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From October 15-18, 2026, Acoustic Sounds will host the inaugural Vinyl Summit, a landmark gathering that will invite audiophiles, vinyl collectors, and dealers alike into an immersive, four-day experience in Salina, Kansas. Read on to see how you can go and/or get involved. . .

Julie Mullins meets with Sierra Sound co-founder Michael Fajen at AXPONA 2026 to get the lowdown on all the Sorane tonearms his U.S. distribution company carries, and why each one of the Japanese company’s three tonearm lines performs differently. . .

In the wake of the success of Michael, the recent biopic that focuses on Michael Jackson’s extraordinary musical career, we here at AP wanted to recommend his best work on vinyl. Thankfully, Mobile Fidelity has a trio of audiophile-level MJ releases all worthy of our needle-drop attention. Read on to see Mark Smotroff’s review of the MoFi One-Step versions of Off the Wall and Thriller, while AP editor Mike Mettler tackles the Original Master Recording version of Dangerous (and offers his thoughts on the other two MoFi MJ releases in his footnotes). . .

Carry the Light, Peter Frampton’s 19th studio album and his first collection of all-new rock material in 16 years, will be released by UMe in various formats on May 15, 2026 — but of most import to we analog planeteers, it will be appearing on 180g yellow vinyl. Read on to see what Peter and his son and co-producer Julian Frampton exclusively told AP editor Mike Mettler about the making of Light. . .