I know, I know, you saw the title and thought,"What? A record player? You must be joking!" Nope I am not. Retro is in ladies and gentlemen and so are record players. Ask salespeople the next time you are doing some shopping: given the theme of this article I mean actual, physical, I’ve-got-to-actually-walk-type shopping. Retro is in, but it's allied to modern design and standards. Console tables with a record player are an example of this trend. You use a modern console table in the style and design you want, but on it you place a record player or, and here’s the rub, what looks like a record player.If you have a modern record player, use it. Much of the recording output from the classic age of popular music was meant to be played with the limitations and strengths of pre-digital techniques. Frankly, I don't like to hear Dylan's fretwork or string squeaks, it adds nothing. Taylor Swift is another conversation.