Nine million vinyl records have been sold in the US during the first half of 2015

Old presses are being restored and put to work making vinyl records, still a niche product but much in demand from younger music enthusiasts.

Gramovox is raising funds for Floating Record™ Vertical Turntable on Kickstarter! High-Performance Vertical Turntable with Full-Range Stereo Speakers. Built in Chicago.

I don’t care that I supposedly understand how vinyl records work because I still totally think they’re the work of at least some low level sorcery. Trapping sound and music and voices? Come on! Anyways, my disbelief aside of analog technology aside, here’s a cool microscope view of vinyl records being played.