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My grandmother just gave me about 400 old records. Bing Crosby, Glen Campbell, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Ray Conniff, Frankie Laine, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson.

 

I am now hooked on vinyl. I have already purchased ~20 additional albums (Phil Collins, U2, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Police, and others) on ebay and local thrift shops.

 

I don't even own a record player yet. Maybe I'll go down to GC today and buy one.

 

I figure some of these will look great in a frame on the wall, and I will listen to the others.

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I have a Rega Planar 3. It's simple and sounds great. Don't know if you can get those over there. I've had it for 5 years and never had to replace anything but the needle. My brother has had one for... 17 years I think, and it's the same story.

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The better the turntable and cartridge, the better that vinyl will sound. I'd go to a high-end stereo store, spend the $$ and at least get a good mid-level rig.

 

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Lots of people are going back to vinyl these days. It produces a much warmer sound than the clinicly clean cd. Only problem is there is a shortage of turntables on the market.

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I like finding all the old Deep Purple etc albums from my dad's collection which he left at our house cos he doesn't have space in his flat.

 

How do you think I got my name? ;)

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I like finding all the old Deep Purple etc albums from my dad's collection

 

 

I would hold on to those if I wre you. They'll probably be collectors items in years to come. I still have all my vinyl records and have cd copies of some so I can play them in the car.

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Lots of people are going back to vinyl these days. It produces a much warmer sound than the clinicly clean cd. Only problem is there is a shortage of turntables on the market.

 

That 'warmth' is analog signal distortion :D

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Few years back, after a lifetime of collecting vinyl*, I was faced with a major life change that forced me to liquidate most of my "stuff". Sold the entire collection (along with my turntable) - jazz/punk/rock/etc. - 2600 discs in all. Poof, gone! It was not a happy day.

 

(* sorry, ryanizzle)

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I am a huge vinyl junkie. I have about four CDs but about 30 times that number of records. Records have their shortcomings, but you learn to get past those and just listen. The ceiling for sound quality is very high and as you work your way up you'll be more and more amazed. Be careful though or you could end up like me...with a whole bunch of nice audio gear and a collection of records but no money left for a bass amp!

 

Find a nice used turntable(no cheap plastic garbage) and a good 70's receiver or integrated amp(Technics, Pioneer, etc) to get started, and make sure you have a good vinyl cleaning brush. As you listen to your favourites, you'll begin to notice that a lot of CD reissues of albums originally released as LPs have horrendously bad mastering jobs with clipping left and right among other things.

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As you listen to your favourites, you'll begin to notice that a lot of CD reissues of albums originally released as LPs have horrendously bad mastering jobs with clipping left and right among other things.

 

 

I HATE when they drastically "remaster" the CD reissues in the name of "cleaning it up" or "improving sound quality". So many of my favorites that have burned into my brain during my "vinyl years" are almost unlistenable as CD reissues. Compare the two versions of Bad Brains "Rock for Light" - aaaack!.

 

Sometimes the older, more raw, and yes more Lo-Fi versions are much better. Don't change the classics!

 

(and yes, "Rock for Light" is every bit as much a classic as "Exile on Main Street", "Kind of Blue", and "After the Gold Rush")

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(and yes, "Rock for Light" is every bit as much a classic as "Exile on Main Street", "Kind of Blue", and "After the Gold Rush")

 

 

I love Bad Brains, but putting them with Miles is blasphemy...In their context, yes, but the contexts are sooo different in my perspective...

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I love vinyl. I've been collecting for years. I've got 7 or 8 crates now. I've taken to finding alot of the modern recordings that I think will be classics and finding them on vinyl as well. There's some cool stuff out there. Things are produced a bit differently sometimes on vinyl as well. My Green Day: American Idiot record sounds waaaaaay better than the digital copy I have. Oh the irony.

 

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I love Bad Brains, but putting them with Miles is blasphemy...In their context, yes, but the contexts are sooo different in my perspective...

 

 

yeah but a little bit of blasphemy now and then is a good thing, yes?

(especially on HCBF I would think).

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whatever you do, DO NOT call them 'vinyls.'

 

Ok. "Long Playing" records then :D

 

 

 

As a matter of interest does anyone have a similar experience as this :

 

Sometimes I play along on bass to some of my "long playing records". Generally I find it hard to get the same pitch as the bass on the record. It (the record) always sounds a little flatter and almost impossible to rectify. At first I thought that the belt on my turntable was worn so I replaced it. Still the same problem, it must have something to do with analogue.

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