Victrola Stream Carbon: High-end turntable for Sonos lovers

The Stream Carbon is excellent and everything from my old James Taylor and Elvis records to Daft Punk sounded sublime.

Victrola Stream Carbon. Pictures: Noel Campion.

It’s bonkers to think that in an age where we can stream almost any tune we want, anywhere we want, a medium such as vinyl not only still exists, but is thriving. In 2022, the sales of vinyl records outperformed CDs in the US for the first time since 1987 according to RIAA revenue statistics. While streaming still accounted for 84% of the revenue in the US in 2022, revenues from vinyl records grew 17% to $1.2 billion – the sixteenth consecutive year of growth – and accounted for 71% of physical format revenues.