Though I do have an old Victrola for its antique value, what I have given my family is the gift of direct to disk and half speed mastered recordings - hundreds of them - from all genres from classical to pop to R&B to jazz to country. Played through tube amplifiers and dynamic/electrostatic combo monster speakers, my family gets to hear what the finest recorded music sounded like before the digital "conversion." Nobody will ever be able to download that incredible, three dimensional sound from the internet or play it back on any IPod. So much for progress...

P.E. Knudsen

P.E. Knudsen