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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

no not a pervy thread

I have just been playing my old albums on my newly acquired record player...for the first time in about 10 years...

just thought I'd share that with you

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By *r_PinkMan
over a year ago

london stratford

its great innit?

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"no not a pervy thread

I have just been playing my old albums on my newly acquired record player...for the first time in about 10 years...

just thought I'd share that with you

Love vinyl. Obviously a new interest in vinyl, saw Sainsbury's were selling them now!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did you get fluff on the needle? (Not arf pop pickers!)

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Still stick mine on occasionally, have about 100, some of which I bought on day of release. It's a pain in the arse getting up to change sides, but I appreciate the richer and crisper sound as opposed to the digital format

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

this is the only thing my ex still has in his garage - about 6 cases of singles - i should retrieve them really

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others"

Feel fre to call me a knobhead

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead"

Free*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead

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knobhead if you just chucked away - if you sold not so much so

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead

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knobhead if you just chucked away - if you sold not so much so

Yep chucked them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead

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knobhead if you just chucked away - if you sold not so much so

Yep chucked them"

definitely a knobhead - what on earth possessed you to do that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thought you had spotted me in the Mike Peters film then.

xxx

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

I used to work in a record shop.

A pretty lady asked if I'd got Jingle Bells on 12 inch.

I said 'No, but I've got dangle balls on a 9 inch'

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Oh, and just for the record (pun intended), all mine are LPs, never bought a single in ma life.

The first one I bought was Queen II, which was released on March 8th 1974, 3 days after ma 12 birthday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I still have all my old vinyl. Still play them now and then.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead

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knobhead if you just chucked away - if you sold not so much so

Yep chucked them

definitely a knobhead - what on earth possessed you to do that"

They were just there collecting dust and i never played them(no record player)soooo i binned them....i know i know im a twat!!

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

Vinyl never died in my house. Best investment I ever made was buying decent turntable in 1991.

People thought I was nuts but 25 years on that same turntable is still slaying CDs and utterly slaughtering MP3s.

I even have a spare turntable at work for cranking out Led Zeppelin when I need motivation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead"

Absolute knobhead. In mint condition they'd be worth a few bob.

Love playing vinyl just evokes memories. Love the sound of it and the artwork on some album covers too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead

Absolute knobhead. In mint condition they'd be worth a few bob.

Love playing vinyl just evokes memories. Love the sound of it and the artwork on some album covers too.

Ahhh well whats done is done i suppose

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

My record collection is my life insurance. If I get knocked over and killed by a bus, my wife knows where to sell it and it will easily pay for my funeral with a few thousand ovet for her.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead

Absolute knobhead. In mint condition they'd be worth a few bob.

Love playing vinyl just evokes memories. Love the sound of it and the artwork on some album covers too.

Ahhh well whats done is done i suppose"

Smh

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead

Free*

knobhead if you just chucked away - if you sold not so much so

Yep chucked them"

Omg you knobhead

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My record collection is my life insurance. If I get knocked over and killed by a bus, my wife knows where to sell it and it will easily pay for my funeral with a few thousand ovet for her.

A few years ago when my parents were downsizing, my dad sold all his original rock n roll 78s and 45s plus his elvis Presley collection ...he got about 5 grand for them

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By *rightonfranceMan
over a year ago

brighton - chalais france

i make record players.. always sounds better on vinyl and valves

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"My record collection is my life insurance. If I get knocked over and killed by a bus, my wife knows where to sell it and it will easily pay for my funeral with a few thousand ovet for her.

A few years ago when my parents were downsizing, my dad sold all his original rock n roll 78s and 45s plus his elvis Presley collection ...he got about 5 grand for them

Wow! My older brother collects vinyl. He's really up on what's a good investment or not, don't think he plays them though

Hubby used to DJ and we still have a unit packed with singles, there must be over 1000. I love looking through them, takes me back to my youth

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By *rivate auditionsMan
over a year ago

West Midlands

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others"

Oh no!

What a plonker!.

Have 100s of LPs And 100s of 7" singles too in my collection which includes 60s pop,rock,soul,N/S,Prog rock.

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

Feel fre to call me a knobhead"

Ages back , I was at a tip in Rossendale. I found a load of old Bowie albums and some unplayed looking Frankie stuff.

I got thousands for them from this record collector shop

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By *horltzMan
over a year ago

heysham

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Feel fre to call me a knobhead"

First class knobhead of the highest order

I still have a huge collection of vinyl

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I play the vinyl on my outside shed floor..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

got rid of all my vinyl in favour of the new cd 30 yrs ago.now yrs later i have seen the error of my ways and have started collecting all my old vinyl again

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

I started my collection in 1979, clearly my parents actually bying for me back then.

But I amassed most of my collection in the early 90s when so many people "went digital". The day I pickec up near mint copies of the first three Yes albums (UK 1st editions) for a tenner each still makes me smile.

I do play all my records though. None was bought specifically as an investment.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Did you get fluff on the needle? (Not arf pop pickers!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bought a record player last year a new lease of life for my old records ,its ace

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By *arksMan
over a year ago

in the centre

Bought my son a turntable for xmas a couple of years ago , i got a text off him xmas evening saying " thanks very much dad its the best present i've ever had " he has surprised me with some of the albums he's bought as well , he also had the bonus of having my collection in the garage as i hadnt cleared all my stuff out at the time

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

It's great to see people discovering vinyl.

I work with children and they all know what those 12x12 packages I reveive are.

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

My records are my babies - love my vinyl and playing them for people to dance to in particular.

It can be a killer though - I desperately want an old soul single. Last seen on eBay for £1,500 (all two mins of it).

I darent bame it because Rossi will tell us he chucked it on a skip

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

"My record collection is my life insurance. If I get knocked over and killed by a bus, my wife knows where to sell it and it will easily pay for my funeral with a few thousand ovet for her.

A few years ago when my parents were downsizing, my dad sold all his original rock n roll 78s and 45s plus his elvis Presley collection ...he got about 5 grand for them

Iknow that some of my dads vinyl is worth a mint, he won't have it, says its just kids being silly, but I reckon that some of his old blues LPs will see my mum right if she outlives him...

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By *eliz NelsonMan
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop

Have been buying vinyl lately...no record player yet, I want the right one!

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By *homasP80Man
over a year ago

Linwood

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others"

Oops. Probably worth a fortune.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I dumped all my vinyl about 4 years ago included 23 bowie albums and an unplayed frankie goes to hollywood album and countless others

Oops. Probably worth a fortune."

that's why he has kindly allowed us to call him a knobhead

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"no not a pervy thread

I have just been playing my old albums on my newly acquired record player...for the first time in about 10 years...

just thought I'd share that with you

first record you played?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Did you get fluff on the needle? (Not arf pop pickers!)

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luff on the needle quality haha

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"no not a pervy thread

I have just been playing my old albums on my newly acquired record player...for the first time in about 10 years...

just thought I'd share that with you

first record you played?

Bat out of hell

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Did you get fluff on the needle? (Not arf pop pickers!)

luff on the needle quality haha

hope she didn't mean fluff freeman

not 'arf

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"no not a pervy thread

I have just been playing my old albums on my newly acquired record player...for the first time in about 10 years...

just thought I'd share that with you

first record you played?

Bat out of hell

ha ha like it

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By *eauhoMan
over a year ago

City Centre

I've started buying my favourite albums on 180g heavyweight when available. I don't have a fancy system so I can't really tell the difference between vinyl and a 320 bitrate mp3 but I do love having the physical format. And me lugholes will be rewarded when I upgrade my audio

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By *hyllyphyllyMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Last week, vinyl sold more than downloads...

Vinyl sales made the record industry £2.4m, while downloads took in £2.1m, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) said.

It marks a big shift in music consumption. In the same week last year, vinyl albums made £1.2m while digital ones made £4.4m.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vinyl is just a fad and a chance to harp back to the "good old days" when you had crap sound and totally unenvirometally records making money for record companies.

For those who harp back to dodgy sound and scratched records you can always download authentic record discs with screeches and crackles!

Being employed in a audio capacity long live enhanced quality downloads...........it's the future!

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

The frequency response from a well mastered LP is vastly superior to a CD and light years better than compressed MP3. The digital formats which come close are high res uncompressed such as DVD-Audio typically 24 bit 96khz sample rate.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths....

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By *nequeenslutWoman
over a year ago

rugeley

a friend of mine has an acoustic research deck plus two others but he only listens to music no telly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Last week, vinyl sold more than downloads...

Vinyl sales made the record industry £2.4m, while downloads took in £2.1m, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) said.

It marks a big shift in music consumption. In the same week last year, vinyl albums made £1.2m while digital ones made £4.4m."

That report was just guff...compare either of them to the revenue from streaming and see where the money's going.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths...."

The problem is, most of the new LP's today are cut from a digital source so, arguably, a high res digital file or even a 16/44 Redbook CD will be a purer listening experience.

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By *indy SometimesTV/TS
over a year ago

BoxHill

Vinyl is the best! Sounds much better than the clinical digital productions of today. So much more warmth, depth and atmosphere. I have approximately 1600 LPs 3000 7" singles and 400 or so 12" and a decent deck and system to appreciate them on.

The packaging, sleeve art and sleeve notes are never duplicated on CDs or Mp3s you young ones don't know what you've missed.Many are now collectors items and are worth many many times their original purchase price. My best, a Prog Rock Lp purchased for £2.50 currently sells for in excess of £350.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've started buying my favourite albums on 180g heavyweight when available. I don't have a fancy system so I can't really tell the difference between vinyl and a 320 bitrate mp3 but I do love having the physical format. And me lugholes will be rewarded when I upgrade my audio

If you're playing them on a shit turntable, they'll be wrecked before they reach the upgraded system anyway

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths...."

I was so happy when I found places to buy digital downloads of albums in 24bit 192khz flac. Admittedly most of the revelation came from getting a pair of decent headphones.

That said, a great fully analog sound system built with high end kit playing vinyl sounds unbelievably amazing but given that I'm employed by the government that will never happen so I'll stick with my flac for now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths....

I was so happy when I found places to buy digital downloads of albums in 24bit 192khz flac. Admittedly most of the revelation came from getting a pair of decent headphones.

Again though, it depends where they're getting their 24/192 files from. Brickwalled crap is brickwalled crap, regardless of sample rates, especially if they've been upsampled.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths....

I was so happy when I found places to buy digital downloads of albums in 24bit 192khz flac. Admittedly most of the revelation came from getting a pair of decent headphones.

Again though, it depends where they're getting their 24/192 files from. Brickwalled crap is brickwalled crap, regardless of sample rates, especially if they've been upsampled."

I'm not that anal about what it sounds like, I'm just happy to finally be able to play the vinyl I have saved for over 20 years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths....

I was so happy when I found places to buy digital downloads of albums in 24bit 192khz flac. Admittedly most of the revelation came from getting a pair of decent headphones.

Again though, it depends where they're getting their 24/192 files from. Brickwalled crap is brickwalled crap, regardless of sample rates, especially if they've been upsampled.

I'm not that anal about what it sounds like, I'm just happy to finally be able to play the vinyl I have saved for over 20 years

I'm a sad little man

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By *indy SometimesTV/TS
over a year ago

BoxHill

Yo Mamma!

Sheikyerbutti, one of my favourite FZ albums, just saying.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yo Mamma!

Sheikyerbutti, one of my favourite FZ albums, just saying."

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By *rank n BettyCouple
over a year ago

Not meeting

I have received an album on vinyl today courtesy of my fab bestie xx It will never be played though as 1) it's a signed copy with my name on & 2) I don't have a record player anymore!! It will be framed with the gig ticket.

JG x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've collected vinyl for 25yrs and have recently sold 5,500 singles for a v good price. I still have thousands of albums which I will never part with. I have a dedicated music room, twin Decs and a mixer and huge speakers and disco lights.

Music is a huge passion, especially soul, funk, deep funk, motown and ska

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths...."

Yep you are a scientist but where is the soul? You gotta have soul man

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

"Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths....

Yep you are a scientist but where is the soul? You gotta have soul man"

Also a musician...music is literally what keeps me sane. I love music that connects with me emotionally, and a well mastered LP does that in a way that no red book CD ever has.

Agree completely with those who point out that much modern pop is brickwalled. I love dynamic range in music, the swoops and dives from the soft parts to the loud parts....be it Bach or metal. The same material just sounds lifeless and two dimensional on CD. The 16/44 red book CD is simply not capable of capturing the full experience. Great analogue is, as is high res digital.

But with vinyl, you get the added experience of the gatefold sleeve with all the artwork, the ritual of putting on a record and sitting back and actually listening.

As I said above, investing just under £400 in a decent turntable 25 years ago was one of the best decisions I ever made. The same turntable (still in production, slightly tweaked) is over £2000 today.

I agree also that you need a decent amp and speakers or headphones. Many people are used to ipod docks, sound bars and so on. You just cannot expect truly decent reproduction from that sort of equipment. Is it important to everyone? Nope. But then people who swear it means nothing to them lift their jaws off the floor when they hear my system...most of which is considered old or even vintage.

Anyone who doesn't want records, please feel free to throw them away in my direction

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not all vinyl sounds warm and wonderful, not all Redbook CD sounds lifeless! I've got CD's that blow away their vinyl equivalents and vice-versa, same with vinyl/CD and high-res downloads/media.

There are far too many variables to make a definitive statement on the subject.

Plus, unless you're some kind of bat, you're only hearing residual noise from frequencies over about 20kHz anyway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh, and don't get me wrong, I love vinyl! Just not played on a fucking Crossley

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

"Not all vinyl sounds warm and wonderful, not all Redbook CD sounds lifeless! I've got CD's that blow away their vinyl equivalents and vice-versa, same with vinyl/CD and high-res downloads/media.

There are far too many variables to make a definitive statement on the subject.

Plus, unless you're some kind of bat, you're only hearing residual noise from frequencies over about 20kHz anyway."

I am a bat! I still hear to 22kHz. But even if you top out at 18kHz, you get aliasing from the low pass filters used to create a red book CD master.

I have never expwrienced a CD where I can pinpoint the musicians and singers in space. Vinyl and high res digital does that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not all vinyl sounds warm and wonderful, not all Redbook CD sounds lifeless! I've got CD's that blow away their vinyl equivalents and vice-versa, same with vinyl/CD and high-res downloads/media.

There are far too many variables to make a definitive statement on the subject.

Plus, unless you're some kind of bat, you're only hearing residual noise from frequencies over about 20kHz anyway.

I am a bat! I still hear to 22kHz. But even if you top out at 18kHz, you get aliasing from the low pass filters used to create a red book CD master.

I have never expwrienced a CD where I can pinpoint the musicians and singers in space. Vinyl and high res digital does that."

There's a point of failure in your listening chain somewhere then

I heard Tammi Terrelle leaving over Marvin Gaye's shoulder to sing a mine in a duet the other day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Leaning, even!

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By *eauhoMan
over a year ago

City Centre

If you're playing them on a shit turntable, they'll be wrecked before they reach the upgraded system anyway

Oh really? I better start saving so

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

Those Crosley and GPO machines with the red plastic stylus track at about 7g and will ruin records.

You don't need to spend thousands though. An entry level Audio Technica table will cost under £100 and while it won't set the world on fire it will sound far better than a Crosley and won't damage records.

Also there are plenty of decent used turntables and record players about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just by yourself a B&O A2 160w speaker with blue tooth connection. Download all the orginal classic albums to your phone and play through the A2!

£199 portable music speaker that is environment compliant and you are sorted!

Technology................its the future!

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By *eauhoMan
over a year ago

City Centre

"Those Crosley and GPO machines with the red plastic stylus track at about 7g and will ruin records.

Also there are plenty of decent used turntables and record players about."

Cheers for the advice, I never thought about looking at second hand models! I don't have a Crosley, it's a separate, but a cheap Philips one so probably not much better. So the tracking weight is what to look out for as build quality, reviews etc?

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By *eauhoMan
over a year ago

City Centre

"Just by yourself a B&O A2 160w speaker with blue tooth connection. Download all the orginal classic albums to your phone and play through the A2!

£199 portable music speaker that is environment compliant and you are sorted!

Technology................its the future!"

I'd have to upgrade me phone first!

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

Bluetooth is certainly not capable of sudficient bandwidth/bit rate for decent music reproduction.

And nothing can take the place of a decent pair of speakers or headphones.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bluetooth is certainly not capable of sudficient bandwidth/bit rate for decent music reproduction.

And nothing can take the place of a decent pair of speakers or headphones."

The piece of kit quoted is a wireless speaker!

I go back to my original comment and that is didgital reproduction of music is perfectly acceptable save for the sound slaves of vinyl who are, quire frankly, snobs!

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

"Bluetooth is certainly not capable of sudficient bandwidth/bit rate for decent music reproduction.

And nothing can take the place of a decent pair of speakers or headphones.

The piece of kit quoted is a wireless speaker!

I go back to my original comment and that is didgital reproduction of music is perfectly acceptable save for the sound slaves of vinyl who are, quire frankly, snobs!"

Thank you for your erudite and coherent point of view.

I invite you to listen to a record on my system any time you like.

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over a year ago

"Bluetooth is certainly not capable of sudficient bandwidth/bit rate for decent music reproduction.

And nothing can take the place of a decent pair of speakers or headphones.

The piece of kit quoted is a wireless speaker!

I go back to my original comment and that is didgital reproduction of music is perfectly acceptable save for the sound slaves of vinyl who are, quire frankly, snobs!

Thank you for your erudite and coherent point of view.

I invite you to listen to a record on my system any time you like. "

I shall pass but thanks in any event!

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over a year ago

"Bluetooth is certainly not capable of sudficient bandwidth/bit rate for decent music reproduction.

And nothing can take the place of a decent pair of speakers or headphones.

The piece of kit quoted is a wireless speaker!

I go back to my original comment and that is didgital reproduction of music is perfectly acceptable save for the sound slaves of vinyl who are, quire frankly, snobs!"

I'm not a snob at all. I just prefer vinyl. It's nostalgic and I love looking at art work on covers. There's something just so nice about putting a record on a player.

Each to their own, no need for insults.

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By *eliz NelsonMan
over a year ago

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"Bluetooth is certainly not capable of sudficient bandwidth/bit rate for decent music reproduction.

And nothing can take the place of a decent pair of speakers or headphones.

The piece of kit quoted is a wireless speaker!

I go back to my original comment and that is didgital reproduction of music is perfectly acceptable save for the sound slaves of vinyl who are, quire frankly, snobs!

I'm not a snob at all. I just prefer vinyl. It's nostalgic and I love looking at art work on covers. There's something just so nice about putting a record on a player.

Each to their own, no need for insults."

I agree with Dolce here and recently discovered that demand for valve based amplifiers for turntables is a growing market re quality of sound

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"Bluetooth is certainly not capable of sudficient bandwidth/bit rate for decent music reproduction.

And nothing can take the place of a decent pair of speakers or headphones.

The piece of kit quoted is a wireless speaker!

I go back to my original comment and that is didgital reproduction of music is perfectly acceptable save for the sound slaves of vinyl who are, quire frankly, snobs!

I'm not a snob at all. I just prefer vinyl. It's nostalgic and I love looking at art work on covers. There's something just so nice about putting a record on a player.

Each to their own, no need for insults.

I agree with Dolce here and recently discovered that demand for valve based amplifiers for turntables is a growing market re quality of sound"

I've only got a cheapish player but it works fine. I'll maybe upgrade to something better in the new year though.

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"Bluetooth is certainly not capable of sudficient bandwidth/bit rate for decent music reproduction.

And nothing can take the place of a decent pair of speakers or headphones.

The piece of kit quoted is a wireless speaker!

I go back to my original comment and that is didgital reproduction of music is perfectly acceptable save for the sound slaves of vinyl who are, quire frankly, snobs!

I'm not a snob at all. I just prefer vinyl. It's nostalgic and I love looking at art work on covers. There's something just so nice about putting a record on a player.

Each to their own, no need for insults."

My opinion not an insult and yes each to their own I quite agree.

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

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I don't think I am a snob. I am lucky enough to have always had a half decent turntable in the house as my dad enjoyed jazz and classical. I already had my own bedroom hifi as a teenager during the CD revolution in the 80s and I have been fortunate enough to own some high-ish end CD players. I have even tried mastering my own CDs from live recordings. I msintain that a red book CD is not capable of decent sound reproduction.

Curiously so do the people who invented it. The CD was described as "mid-fi at best" by the Philips and Sony bods who developed the standard.

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By *isdirtygirlCouple
over a year ago

somewhere out there

"Records do not sound scratchy if properly stored and cleaned.

But hey...what do I know....just a trained musician with degrees in physics and maths...."

Totally agreed. Anyone serious about vinyl should store their records properly. Get rid of the scratchy paper inners, buy decent non static inner sleeves and invest in something like an Okki Nokki, Moth or VPI cleaning machine. If you do go to that effect then you need to have a decent turntable as well with a decent cartridge. Most people didn't realise that poor turntables and poor setup actually fucks your records up.

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

I've got over 2000 of one genre I just Love vinyl

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By *tace 309TV/TS
over a year ago

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Im glad I kept my entire vinyl collection ( over 350 LPS),72 of which are limited edition. I'd never part with them.idid duplicate around 170 of them with CDs but there is absolutely no comparison in sound quality.

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By *bsinthe_boyMan
over a year ago

Luton

Although every record was bought to play, my collection is effectively my life insursnce. If I were to go under a bus it would pay for my funeral and leave my wife a few thousand.

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