If it’s post-Super Bowl Monday, then it must be time for a good cleaning. (Work with me here.) Regardless of how you watched (or avoided!) the spectacle that was Super Bowl LIX, it’s always a good idea to begin with a clean slate the day afterward — especially if you choose to spin some cherished LPs, old and/or new, to shake off that final-game grit and get the post-NFL season underway (as we’re doing right now, in fact). To that end, we turn our eye to the Degritter Mark II ultrasonic record cleaning machine to help with our prospective cleaning. Read on to see all the cool features and specs of the Mark II RCM. . .

Impex Records’ new 1STEP 180g 45rpm 2LP edition of 1950’s Sing and Dance With Frank Sinatra has been 74(ish) years in the making — and it was well worth the wait. Read Shanon McKellar’s in-depth review to see just how the Impex team brought new life to Sing and Dance. . .

If I could wave my magic wand, I’d set every unofficially released Rush track free — oh wait, it looks like the band’s parent labels read my mind (well, mostly). To that end, we’ve been informed that, on March 21, 2025, UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records collectively plan on celebrating the iconic Canadian trio’s half-century milestone marker with Rush 50 — a.k.a. R50 — a wide-ranging 50-track anthology that will be available as a 180g 7LP/4CD Super Deluxe Edition and 180g 7LP Deluxe Edition (among other configurations), and it will include a number of rare and unreleased Holy Grail tracks to boot. Read on to see all that R50 entails, and how to get any/all versions of it. . .

When I say footfalls, you say. . .? Yeah, we can’t post that kind of response here — but anyway, how many times have incessant footfalls and other maddening, gear-internal, vibration-incurring incidents interrupted a few too many listening sessions of our favorite LPs? One way to combat those aural irritations is by deploying anti-vibration footers, and noted Polish manufacturer XACT have just introduced their oh-so-perfectly named Immotus series to help with exactly that issue. Read on to see all the features and specs for the XACT Immotus CRX and CL footers. . .

At High End Munich 2024, we were immediately enamored with Korf’s TA-SF9R 9-inch tonearm, so we just had to review it as soon as we could get one in hand — along with its companion HS-A02 ceramic headshell in tow. Read Ken Micallef’s review of the TA-SF9R arm to see if it performs on par with, or even surpasses, a classic, comparable Jelco arm. . .

The 67th Grammy Awards — sorry, I meant the all-caps GRAMMY Awards — were handed out in Los Angeles last night, February 2, 2025, and we applaud the wide range of actual, great-sounding winning recordings, as evidenced by what we’ve heard of their vinyl incarnations. Over the past year(ish), we’ve indeed reviewed some of those key, Grammy-winning LPs and songs here on AP, so if you’re keen on finding out if they make the grade on vinyl and are worthy of your hard-earned dollars and/or valuable listening time, then read on. . .

There is something incredibly compelling about Elemental Music and UMe’s ongoing, affordably priced, and generally well-made reissue series of classic Motown titles. Read Mark Smotroff’s latest Motown Short Cuts combo review to see which of these 140g 1LP editions of classic LPs from The Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Eddie Kendricks belong in your collection. . .

The Wizard has spoken — or rather, Grimm Audio co-founder Peter van Willenswaard has stepped forth to unveil his latest design triumph, the PW1 phono preamp. Read on to see all the specs and features of Grimm’s “Phono Wizard” PW1. . .

In a world of endless Spotify playlists and 24-bit streaming, why are people flocking back to reel-to-reel players and tapes, a format invented nearly a century ago? Read Part 2 of Leslie Shapiro’s insider series (featuring Revox, Ballfinger, Metaxas & Sins, Recording The Masters, and more) to find out exactly why reel-to-reel remains as vital as ever. . .

There’s a whisper in the world of audiophiles, a spinning rumble that digital audio is out, and analog is back in a big way. Amongst the spinning of vinyl and the hum of tube amps, another important analog medium is rolling out of the past and right into the hearts of the modern-day sound purist — the reel-to-reel tape player. Read Part 1 of Leslie Shapiro’s in-depth reel-to-reel report to learn more about the history of this important analog format. . .