tape or digital methods, were sometimes re-issued on vinyl.
music appreciation. It is quite interesting that the Chinese
Japan. Usually they are bars or cafes with high-end audio
"to listen", implying that we need "less chatting and more
Since 1950s, a new concept "listening bar" emerged in
equipment, where patrons listen to vinyl records carefully selected by the bartender or the owner, becoming the
"Eden" of audiophiles. Behind the bar is usually a wall full
translation of "listening bar" can be also interpreted as
listening" in the bar. In the dim light, everyone was bathed in music. Time seems to be frozen.
Nowadays, listening bars are also influencing people's
of record library instead of liquor shelves. Today, listening
night lifestyle all around the world. Inspired by hi-fi bars
generation who seldom have the opportunities to grow up
hi-fi vinyl bar in the bay area focusing on Jazz music. Daniel
bars stage a comeback as a new trend among the young
listening to the music from high-end audio equipment and are less likely to appreciate music in this way at present due to the high price of those high-end equipment. In
listening bars, they are able to experience a novel way of 64
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from Tokyo, Japan, Bar Shiru, located in Oakland, is the first Gahr and Shirin Raza, the owners of Bar Shiru, see the
vinyl-centric sound system in a space built with acoustics as the top priority, committing to building a pure music world to let the patrons focus on the music itself. They believe in
