Sales hit the $98 million mark in the US last year, with over fourteen million units sold. But now, they are back and once again considered a must-have for audiophiles. That kept the art alive, records and turntables virtually disappeared by the turn of the century, except for those dedicated DJs that maintained a fidelity to analog and would still drag crates of records to their club gigs at a time when most DJs had shifted over to the Macbook and the hard drive. An early dual hopper Silver Strike machine.
