Vinyl sales hit a record.
16 November 2014, 08:06 PM
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Vinyl sales hit a record.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...-20-years.html
I must say after buying a deck again a few years back I've really been enjoying listening to vinyl. I got back into vinyl because some tunes (or certain mixes) from my youth never made it onto a digital format.
I don't like this streaming, itunes nonsense. I like to own a physical copy of the music I've paid for, whether it be CD or vinyl.
I must be getting old....
I must say after buying a deck again a few years back I've really been enjoying listening to vinyl. I got back into vinyl because some tunes (or certain mixes) from my youth never made it onto a digital format.
I don't like this streaming, itunes nonsense. I like to own a physical copy of the music I've paid for, whether it be CD or vinyl.
I must be getting old....
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16 November 2014, 08:12 PM
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Intersting. I`ve just been re-united with my vinyl collection after many years abroad. Unfortunately I sold my Rega deck years ago so i`m looking for a replacement. What deck did you buy?
16 November 2014, 08:20 PM
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I bought a Technics SL1210 and upgraded it a bit with a new cart and head shell. Not the height of audiophilia but it suits the sort of music I wanted to listen to ie early hip hop and other club music.
It actually sounds surprisingly good and is a very robust and reliable deck.
It actually sounds surprisingly good and is a very robust and reliable deck.
16 November 2014, 09:26 PM
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I bought a Technics SL1210 and upgraded it a bit with a new cart and head shell. Not the height of audiophilia but it suits the sort of music I wanted to listen to ie early hip hop and other club music.
It actually sounds surprisingly good and is a very robust and reliable deck.
It actually sounds surprisingly good and is a very robust and reliable deck.
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16 November 2014, 09:40 PM
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17 November 2014, 04:38 AM
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I never gave vinyl up & always kept the faith.The biggest problem was that most people never heard a really good or even half decent set up.The sound is pretty special if you get it right.
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17 November 2014, 04:40 AM
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I bought a Technics SL1210 and upgraded it a bit with a new cart and head shell. Not the height of audiophilia but it suits the sort of music I wanted to listen to ie early hip hop and other club music.
It actually sounds surprisingly good and is a very robust and reliable deck.
It actually sounds surprisingly good and is a very robust and reliable deck.
Love my vinyl collection, I too got back into it after my dad died 4yrs ago and I was left with his collection, when I have those days when I'm missing him I get his records out and play them just like he used to on a sunday morning when I was a kid, then I throw a few from my youth on, things like Dancing in outer space by Atmosphere, now dats a fookin choon.
17 November 2014, 09:49 AM
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It takes one back to when times were simpler. For me it's a little bit of a regression to youth.
I have the original Dark Side of the Moon and Wish you were here on vinyl. I'd never play them again, I might frame them t some point.
I also have A Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering originals so that's 4 of the 10 greatest albums ever made on vinyl!
I always thought this album has very salacious hidden meanings.
I have the original Dark Side of the Moon and Wish you were here on vinyl. I'd never play them again, I might frame them t some point.
I also have A Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering originals so that's 4 of the 10 greatest albums ever made on vinyl!
I always thought this album has very salacious hidden meanings.
17 November 2014, 11:24 AM
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There is a difference between hearing music & listening to music.Most people don't appreciate that point.
Your comments on vinyl are very common.
To be able to hear a good vinyl system is rare.
To be able to hear a properly set up vinyl system is very rare.
17 November 2014, 12:09 PM
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Still have my vinyl and a Linn Axis/K18 combination.
Sadly, my new amp has no cartridge input, the one that was available form my amp maker died a death and was well over £1000.
And I've zero idea which one to use now, so have never gone back.
Sadly, my new amp has no cartridge input, the one that was available form my amp maker died a death and was well over £1000.
And I've zero idea which one to use now, so have never gone back.
17 November 2014, 04:35 PM
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The sound on vinyl is fuller, the outer reaches of the bass & treble are 'clipped' during the conversion to digital format in order to compress the resultant file.
A good vinyl system craps all over any digital system, especially when the volume goes up
The same misconception occurs with movies too, everybody raves about how blueray is the ultimate, but even old movies still have to be downgraded image-wise in order to fit the format, because the film captured more detail than can be rendered digitally.
A good vinyl system craps all over any digital system, especially when the volume goes up
The same misconception occurs with movies too, everybody raves about how blueray is the ultimate, but even old movies still have to be downgraded image-wise in order to fit the format, because the film captured more detail than can be rendered digitally.
17 November 2014, 06:00 PM
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No for the reverse.
decent CD setup has far higher dynamic range, less distortion, higher signal to noise ratio.
How's it NOT better?
And let's not get into fantasy realms of "it sounds fuller, etc."
17 November 2014, 06:00 PM
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All this talk of vinyl is making me itch!!
Just had too slam some sounds on the deck.........................ahhhhh, that's better.
Only vinyl can do this.
Have to say that good cd players are gaining ground.
Just had too slam some sounds on the deck.........................ahhhhh, that's better.
Only vinyl can do this.
Have to say that good cd players are gaining ground.
17 November 2014, 08:31 PM
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The sound on vinyl is fuller, the outer reaches of the bass & treble are 'clipped' during the conversion to digital format in order to compress the resultant file.
A good vinyl system craps all over any digital system, especially when the volume goes up
The same misconception occurs with movies too, everybody raves about how blueray is the ultimate, but even old movies still have to be downgraded image-wise in order to fit the format, because the film captured more detail than can be rendered digitally.
A good vinyl system craps all over any digital system, especially when the volume goes up
The same misconception occurs with movies too, everybody raves about how blueray is the ultimate, but even old movies still have to be downgraded image-wise in order to fit the format, because the film captured more detail than can be rendered digitally.
17 November 2014, 10:36 PM
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I've gone through more CD players than turntables! I did actually mean simpler times as in a record player evoking nostalgia.