One for you vinyl audiophiles
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Vinyl is making a come back, might need Sir Flops to advise on a record player?
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A very good find TC.
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A very good find TC.
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Very nice but how soon will one become bored with the novelty? And orchestral soundtracks by John Williams don't appeal to me personally so I'll pass 
Vinyl isn't making a comeback - it's made a comeback. Just a few years back bargains could be had but now the record companies have realised people will pay decent money for vinyl and I think they're taking the mick with some prices.
And prices of original vinyl releases have at least doubled in the past few years. I wish vinyl would go back to being unwanted, lol
For instance a 4 LP David Bowie set of him playing live at the BBC around 40-odd years ago for £60? Get outta here.
The Travelling Wilburys 'Box Set' which is just the 2 original LP's plus a 12" single with half a dozen single b-sides and remixes for £95? I still have the two original LP's and I recorded the single b-sides to FLAC a long time ago.
Turntable recommendations? I could ramble on at great length but if you want to buy new don't buy a cheap and nasty offering and avoid those with USB interfaces. Any of the offerings from Pro-Ject you can't go wrong with.
I have three turntables at the moment, all rebuilt from seventies original models, one Garrard 401 and a pair of Lenco L75's, all idler wheel drive models.
Vinyl isn't making a comeback - it's made a comeback. Just a few years back bargains could be had but now the record companies have realised people will pay decent money for vinyl and I think they're taking the mick with some prices.
And prices of original vinyl releases have at least doubled in the past few years. I wish vinyl would go back to being unwanted, lol
For instance a 4 LP David Bowie set of him playing live at the BBC around 40-odd years ago for £60? Get outta here.
The Travelling Wilburys 'Box Set' which is just the 2 original LP's plus a 12" single with half a dozen single b-sides and remixes for £95? I still have the two original LP's and I recorded the single b-sides to FLAC a long time ago.
Turntable recommendations? I could ramble on at great length but if you want to buy new don't buy a cheap and nasty offering and avoid those with USB interfaces. Any of the offerings from Pro-Ject you can't go wrong with.
I have three turntables at the moment, all rebuilt from seventies original models, one Garrard 401 and a pair of Lenco L75's, all idler wheel drive models.
Still enjoying my Sony Technics SL 7, bought back when that we a new hot item, and still going. Yes, the prices of new vinyl are a bit extreme. We bought a couple a while back, before they skyrocketed. At 70, I'm not sure my ears can detect the difference any more between the CD and the vinyl, so I'm not going to worry about buying more particularly. I do, though, have my 4 or 5 hundred albums from across 60 years, so we will continue to enjoy those. I suppose that if they issue the Zino Francescatti Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto on vinyl I would absolutely have to go for that. Enjoy, all!