Joe Cox

3 weeks ago | inkl.com | Joe Cox |Tom Wiggins |Alastair Stevenson |Robyn Quick

Plus, this month's edition is a corker, offering up heartbreak, greed, political intrigue and turmoil in one neat rundown. It's like a Graham Greene novel, except… it's a playlist. Nude Photo by Rythim Is RythimIt felt like far too long since I had bought some vinyl – it probably wasn’t but it felt like it – so I’m happy to report I got back on the wagon this month.

2 months ago | inkl.com | Joe Cox |Kashfia Kabir |Becky Roberts |Tom Wiggins

While not everyone has a record worth the same as two Ferraris in their collection, most people who buy vinyl own something that’s particularly valuable to them, whether it’s through rarity, sentimentality, or some other reason that’s harder to quantify. For this year's Vinyl Week and to coincide with Record Store Day, we considered asking Ringo to pick the next most expensive record from his collection but we’ve lost his email address, so here are the What Hi-Fi?

Oct 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Joe Cox

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Salute / Ninja TuneWe make it our business to listen to a wide variety of music when we're testing audio products, but when it comes to home listening I'll level with you – 90 per cent of what I listen to is electronic dance music.

Aug 18, 2024 | bottomlineinc.com | Joe Cox |Robert Michelin

It has become a familiar sight online. Someone posts a campaign on a crowdfunding website such as GoFundMe.com asking for small donations to raise money for a family member’s funeral…a community playground…or a life-saving surgery for their dog. Last year, more than $17 billion was raised through online crowdfunding in North America. But not all campaigns are successful. With so much competition for donors, only 22% of campaigns met their monetary goals.

May 24, 2024 | yahoo.com | Joe Cox

A familiar subject of conversation resurfaced following the High End Munich show earlier this month; why can’t we have some more interesting music at hi-fi shows? And that was the polite version. While it would be wrong to say that all you’ll hear at a hi-fi show in 2024 is The Eagles and Diana Krall (it might have been true a few years back), there remains, from my experience, a fairly conservative selection of test tracks on rotation at too many demo rooms.