Vinyl

I miss the days when CDs were something exotic that I had only heard about and digital files didn�t exist at all. Vinyls have a warmth and a charm to them that neither CDs nor digital files possess.

Oh hi old thread

I've started collecting vinyl now, because I set up a sweet rig with an 80's Rega Planar 2 turntable.  Sounds (and looks) really pretty.

Considering I got it for free, it's pretty damn good

bartosso wrote: If I could just put in a word here...   vinyls suck Here what I think of vinyls: expensive as hell (while CDs are just expensive), inferior in terms of quality compared to modern CDs, quality decreases with every spin, requires a turntable that usually costs fortune, can't easily rip it to your PC for further convenience. The only good thing about vinyls are the cover artworks - they're way bigger. Sorry for trying to be a spoilsport but really, I can't see a reason for buying something as impractical and expensive as vinyls, besides a sentimental attachment of some older music lovers, in which case it's understandable.

I agree with some  of the things you have say and some I don't. when you say they can cost a lot yes new ones can cost a lot but not always but a lot of the time you can get a new vinyl record loads cheaper on amazon.com then you can from a record store where they cost anywhere from $20 to $50. I paid $33 for an avenged sevenfold vinyl at FYE. To say that the quality of your vinyl record decreases with every spin is so completely untrue, I have lots of old 70s 80s and even some 60s vinyls that sound as good as the day they were bought. if you take care of your records they will always sound new. Also you can make badly sounding and scratched and skipping records sound like new again by using 1500 grit or finer sand paper. I have gotten some badly scratched vinyls from thrift stores that either skipped or had lots background noise and resurfaced them with the sand paper and wiped off the dust and the sounded like new again,


Now you don't have to pay hundreds of dollars to get a good turntable. a great audio technica turntable is about $100 new or a little less used on amazon. My turntable the Pyle pro plttb2u pictured below cost me like $75.  SO you have the completely wrong idea of vinyl records

I'll be starting my vinyl adventure somewhat soon....I have my eyes set on the Audio Technica AT-LP60-USB...it's gotten great reviews just for being a starter model and a vinyl player in general...for the rather cheap price($149.95 on their site, cheaper elsewhere) you can't beat it!


Edited by Psydye - 26 Nov 2014 at 1:42pm

Unitron wrote: To listen to my vinyl, I use a Record/CD/Cassette combo. I've actually been wanting to get just a record player that I can hook up to some big speakers. My combos's sound quality is pretty bad, the biggest reason why I don't listen to my record collection much

bartosso wrote: If I could just put in a word here...   vinyls suck Here what I think of vinyls: expensive as hell (while CDs are just expensive), inferior in terms of quality compared to modern CDs, quality decreases with every spin, requires a turntable that usually costs fortune, can't easily rip it to your PC for further convenience. The only good thing about vinyls are the cover artworks - they're way bigger. Sorry for trying to be a spoilsport but really, I can't see a reason for buying something as impractical and expensive as vinyls, besides a sentimental attachment of some older music lovers, in which case it's understandable.

Nightfly wrote: There's loads of stuff getting released on vinyl in very small quantities these days. This stuff is going to be worth a fortune at some point in the future. For example, the obscure seventies bands that go for big bucks today, even though they didn't sell loads would have been pressed in far greater quantities than the 200's, 500's etc that are getting pressed by some bands now. These will be massive collectors items.

Nightfly wrote: aglasshouse wrote: Nightfly wrote: There's loads of stuff getting released on vinyl in very small quantities these days. This stuff is going to be worth a fortune at some point in the future. For example, the obscure seventies bands that go for big bucks today, even though they didn't sell loads would have been pressed in far greater quantities than the 200's, 500's etc that are getting pressed by some bands now. These will be massive collectors items. That's why if you're someone who enjoys collecting them, you have to look in the exact right places to get them for cheap. My collection is growing because of finding all of these cheap vinyls for $3-5.00. That's certainly cheap. I assume you're talking about 2nd hand at that price?

Classic Rock magazine recently dedicated a whole issue to vinyl. I'm definitely not a fan. It used to be a way to find the odd rare thing second hand and cheap, but not any more. It's inconvenient and unreliable soundwise if you buy second hand. My copy of Darkness Descends by Dark Angel is completely unlistenable because whoever sold it wore it out and scratched the hell out of it. I've got it on CD now. Erm, I still wouldn't sell it though, because that hand reaching out of the grave looks really cool in 12 in format...