40 Years of Hi-Fi Lounge: Vinyl, Vintage Audio & What’s Next | Behind the Curtain

For 40 years, Hi-Fi Lounge has been part of Rochester’s music scene — from the rise of CDs in the 1980s to the resurgence of vinyl today. On this episode of Behind the Curtain, Gio Battaglia sits down with Hi-Fi Lounge owner Mark Kaidy to look back at four decades in the music business. They talk about the early days of the store, surviving the shift to streaming, the return of vinyl, Record Store Day, rare and collectible records, and the vintage audio equipment still being restored decades after it was made. Plus, Mark opens up about the future of Hi-Fi Lounge as he looks for the right person to eventually take over the business and carry its legacy forward.