HELP!! MY DAUGHTER WANTS A CROSLEY!!!!!

[hi*ball]

 

[dosmalo]

Some good advice here. I just had the crazy thought of getting that SL-5 fixed and then painting it pink or turquoise!

Another issue I just thought of: aside from the Beatles, it's mostly modern Top-40 type music that she likes. Pink, Taylor Swift kinda stuff (no judgments, okay?). And that music is EXPENSIVE to buy on vinyl, even used.

You're dipping your toe into some deep water I think.

 

[beat_truck]

Or buy the cheapest used Crosley or comparible brand you can find and paint that pink. At least you wouldn't be ruining a good Technics. Plus she'd probably like it better anyhow.

 

[gadget73]

me, I'd suggest something like this to her

but not my kid, and its something I know I'd have to overhaul first. They made older versions like this with tubes, which would be what I'd go for but we're not talking about me here.

At the end of the day though it has to be something she wants or it will never get used.

 

[MCM_Fan]

Some good advice here. I just had the crazy thought of getting that SL-5 fixed and then painting it pink or turquoise!

Another issue I just thought of: aside from the Beatles, it's mostly modern Top-40 type music that she likes. Pink, Taylor Swift kinda stuff (no judgments, okay?). And that music is EXPENSIVE to buy on vinyl, even used.

Well... Since sound quality isn't her biggest concern, that Crosley has an AUX input. She can hook up her phone to her cool looking pink turntable and iTune or Spotify to her heart's content. She can listen to all of her favorite music, without dad investing a fortune in vinyl.

Sure, get her a few of her favorite albums to let her experience vinyl, but I wouldn't go overboard on buying records until you are sure she is in this long term. Hopefully, by then, she'll be willing to consider a better turntable that will take better care of her expensive records.

 

[FileFixer]

Ya know, we played records on worse things than that Crosley back in the 60's and 70's (called "record-players" back then), and we and a lot of the records survived. She likes it, go for it, not a slur on your manhood

How many of us had something this good at 12 years old?

https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/sho...cord-player?category=record-players&color=046

Now of course, when she asks to borrow some of your records, you probably will have to draw the line...

My first TT when I born and open my eyes was be this machine. When I was gone to school, seven years old, something happen with me and I wished to upgrade it without any idea how, with child brain of course, and after that it never play anything like records. I remember then I try to fix them but without any sucess of course I was child. After that my father bought Dual TT.

 

[patient_ot]

I'm sorry for your plight, hope you get it sorted out.

 

[Bill Ashton]

Gadget, now THATS what we're talkin' 'bout

That would have been a pretty big deal back-in-the-day to have that in your own bedroom...that was a family record player.

(And for the...ahem...record, ours was a Westinghouse...with a Ronette revolving crystal cart, for 33/45 or 78)

 

[Ohighway]

Just buy her the Crosley if that is what she likes.

Its not like she is wanting it for the improved sound over digital, she just likes the looks and wants to be in with the rest of the sheep.

Next month it will be a new tattoo. Kids today have no individuality they all just want to be the same as the rest of the crowd.

I agree wholeheartedly with your first sentence. And that's about it. You'd have been better to skip the rest......

 

[ChicagoTom]

I agree wholeheartedly with your first sentence. And that's about it. You'd have been better to skip the rest......

He doesn't let others see his profile page. I think I found him on Facebook, and it isn't pretty. Ken is now "ignored."

 

[srs735]

I doubt the Crosley would be any harder on records than my parents old all in one changer was with a few quarters taped to the tonearm with about 6 records stacked back in the 70's. No my dad wouldn't have wasted 50 cents on the tonearm. That was my doing

I'm just sayin'

Thankfully I treat my vinyl and equipment a little better now

Good luck Tom

REMEMBER

Resistance is FUTILE

 

[hifitommy]

yeah, get the pink one. she will grow out of that and then guide her to one like this:

http://www.crosleyradio.com/turntables/product-details?productkey=C200A&model=C200A-BK

she WILL notice the improvement. of course, then you have to get the speakers (ELAC B5s) and maybe a pioneer integrated amp. any dvd player will do for CDs in the beginning.

 

[4-2-7]

She just wants to do this



And be compact and mobil that she can bring her record player and records to a friends. I think us baby boomers did the same thing, right?

 

[4-2-7]

And get her a Crosly this record will teach you to be a hip dad, yes this is a new band and all the members are under 21. Made up of three brothers and a friend, they have hits and are totaly sold out on concert dates. This record is only $16

 

[Vinylmasters]

My daughter is 13, and has recently begun to appreciate the aesthetic of older eras. I think the TV show "Stranger Things" may have helped, actually. It's set in the 80s.

I've never pushed turntables on her, but suddenly today she expressed an interest. "Did you know turntables are becoming popular again, Dad?" "I kinda like the look of that (my broke down Technics SL-5)" Then she went to Urban Outfitters and showed me some Crosley turntables that she liked the look of.

I explained that they don't sound very good and will ruin records, but that did not change her attraction for Crosleys. Then I showed her a few images of KLH all-in-ones from the 60s that I've always had a hankering for. I showed her a super-cute Yaquin tube amp that could power some speakers or headphones, with a small Realistic phono amp the size of a pack of cigarettes. She yawned.

So my question is, is there a vintage turntable out there with a Crosley aesthetic? Or (shudder) is there a not too horrible Crosley to choose from? This may all come to naught, but I want to be prepared. I'd love to get her into vinyl.

Just get her one of these......

 

[4-2-7]

I think members here are missing the fact that a young girl would most likely want to be able to carry here record player and records to a friends house and play music.

 

[dosmalo]

Waitaminute D, if he's not careful Tom could end up too hip and believe me these kids, especially daughters, can smell that sh!t out in a second flat and if that happens he's doomed.
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

 

[hifitommy]

yes, that will do for now. i still have records from my 'record player' days.

 

[asilker]

it's mostly modern Top-40 type music that she likes. Pink, Taylor Swift kinda stuff (no judgments, okay?).

I'll go on record here and say I think some if Taylor Swift's stuff is great

No need to back off it dawg. If she's listening to Swift and Beyonce then she probably has good taste

 

[Ken Boyd]

Ken, I don't think my generation or yours were ANY different when it comes to conformity when we were teenagers.

He doesn't let others see his profile page. I think I found him on Facebook, and it isn't pretty. Ken is now "ignored."

Oops sorry that my post was taken, differently than what I meant it to seem. It wasn't meant to be anything more than the then expressing that kids today seem to want to follow what all the other kids are doing. It wasn't about being conforming or rebellious but rather unlike when we were kids which I thought we were more about individuality rather than doing what every other kid was about. If you have me on ignore it is rather hard to apologize but just the same the apologize is there.