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So...Vinyl...who's into it?

SteveC

SteveC

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So I mentioned to my wife that Rush has a couple more vinyl releases. It's my birthday and she asked if that was something I'd like, wouldn't buy for myself, great gift ideas, etc. Thing is, you need an amp, speakers, etc. It gets dangerous.
 
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A lot of my friends dumped there vinyl collection when they replaced most of it with CD's........not me, I still pick up an LP from time to time if Im in a store that sells them. The Drummer in my band has a very large collection.
 
#3
Definitely into it. I still get everything digitally and my iTunes library is massive…but for those "complete" or "perfect" albums, vinyl is also a must for me. The last modern albums I felt the need to buy on vinyl were: "Black Messiah"-D'angelo, "Bon Iver" -Bon Iver, "Hurry Up We're Dreaming"-M83, "Morning Phase"-Beck.
 
#9
I have had the same Denon stereo amplifier since the early 1980s. The turntable is a direct drive Sony with a Stanton cartridge. It all goes through Klipsch Heresy speakers I got in about 1978 or '79. I don't think of it as vintage equipment, but I suppose it is by now. It all works just fine, and as long as I keep the needle clean and aligned, it doesn't need replacing too often or do much apparent damage to the records. I don't have the kind of super-duper golden ears that require high end equipment, and the area that the stereo is in would probably defeat the purpose of expensive equipment anyway. As far as ongoing vinyl purchases, I haven't bought any for quite a while, but that's more logistics than any preference for CDs or digital files. Just about every record I ever got since the early 1970s is still around, with only a few exceptions.
 
#12
I have a Bang & Olufsen linear tracking turntable I bought in the late 1980s and an old JVC Stereo amplifier and receiver, an old pair of Fisher speakers, and a Sony dual cassette deck. Everything still works; but, I would like to have newer and better equipment.
 
#15
Vinyl fan here, though I only buy a vinyl version if I particularly are about a specific release. Otherwise I buy on CD. The only time I'll buy mp3s (and only direct from the artist via bandcamp or CD Baby, or Amazon otherwise) is the release is not available on vinyl or CD.

I have a Music Hall MM4 (I think) turntable and the same Denon two-part shelf system I've had for years and years. Nothing fancy. I do need a new stylus though, in a bad way.
 
#19
I have a small vinyl collection and a pretty simple record player. I'd like to eventually get a nice turn table system, but nothing too extravagant.

Speaking of Rush on vinyl, I have this package that I picked up for a couple of bucks from a used record store of Rush's first three albums.
 
#20
Love vinyl. Have some, and a decent stereo setup w/ a couple of turntables, but I'm pretty much out of the game.

Mainly, we rent. I seem to move every 2 - 3 years. Hope to settle down and buy a home eventually but until then, moving large quantities of vinyl is a pain in the backside.

Also, I just can't afford it as a hobby. Scouring used shops you can find a lot of cool stuff for low $, but as much as I'd like to buy newer releases and resissues on nice 180-gram, I can't swing that. I was in a GC yesterday. They had some vinyl and sheesh--$50 for a copy of KISS Alive I. $19.99 for a Misfits album. $36 for the latest Mastodon release. Not that interested.

I do have a little collection of 7-inchers. Mainly instrumental rock/surf/etc from ca. 1955-1965. I still sometimes buy things to fit in this specific format/genre because I can still do it fairly cheap.

Now my old man is trying to downsize and he tells me he has 6 crates of classical and jazz on vinyl he wants to give me. I'm both exited and dismayed. I will probably cull the best stuff and jettison the rest.

Still, I feel vinyl is far and away the best archival medium for music, and the most sonically satisfying.
 

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