use a wet cleaning solution or invest in a record cleaning machine. Storage also has a direct impact on longevity. Once ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Vinyl is the preferred format for music lovers everywhere ...

We tested three inexpensive ways to clean vinyl records from GrooveWasher, Spin Clean and Turntable Lab to keep your LPs sounding pristine. Sitting in a tequila bar in Mexico (which is basically every ...

The return of vinyl records to a listener's daily dose of music may have prompted legacy album spinners to dust off some attic classics. Folks looking to remove accumulated gunk from the grooves will ...

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As fun as collecting records can be, vinyl is a finicky medium. Records can get warped and worn down, and they attract dust (so much dust). The best value for vinyl is often buying used, but between ...

Sales of vinyl records have been steadily rising over the last few years, attracting new listeners to the format as well as prompting music lovers to dust off their collections again and start ...

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 ...

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Looking to preserve your records for a lifetime of listening? A quality record cleaning brush is the first step. Here are our top picks that are definitely worth trying. Some might “bristle” at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That record was in great shape for 1973, but it needed to be cleaned — as do many old records. These days, some new ones do, too: ...