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Post by Del Boy on Nov 30, 2015 22:16:03 GMT
Vinyl, for me its always been the best way to enjoy music and now it seems its enjoying a resurgence in recent times. Cd sales have been falling steadily while Vinyl album sales have been increasing. I recently discovered my love for collecting the stuff, mainly fuelled by regular viewings and discussions on here about TOTP episodes from 1976 to 1980 (so far) and other BBC4 music documentaries . Most of my collection is 12" singles of dance stuff from 89 to 95. Sadly i lost all my singles and albums from childhood, mainly 80's stuff. I've enjoyed buying singles and albums over the last few months ranging from the 50's to the 90's stuff. I've also bought a nice 1981 DC Amp Technics stereo to go with my already owned Technics 1200 record deck to play them on much to the annoyance of my mrs Is there any other Vinyl fans here on 4:3tv ? Del Boy
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Post by Gene Hunt on Nov 30, 2015 22:21:33 GMT
Got a load of 7" & 12" singles ranging from the 70's to the 90's and loads of albums too. I used to collect them with a passion back then and am glad to see them making a come back now. Some of them are worth a fortune now. I might look into what some of mine are worth - particularly the picture discs I have.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Nov 30, 2015 22:25:44 GMT
Although I don't get to play vinyl now like I used to, I was a Hi-Fi buff some years ago and spent quite a bit of Wonga on a decent turntable setup as well as hundreds of singles and albums through the 70s and 80s.
The turntable itself is fine but the problem I have nowadays is that amplifiers do not have inputs for moving coil cartridges and a separate amplifier is needed.
I also now tend to go for the simplicity of keeping most of my music stored on a music server at home. But don't mention MP3s to me, they are nothing but due to the compression used and the loss of clarity in playback. I listen to 24-bit FLAC files because they are as close as I can get to the quality that I like.
Many people today think that the top notch quality for music is a 320kbps mp3 and I think that is sad as they are missing so much and exactly the same can be said about the benefits of listening to vinyl.
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Post by Del Boy on Nov 30, 2015 22:35:10 GMT
I have been very surprised by current pricing Gene. The stuff that's worth the most is clean copy 60's stuff like Beatles, Stones etc. I saw a first pressing Sgt. Pepper up for sale the other day for £115. I wouldn't buy that stuff because i want to play them. Luckily you can buy the beatles albums reissued on vinyl that have been taken from the 2009 remastered work, and they sound fantastic. For me I like them better than the Mono first pressings. I was surprised at the price of a new record £18 last time I bought a new album it was a fiver Singles are very reasonable price wise. The most popular stuff is 60's i would say, and if you have mint copies they can easily go for £20 each. The good thing about singles is that they are easily available. Very good and good copies of 60's stuff can be found for £2 to £10 quid. I must say i know nowt about picture discs as i've never owned or been into them. They were limited runs I believe ? Sam. I've wasted shed loads on hifi gear over the years, hence why my mrs wasn't best pleased that i've got back into it I also fell into the MP3 trap years ago and always thought the 320 kbps was a great format mainly after i digitised my cds 12 years ago. It isn't that great it turns out but there's no bloody way i'm re doing all my albums into something better. The thing with digital is there's a mind boggling amount of different formats to use and I cant tell the difference between most of them. The thing i love about digital is the convenience of having them on a hard drive and being able to play or stream them to multiple devices. I have never really liked CDs as much as vinyl though.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Nov 30, 2015 22:41:41 GMT
Very limited in some cases I think. I've got some mint 60's singles knocking about. I'll have to dig them out.
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Post by Del Boy on Nov 30, 2015 22:55:04 GMT
The turntable itself is fine but the problem I have nowadays is that amplifiers do not have inputs for moving coil cartridges and a separate amplifier is needed.
I bought a small pre-amp so as to use another turntable i have with my JBL soundbar just temporarily. It sounds acceptable. Its nowhere near the quality of a hifi set up of old.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Nov 30, 2015 23:37:45 GMT
I'll have to have a look for one of those moving coil amplifiers again as the turntable cost a small fortune and is sat in the loft doing nothing. I do remember setting it all up on the day I bought it: I'd bought the turntable itself, a separate arm and it's adaptor, and the best cartridge I could afford after that. Putting the components together and aligning them was a trial in itself.
I spent silly money on it all: the turntable cost two months' take home pay and the rest of the system another five months' take home. It sounded fantastic and was worth every penny.
Seven months' pay! Wouldn't even consider that now.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Dec 1, 2015 0:16:22 GMT
I used to have a heavy wooden radiogram that once belonged to my grandpa, there really is nothing to compare to the faithful & rich sound of a record, digital media sounds pathetic after listening to an LP. The radiogram ended up on the dump & my records in the loft or on ebay. People are certainly being shortchanged by digital players but there's a lot to be said about an mp3 player that fits in your pocket & the internet has opened up areas of music that I'd never have been exposed to & is instantly accesible. If I had the room & spare cash I'd certainly get a record player & start buying LPs, though whenever I listened to a record it would make the mp3's or similar that I mostly listen to sound like crap.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Dec 1, 2015 6:26:10 GMT
Unfortunately, you cannot play records in a car. For that, I have to rely on CDs or loading the built in hard drive with MP3s so there is certainly a time and a place for MP3s. The difference in quality is somewhat less when you're surrounded by other sounds when driving anyway.
It would be nice to go back to the good old days though and listen to my old record collection on quality hifi gear again.
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Post by The Saint on Dec 1, 2015 7:38:33 GMT
My parents recently bought a new high end record player and speakers, so after 20 odd years they can listen to their LP collection again. I played a few of their 70s LPs recently when I visited them and was astounded by the quality! For example, their old Carpenters LP made the quality of my "digitally remastered" CD of the same artist sound sub-standard.
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