Vinyls Big Future

[mrt2]

Wow, you guys sure are on the same page! I will offer a dissenting opinion.

Don't get me wrong, I grew up with vinyl records and they were my primary source until the early 90s, then again in the late 90s when I bought a new turntable and bought or re-bought piles of used records.

I have now moved away from vinyl records and more towards cds the last couple of years for a few reasons.

1. Vinyl has only a very limited future as a niche market. The fact is that the record companies will never press vinyl records in the numbers that they did 30 years ago. The vinyl fad among young people is actually likely to hasten the demise of vinyl as the increasing demand for a finite resource, vinyl records, bumps up the price of them. The owner of one of my favorite used record stores tells me how he keeps increasing the prices of mediocre rock records because college kids keep buying them. Records are delicate and a lot of newbies are, no doubt wearing them out playing them on worn out carts or poorly set up tables. I have no intention of paying $20, $30 or $50 for audiophile vinyl reissues, when the same titles are available for $5 on cd.

Being analog, it is time consuming to transfer records to digital files, though many people do it. If you have thousands of titles, the task of transfering to files is daunting. Cds are easy to transfer to digital files, when the time comes to switch to a server based system.

2. Vinyl does not necessarily sound better than cds. Cds do not necessarily sound better than vinyl. I cringe when I read blanket statements from people that all vinyl sounds better than cds. The answer is that it depends on the hardware, the mastering of the recording, the source of the original recording, and in the case of vinyl, the quality and condition of the disc itself. When properly mastered, a good pressing of an lp, in clean condition, played on a really good turntable on a good stereo, vinyl usually beats cd. However, when played on an average TT, and a typical pressing that has some wear, not so much.

For all of you cd haters, go get a DCC reissue, or Chesky, or Mapleshade cd and listen to it on a quality cd player before making blanket statements about cds sounding bad.

3. Lots of the used vinyl available at affordable prices today is mediocre at best. I lived through this not once, but twice, first in the 70s and again in the late 90s when I bought the stuff again.

4. Most, if not all music is recorded digitally. Going forward, what exactly is the point to dealing with analog to play digitally recorded music?

5. Used cds are cheaper than ever with people dumping their collections in favor of ipods or music servers. I know I am swimming against the current here, but this is exactly what happened in the 80s with vinyl. In ten years, I predict that AudioKarma will have cd threads exactly like this one, once cds disappear as the dominant medium for music storage.

 

[BigManAndy]

Vinyl has always been king to me. 1999, i was 14 years old i bought my first vinyl record. granted at that time i didn't have a table or stereo but i played it on my parents rig, which i would later inherit and eventually upgrade from. I have one other friend who's into vinyl. everyone else thinks were crazy for playing on a media that's well way older than me.

The past year or so my interest in vinyl has really blown up. Granted i only have maybe 180 LP's right now, but about 100 of those are from the last few month. I will admit, i bought the second gen Ipod when it first came out. never really got into it, sold it on ebay. Music to me isn't background noise. I never watch tv, unless its sundays for the NASCAR race so the stereo is used all the time. i play at least 5 records any given day. and more on weekends.

I don't know the last cd i bought, i only buy cds for a select couple bands of who i collect everything i can get my hands on. Vinyl has lasted with me mainly because of punk and punk/ska bands have always released on vinyl right up to this day, they never stopped pressing those bands on vinyl. and usually the vinyl version is $1-5 cheaper than the cd counterpart for brand new, that's a no brainer as to which one to buy. and i can get VG+ to NM used vinyl starting at $.49. I also don't know the last time i played a mp3 on my computer, i have all my cds ripped on my hard drive, but since the vinyl has kicked back in my life i never play music on the computer anymore. last time i tryed to play a mp3 on the computer for the first time in my life i noticed how inferior mp3's are compared to vinyl. and im playing on a low-mid fi system, if that.

now the only place i play CD's/MP3's are in the car. Vinyl will forever be the king of the house.

I just we we had a local new/used record store, im stuck using internet distributors, Ebay and Craigslist for mine, as well as the local thrift stores.

well time to put on another record!

 

[illinoisteve]

I love all those new vinyl haters donating their vinyl to thrift shops and selling it to used record stores, and all those people dumping their CDs as soon as they transfer the tracks to their Ipods. Without them my vinyl collection would not be starting to approach what I wish I could have afforded 30 years ago and my CD collection would not be growing much at all if I had to pay 15 bucks for every CD. Sweet providence bless the souls of every person who thinks the old media I like to listen to are all hopelessly archaic! My feelings are not hurt, after all, I still listen to 78s and even live music played on acoustic instruments (how much more archaically analogue can you get than that!).

True, some of the old records are in bad shape, but I think of some poor dude who loved to play that record over and over and couldn't afford to replace the needle on his lousy Monkey Wards stereo. I can clean up the disk. Maybe I won't play it much if it is really bad, until I find a better copy.

 

[mid-fi-ry]

2. Vinyl does not necessarily sound better than cds. Cds do not necessarily sound better than vinyl. I cringe when I read blanket statements from people that all vinyl sounds better than cds. The answer is that it depends on the hardware, the mastering of the recording, the source of the original recording, and in the case of vinyl, the quality and condition of the disc itself. When properly mastered, a good pressing of an lp, in clean condition, played on a really good turntable on a good stereo, vinyl usually beats cd. However, when played on an average TT, and a typical pressing that has some wear, not so much.

Very well said. CD's and LP's get equal time in my life. I shudder to think of all the music I wouldnt have heard if I collected only one format. CASSETTE, DAT and HIFI VHS is also used in my household.

 

[Sportlark64]

Vinyl Surge

I think the hardest part is finding a partner that can just shut up and appreciate the music . Where we are no one I know is into Stereos or Vinyl like myself . CD's seem to do it for them , that's cool .
Most folks around me are into country etc. Me I'm a Dyed in the Wool Rocker or modern blues .
My brother back in CC, Nv. is the only one I know that is into Vinyl as much as I am . So I kick it in the office or the shop and decompress to vinyl and CD's . I've quit buying CD's for the most part and getting into Vinyl again .
I'm a bit nervous about buying new Vinyl though . I've read some horror stories how new recordings are "pushed" and way to dang expensive . I won't pay $25.00-40.00 unless it's a rare Import . I've got about 10 "new" albums off of eBay over the last 2 months . One I've got recently is Grand Funk -Phoenix which is on right now

 

[Sam Cogley]

I think the hardest part is finding a partner that can just shut up and appreciate the music . Where we are no one I know is into Stereos or Vinyl like myself . CD's seem to do it for them , that's cool .
Most folks around me are into country etc. Me I'm a Dyed in the Wool Rocker or modern blues .
My brother back in CC, Nv. is the only one I know that is into Vinyl as much as I am . So I kick it in the office or the shop and decompress to vinyl and CD's . I've quit buying CD's for the most part and getting into Vinyl again .
I'm a bit nervous about buying new Vinyl though . I've read some horror stories how new recordings are "pushed" and way to dang expensive . I won't pay $25.00-40.00 unless it's a rare Import . I've got about 10 "new" albums off of eBay over the last 2 months . One I've got recently is Grand Funk -Phoenix which is on right now

Where exactly are you at in the Ozarks? My current parking position is about 10 miles west of Springfield.

 

[HypnoToad]

Wow, you guys sure are on the same page! I will offer a dissenting opinion.

Don't get me wrong, I grew up with vinyl records and they were my primary source until the early 90s, then again in the late 90s when I bought a new turntable and bought or re-bought piles of used records.

I have now moved away from vinyl records and more towards cds the last couple of years for a few reasons.

1. Vinyl has only a very limited future as a niche market. The fact is that the record companies will never press vinyl records in the numbers that they did 30 years ago. The vinyl fad among young people is actually likely to hasten the demise of vinyl as the increasing demand for a finite resource, vinyl records, bumps up the price of them. The owner of one of my favorite used record stores tells me how he keeps increasing the prices of mediocre rock records because college kids keep buying them. Records are delicate and a lot of newbies are, no doubt wearing them out playing them on worn out carts or poorly set up tables. I have no intention of paying $20, $30 or $50 for audiophile vinyl reissues, when the same titles are available for $5 on cd.

Being analog, it is time consuming to transfer records to digital files, though many people do it. If you have thousands of titles, the task of transfering to files is daunting. Cds are easy to transfer to digital files, when the time comes to switch to a server based system.

2. Vinyl does not necessarily sound better than cds. Cds do not necessarily sound better than vinyl. I cringe when I read blanket statements from people that all vinyl sounds better than cds. The answer is that it depends on the hardware, the mastering of the recording, the source of the original recording, and in the case of vinyl, the quality and condition of the disc itself. When properly mastered, a good pressing of an lp, in clean condition, played on a really good turntable on a good stereo, vinyl usually beats cd. However, when played on an average TT, and a typical pressing that has some wear, not so much.

For all of you cd haters, go get a DCC reissue, or Chesky, or Mapleshade cd and listen to it on a quality cd player before making blanket statements about cds sounding bad.

3. Lots of the used vinyl available at affordable prices today is mediocre at best. I lived through this not once, but twice, first in the 70s and again in the late 90s when I bought the stuff again.

4. Most, if not all music is recorded digitally. Going forward, what exactly is the point to dealing with analog to play digitally recorded music?

5. Used cds are cheaper than ever with people dumping their collections in favor of ipods or music servers. I know I am swimming against the current here, but this is exactly what happened in the 80s with vinyl. In ten years, I predict that AudioKarma will have cd threads exactly like this one, once cds disappear as the dominant medium for music storage.

1. At the moment vinyl is cheap to buy, I can go to Half Price Books and pick up classic albums in very good condition for a few dollars. And sure record companies aren't going full on back into vinyl but for me it's the thrill of the chase to pick up something you don't have for a little money that will give you so much enjoyment. When I came across The Fox by Elton John for $2.99 in very good condition I said to my wife I have died and gone to heaven. I had wanted that album again so bad, sure I could get it on Cd but it's just not the same to someone my age.

2. Some vinyl sounds crappy but the better stuff has a character all of it's own, it's hard to explain. To me Cd's sound clinical and vinyl sounds warm and more natural, maybe it's in the way we extract it from the record that adds something. I can easily fall asleep listening to a record but never did listening to a Cd even though Cd's are much longer, they seem to keep me on edge while vinyl relaxes me. And most people on here have systems that are very very good, much better than we had years ago. Gotta love vintage audio.

3. There is a lot of mediocre vinyl out there, I wear my reading glasses and closely examine every album before I buy and won't spend more that a few dollars usually. Unless it's something I really want. I wash them and dry them and give them a spin and even my wife says after a while you just don't notice any pops or clicks.

4. Most of the records I own were recorded onto tapes in analog and remained that way. Some were recorded digitally but even they seem to have that vinyl character about them.

5. Used Cd's are usually dearer than the vinyl I buy, I won't pay more than a few dollars for an album like I said unless it's something very special. I bought Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds used on Cd before I got into vinyl and paid the same for it on vinyl, I have played both and much prefer the vinyl copy to the Cd. It just has more character to it.

Cd's to me seem to be fatiguing whereas vinyl is not IMO or it could be that I am just suffering from mental illness.

 

[mid-fi-ry]

1. To me Cd's sound clinical and vinyl sounds warm and more natural, maybe it's in the way we extract it from the record that adds something.

Cd's to me seem to be fatiguing whereas vinyl is not IMO .

This is the typical blanket statement discussed before.

What are you using to playback CD vs. LP? I would guess you have a killer analog system vs. a subpar CD system. If I am right, then your hackneyed generalities would make sense.

 

[Doug G.]

This is the typical blanket statement discussed before.

What are you using to playback CD vs. LP? I would guess you have a killer analog system vs. a subpar CD system. If I am right, then your hackneyed generalities would make sense.

But you see, your guess is itself hackneyed.

That is what is always guessed when someone says they like vinyl better than CDs. :yes:

And I am one who doesn't find CDs fatiguing. I actually like both but vinyl, of course, has a special place since it is what I grew up with. There is something to be said of history. :thmbsp:

I have loved records since I was 2 1/2 years old and they still fascinate me.

Doug

 

[mrt2]

1. At the moment vinyl is cheap to buy, I can go to Half Price Books and pick up classic albums in very good condition for a few dollars. And sure record companies aren't going full on back into vinyl but for me it's the thrill of the chase to pick up something you don't have for a little money that will give you so much enjoyment. When I came across The Fox by Elton John for $2.99 in very good condition I said to my wife I have died and gone to heaven. I had wanted that album again so bad, sure I could get it on Cd but it's just not the same to someone my age.

2. Some vinyl sounds crappy but the better stuff has a character all of it's own, it's hard to explain. To me Cd's sound clinical and vinyl sounds warm and more natural, maybe it's in the way we extract it from the record that adds something. I can easily fall asleep listening to a record but never did listening to a Cd even though Cd's are much longer, they seem to keep me on edge while vinyl relaxes me. And most people on here have systems that are very very good, much better than we had years ago. Gotta love vintage audio.

3. There is a lot of mediocre vinyl out there, I wear my reading glasses and closely examine every album before I buy and won't spend more that a few dollars usually. Unless it's something I really want. I wash them and dry them and give them a spin and even my wife says after a while you just don't notice any pops or clicks.

4. Most of the records I own were recorded onto tapes in analog and remained that way. Some were recorded digitally but even they seem to have that vinyl character about them.

5. Used Cd's are usually dearer than the vinyl I buy, I won't pay more than a few dollars for an album like I said unless it's something very special. I bought Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds used on Cd before I got into vinyl and paid the same for it on vinyl, I have played both and much prefer the vinyl copy to the Cd. It just has more character to it.

Cd's to me seem to be fatiguing whereas vinyl is not IMO or it could be that I am just suffering from mental illness.

OK,

I don't wish to begrudge anyone their enjoyment of vinyl records. It has obviously hung on long after many people had written it off. I suspect that we may be talking past one another because we all have different data points we are relying upon.

The cost of vinyl vs. the cost of digital - Maybe there are regional differences here, or maybe a difference in what we are looking for. For the most part, my interest is in 50s and 60s era jazz, 60s soul and rock, and some 70s and 80s rock, punk, new wave and pop, most of which is now more expensive on vinyl than cd, sometimes much more expensive.

I am not surprised you found an Elton John lp for $2.99. He sold a ton of records in the 70s, so lots of copies must be out there. It is a good thing that you managed to find a nice, clean copy. I did speak with the owner of a used record store, and he told me for things in demand, like, say Beatles lps, he charges $12, or even $15 for mediocre US stereo pressings. He acknowledged this is overpriced for what it is, but sees no reason to lower the price as vinyl newbies seem to be willing to pay for the mystique of vinyl.

The sound of cd vs. vinyl:
Again, we need to put our cards on the table here. I thought that too when my only reference was a cheap Teac I picked up at a big box store in the early 90s compared to my ProJect Turntable. Then I got an Arcam cd player in the late 90s and cds sounded better again. Also, it depends on what you are listening to. Lots of new recordings and current reissues are horribly compressed. Lots of people hear this than think it is the cd medium. It is not. Cds properly mastered can sound smooth and dynamic at the same time.

 

[HypnoToad]

OK,

The sound of cd vs. vinyl:
Again, we need to put our cards on the table here. I thought that too when my only reference was a cheap Teac I picked up at a big box store in the early 90s compared to my ProJect Turntable. Then I got an Arcam cd player in the late 90s and cds sounded better again. Also, it depends on what you are listening to. Lots of new recordings and current reissues are horribly compressed. Lots of people hear this than think it is the cd medium. It is not. Cds properly mastered can sound smooth and dynamic at the same time.

The Elton John album is The Fox and for some reason is hard to find, maybe it's not worth a lot but I love it for some reason.

You can download virtually any album from the net for free and burn it to a Cd for thirty cents or so. I can't do that with vinyl but to me it's worth the effort for the enjoyment I get out of it.

Mine is not a killer analog system compared to others on here, it's very good but I would not rate it world beating. My Technics SL1200 Mk2 is a good performer but not totl by any means. I don't have a totl Cd player either, I was going to get one of those high end ones that proclaimed it was "analog" sounding but then I got hooked on vinyl, maybe one day.

As to comparing the sound of vinyl and Cd's, Cd's have all the sound no doubt about it. But as I was trying to convey I think that something in the process of either making or playing a record adds something. I can't put my finger on exactly what but it's something "I" like. Others may not but there seems to be a few who do.

Good listening all no matter what you prefer.

 

[jhaan92]

You know, I jumped on the Compact Disc bandwagon a little bit when it hit, but I almost never bought anything on CD that I already didn't have on LP. My ex-wife (thank god....) said that I should get rid of my albums and just buy CDs (this is when the boom hit). Absolutely not.....not when I own what is worth a couple grand (today's prices) in half-speed masters! Over my dead body. I am glad that I never game them up, even in the divorce-she didn't pay for them or the gear-so why should she get them?!

The one thing that I always missed-and this is on a visual aspect only-was the artwork. With albums, you could examine the artwork, enjoy it, and not need a microscope to do so. With CD album art, it's so small....how can you see that?! Vinyl will never die as long as there are people that are dedicated to it-like Jim Davis of Music Direct, who brought back Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (there is a god!).



Jason



PS-I got the new Marvin Gaye (Lets Get It On) and Santana (Abraxas) albums from MFSL-awesome! I really like the fact that they have now gone over to the 180g half-speed masters instead of just working with 120g vinyl.....it's thicker, and there is less resonance frequency, plus less vibration pickup from the turntable.

 

[jhaan92]

The sound of cd vs. vinyl:
Again, we need to put our cards on the table here. I thought that too when my only reference was a cheap Teac I picked up at a big box store in the early 90s compared to my ProJect Turntable. Then I got an Arcam cd player in the late 90s and cds sounded better again. Also, it depends on what you are listening to. Lots of new recordings and current reissues are horribly compressed. Lots of people hear this than think it is the cd medium. It is not. Cds properly mastered can sound smooth and dynamic at the same time.

TELARC! Need I say more? If you want the unbridled joy of uncompressed music, they are still the best! I have the 1812 Overture with the Chicago Philharmonic, and that is rated at over 90db of dynamic range. I believe it.....goodbye Cerwin Vegas :tears::tears: (Too much juice, too little time).

 

[Sportlark64]

Location- Music Heaven !

Where exactly are you at in the Ozarks? My current parking position is about 10 miles west of Springfield.

Hey Sam , Steve here . I'm in the " Missouri Triangle" about 50 miles east from S/field about 5 miles back in the woods from Hi-way 60. That's Mansfield/Macombe/Mountain Grove. Down the side of a side road,literally !!! We're 1 mile down in a Holler .Great place to crank the music . No neighbors for 1/4 mile to the south , then 1/2 mile and 3/4 mile to the north . No one on the east or west side period .Have you ever made it into "Stick it in your ear" on Walnut St. ?
Still waitin' on 5 more albums from eBay that I bought on the 11th.
1]Steve Miller-The Joker
2]Steve Miller-Book of Dreams
3]Santana-First Album
4]Johnny Winter-Nothin' but the Blues
5]Pat Travers-Puttin it Straight
I recently scored
1] Savoy Brown-Wire Fire
2]Jimi Hendrix-Crash Landing
3]Deep Purple-Burn
4]Robin Trower-Long Misty Days
5]Supertramp-Crime of the Century
6]Grand Funk-Phoenix
7]Rick Wakeman-Journey to the centre of the earth .
8]Earthquake-Rock the World (pretty cool,never heard of them)
9]Savoy Brown-Jack the Toad
10]Savoy Brown-Lookin' In
11]Grand Funk-Shinin' On
12]Blue Oyster Cult-Tyranny and Mutation
and several others .
I haven't bought this many albums since in the Military overseas in the early 80's . I still get the occasional Cd , But I really want to rebuild my LP selection .Can't really crank my system in the house . My office is too small to get good accoustics (9'w x 14'L) , but at least I have a space . My missus likes it , I'm at the other end of the house about 70' away

 

[chadnliz]

Wow, you guys sure are on the same page! I will offer a dissenting opinion.

Don't get me wrong, I grew up with vinyl records and they were my primary source until the early 90s, then again in the late 90s when I bought a new turntable and bought or re-bought piles of used records.

I have now moved away from vinyl records and more towards cds the last couple of years for a few reasons.

1. Vinyl has only a very limited future as a niche market. The fact is that the record companies will never press vinyl records in the numbers that they did 30 years ago. The vinyl fad among young people is actually likely to hasten the demise of vinyl as the increasing demand for a finite resource, vinyl records, bumps up the price of them. The owner of one of my favorite used record stores tells me how he keeps increasing the prices of mediocre rock records because college kids keep buying them. Records are delicate and a lot of newbies are, no doubt wearing them out playing them on worn out carts or poorly set up tables. I have no intention of paying $20, $30 or $50 for audiophile vinyl reissues, when the same titles are available for $5 on cd.

Being analog, it is time consuming to transfer records to digital files, though many people do it. If you have thousands of titles, the task of transfering to files is daunting. Cds are easy to transfer to digital files, when the time comes to switch to a server based system.

2. Vinyl does not necessarily sound better than cds. Cds do not necessarily sound better than vinyl. I cringe when I read blanket statements from people that all vinyl sounds better than cds. The answer is that it depends on the hardware, the mastering of the recording, the source of the original recording, and in the case of vinyl, the quality and condition of the disc itself. When properly mastered, a good pressing of an lp, in clean condition, played on a really good turntable on a good stereo, vinyl usually beats cd. However, when played on an average TT, and a typical pressing that has some wear, not so much.

For all of you cd haters, go get a DCC reissue, or Chesky, or Mapleshade cd and listen to it on a quality cd player before making blanket statements about cds sounding bad.

3. Lots of the used vinyl available at affordable prices today is mediocre at best. I lived through this not once, but twice, first in the 70s and again in the late 90s when I bought the stuff again.

4. Most, if not all music is recorded digitally. Going forward, what exactly is the point to dealing with analog to play digitally recorded music?

5. Used cds are cheaper than ever with people dumping their collections in favor of ipods or music servers. I know I am swimming against the current here, but this is exactly what happened in the 80s with vinyl. In ten years, I predict that AudioKarma will have cd threads exactly like this one, once cds disappear as the dominant medium for music storage.

Brilliant!
You noted that the kids buying up records will speed up its death and I agree, look the bubble will burst like all fads do and this Vinyl upsurge is a fad and now when the market dwindles down then this time folks in the industry will say "Well that was its one shot so now screw it".
I love and own Vinyl and a pretty good rig by most anyones standards but I also love CD, both can suck and do and both can be great and are. If you cant stand a CD your either in need of a serious upgrade in gear, have simply become a vinyl snob or perhaps you have become a vinyl snob lol.
Its Ying and Yang, Vinyl can be warmer, but CD has better control, the CD has a small hard to read jacket but Vinyl is difficult to care for and on and on and on. There are a few odd birds on the net that wont even own a CD or god forbid a file, these folks need a dose of sympathy and then a smack on the head. To call yourself a true music lover and refuse to explore 99.9% of the last 20 years of music is insane.
I buy used on Vinyl and new on Digital so both collections grow at the same rate and I have a system where both sound great, the CD player and Vinyl chain or extremely close in many aspects keeping it about whats really important and thats the music. Vinyl will be dead in a decade or so and the CD may be too, and yet the Sun will likely rise and set, life will go on and we will somehow manage to still smile but make no mistake it is in Hospice right now and fadeing slowly. Hell some of you wont even be into audio and all this gear by then...............trust me.

 

[Sam Cogley]

Hey Sam , Steve here . I'm in the " Missouri Triangle" about 50 miles east from S/field about 5 miles back in the woods from Hi-way 60. That's Mansfield/Macombe/Mountain Grove. Down the side of a side road,literally !!! We're 1 mile down in a Holler .Great place to crank the music . No neighbors for 1/4 mile to the south , then 1/2 mile and 3/4 mile to the north . No one on the east or west side period .Have you ever made it into "Stick it in your ear" on Walnut St. ?
Still waitin' on 5 more albums from eBay that I bought on the 11th.
1]Steve Miller-The Joker
2]Steve Miller-Book of Dreams
3]Santana-First Album
4]Johnny Winter-Nothin' but the Blues
5]Pat Travers-Puttin it Straight
I recently scored
1] Savoy Brown-Wire Fire
2]Jimi Hendrix-Crash Landing
3]Deep Purple-Burn
4]Robin Trower-Long Misty Days
5]Supertramp-Crime of the Century
6]Grand Funk-Phoenix
7]Rick Wakeman-Journey to the centre of the earth .
8]Earthquake-Rock the World (pretty cool,never heard of them)
9]Savoy Brown-Jack the Toad
10]Savoy Brown-Lookin' In
11]Grand Funk-Shinin' On
12]Blue Oyster Cult-Tyranny and Mutation
and several others .
I haven't bought this many albums since in the Military overseas in the early 80's . I still get the occasional Cd , But I really want to rebuild my LP selection .Can't really crank my system in the house . My office is too small to get good accoustics (9'w x 14'L) , but at least I have a space . My missus likes it , I'm at the other end of the house about 70' away

I've been in Stick It In Your Ear once...even just going through the "budget" stacks at the front of the store, I had to leave quickly, I spent about $25 in two rows of cheap LPs. I try to keep my LP shopping to the thrifts and collections being sold.

I'm sort of familiar with your area - I interviewed for a job in West Plains before I landed out here.

 

[BigManAndy]

The middle nephew, who is 16, was very intrigued. He could not understand how sound was actually coming from the record.

it still fascinates me after all these years too.....

man o man, i hear that! i will stand there and just look at it go round and round and it just blows my mind every time. just amazing..