The beauty of record players

McGinty

Maybe it is the ole one coming out in me, but I have just aquired a wonderful collection of some old records, in excellent condition, of which a friend no longer wanted. So of I trot to purchase myself a record player.

I know that CD's are handy and compact but you just can't beat a record player, as for tapes - I hate them, poor sound and can break far too easily. Plus the album covers, posters that came with the records are sheer works of art in themselves. Punters really did get their money's worth.

Anyway do you agree, do records and record players rock, will they make a comeback?

Makaveli

No comeback.
Unless you plan on getting into djing I suppose.

As for records, well I was too young for records.

Kali

laser turntables! the future is yesterday!

http://elpj.com/

mike65

I've got a few hundred lps and no player! I keep promising myself I'll get a new one but never do, proberly as most of them were taped on the first or second play.

I love the packaging of vinyl, nothing else can touch a 70s triple gatefold with poster and badge!

Mike.

ozpass

I have over 2,500 12" records (at least). Still, I was into DJing for a fair while in the late 90's, so that accounts for a lot of my collection. I still thinks it's THE only way to buy hip-hop.

As for quality- the finest sound from a hi-fi I've ever heard was through a conventional record. It was at a hi-fi show in Manchester circa 1996 with the record played on a specially commissioned Linn Sondek with 2000 diamonds and rubies in the tone arm. Sweeeeeeeeet.

Dude111

Kali wrote:

laser turntables! the future is yesterday!

http://elpj.com/

Yuk

I want nothing to do with LASERS,etc........

Analogue is the BEST for producing good sounding audio!!!

I have many records and i listen too them sometimes..... (Analogue is the way to go for GOOD sounding audio (Nothing beats it))

merlie

I think records and record players are classic and although I doubt they will make a come back there is a lot of charm and a sense of listening to the real deal while watching the record turn on the turntable.

I do remember my mum having to buy a few stylus's as they used to go easily, and she used to buy records at Dolphin Discs near Abbey Street.

sundodger5

Dude111 wrote: »

I want nothing to do with LASERS,etc........

Analogue is the BEST for producing good sounding audio!!!

Yep but it says it does it without digitization. So still analogue:D

mike65

Mega thread bump! :pac:

Still haven't got a deck btw.

WindSock

mike65 wrote: »

Mega thread bump! :pac:

This thread is like a scratched record

Run_to_da_hills

Technics 1210's are now a part of the history books.

You better be quick if you want a pair of them.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/929746--turntables-a-piece-of-music-history-winds-down

Asphyxia

My father has two record players up in the attic, when I was younger I can remember my mother putting on music with them but it was rare when she did. I miss that.

nlgbbbblth

What a depressing thread.

I've been hearing that old "vinyl is dead" chestnut since about 1989.

They were wrong then and they're wrong now.

New vinyl sales have been on the increase for a number of years now. The second hand market is thriving.

RachaelVO

Ahhhh, the record player. Loved mine, it was a black stereo, with the double cassette deck radio, and underneath the big space to stand all your records up! DEADLY!!!! I remember my mam going to golden discs in Dun Laoghaire shopping centre to get the needles, whether it was (I think) diamond or sapphire.... The memories

Don't ever see it making a come back, but it still has it's place!

nlgbbbblth

A comeback?

They never went away.

one eye

Sounds like a Flat Earth Society meeting.
The new vinyl is just another way to extract money from people who don't mind the snap crackle and pop related to vinyl.
To get full value from the precious plastic you need something like a Linn turntable (second mortgage) and related top end hi fi (third and fourth mortgage).
The real weak point in any listening experience is the two things on the side of your head called ears. Very few people have the aural equivalent of 20/20 vision.

nlgbbbblth

one eye wrote: »

Sounds like a Flat Earth Society meeting.
The new vinyl is just another way to extract money from people who don't mind the snap crackle and pop related to vinyl.
To get full value from the precious plastic you need something like a Linn turntable (second mortgage) and related top end hi fi (third and fourth mortgage).
The real weak point in any listening experience is the two things on the side of your head called ears. Very few people have the aural equivalent of 20/20 vision.

Should be possible to pick up a Linn Sondek LP12 deck for about 600 - 700 euro.

A second hand Thorens TD 125, TD 150 MK II or TD 160 are all great turntables and can be found for anything between 150 and 250 euro.

Dude111

I cant believe all the people who think DIGITAL AUDIO is better!

I have a friend who calls it "PURE SOUND" -- Hehehe OK.... (Not nearly as pure as analogue which IS PURE)

Thomas828

I've got a BSR dansette from circa 1970 and the sound is excellent. It goes perfectly with my record collection, mostly mono LPs from the 50s and 60s.

one eye

Happy Days. I remember our first record player (HMV) which I still have. It is buried in my attic probably never destined to spin again.
It has always amazed me just how fast the sound reproducing technology has evolved. Would you have imagined back in the 60's that you could carry a matchbox sized device on which you can store a lifetimes music collection.
I still miss the glorious Album sleeves.

Dude111

Yes but the sound on those MATCHBOX things is not nearly as good!!

Come on,get em spinning again!!

one eye

Hi Dude. The sound from my matchbox is grand thanks. Like all hi fi systems the most money is spent on the speakers. Equally in the matchbox category this means get the best headphones you can afford. I use in ear types bought for me in the states by Number two son and they are super.