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

#22
SteveC said:
What do you guys have for playback?
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Bang & Olufsen Beogram 2000 turntable (with a good needle and backup)
Some sort of phono preamp (I forget the name but I researched inexpensive options for a while years ago)
Rotel Receiver
Floorstanding Clements speakers

I used to have a B&O system, which was nice because the phono preamp was integrated, but I like the overall sound of the Rotel more.
 
#24
A friend of mine has one of those turntables you can plug into your computer so I took him some of my old jazz LP's, the over looked ones that will never be released on CD as far as I can find anyway. I did it for archival purposes because the vinyl recordings are becoming very scarce if I had to replace them, so now I have both and can enjoy them in the car too.
 
#25
I still have some in a dark archive somewhere. Haven't played any in years. What I do remember is the old Columbia recordings were superb given the technology of the day, the setup and take were everything and it showed.
 
#28
I fell in love with vinyl after hearing a Metallica high grain set through a very high end 3d surround sound system in Austin a producer from InfoWars had. I started buying vinyls and eventually bought a low end player. I ended up giving my collection away last year. I realized if I had a few grand, I wouldn't spend it on a needle or tone arm. I had nice and diverse collection.

Best of Moody Blues
Cannibal Corpse: Tomb of the Mutilated 180
Megadeth: Rust in Piece 180
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon 180
TOOL: Lateralus 180
Puscifer
Christmas Collection
Judas Priest: Turbo Lover
Bing Crosby This is Christmas
Creedence Clearwater Revival
 
#31
I'm considering selling off all my vinyl. I have stuff from the 60's 70's and a bit from the 80's. I never play it, never take it out of the cabinet it's stored in.

Why?

Too fragile, too easy to damage, too big, takes up too much room, and my CDs sound just as good. I spun records as a radio DJ for years, and the fragility of vinyl was demonstrated to me many times. I'd take a CD any day.
 
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#33
I used to be very much into vinyl and its forerunner shellac. I have old 78 rpm records that date back to about 1915 and all the way through both world wars as well as a large collection of 45 rpm records from the 50's to the 70's and a bunch of 33 1/3 vinyl from about the early 60's to late 80's. Anything newer than that I have on CD.

The problem is over the years as playback equipment broke or needed repair I just threw it out or sold it and never replaced it. Outside of an old portable wind up Victrolla or my iPad with a Bluetooth speaker I don't have a stereo system to play anything on. I keep toying with getting an old stereo console (remember when they were actually furniture) and dropping a MacIntosh stereo tube amp and turntable in it. If I didn't have all this bass GAS I could probably afford a really nice stereo system. :D
 
#34
I even have some of these Edison Cylinder Records but I never had a player for them.

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Richland123 said:
I even have some of these Edison Cylinder Records but I never had a player for them.

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I had about a dozen of those but they got wiped out in the my last move about 2 years ago. Somebody took the box out of the back of my SUV and set it on the ground for some reason. Needless to say, I backed over it and completely destroyed every last cylinder. Oh well, that made all the others out there that much more valuable. :(
 
#36
Pilgrim said:
I'm considering selling off all my vinyl. I have stuff from the 60's 70's and a bit from the 80's. I never play it, never take it out of the cabinet it's stored in.

Why?

Too fragile, too easy to damage, too big, takes up too much room, and my CDs sound just as good. I spun records as a radio DJ for years, and the fragility of vinyl was demonstrated to me many times. I'd take a CD any day.
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I wish you were closer to me, I'd have a look at your collection, possible take a few off your hands. But Colorado is a tad too far to drive for me.
 
#37
I used to find all kinds of great vinyl at Goodwill, until the big vinyl trend took off. Now the resellers get it all. I still buy vinyl I really want, just not as much as I used to when it was cheaper. I used to buy it because twenty years ago it was the more affordable way to find an album. Now it's all backwards. At Goodwill, though, I can still find some things that are uncool enough but that I like, like old Don Williams records or something like that.
A friend who used to live near me was a great finder of things, and she would always be showing up with fantastic records she bought for a dollar apiece. She would buy anything that looked cool and I would buy the good ones she didn't wind up wanting, and luckily, our tastes were different enough that it worked out great for both of us. It was through her I managed to find a mint copy of The Song Remains The Same by Led Zeppelin for only two bucks.

One great reissue label I like is Sundazed. I've ordered a few things right off their site.
 
#40
Some of my best listening experiences ever were on vinyl. Not that I feel vinyl was in any way superior to CD's but it seemed like it was easier to get my mitts on a wider variety of music and that I took better care of what I had.
 

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