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Broke down and bought a new turntable. Hadn't played a record in 20 years. Dusted off a bunch of old ones and am having a great day. Memories. Nothing sounds as rich as vinyl. So far, Beatles Sgt. Pepper and CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) are giving me chills. Damn, I miss horns. Like a kid in a candy store, forgot I had some of these albums. My wife is out of town for the weekend, so the volume is loud. Life is good.  |
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baldo
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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2015, 02:14:06 PM » |
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Broke down and bought a new turntable. Hadn't played a record in 20 years. Dusted off a bunch of old ones and am having a great day. Memories. Nothing sounds as rich as vinyl. So far, Beatles Sgt. Pepper and CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) are giving me chills. Damn, I miss horns. Like a kid in a candy store, forgot I had some of these albums. My wife is out of town for the weekend, so the volume is loud. Life is good. Love it!. My son bought a turntable last year, we've used it a few times. There is nothing like scratchy vinyl.... |
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Valkjerk
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2015, 05:37:39 PM » |
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I just gave away about 300 albums from the 60's up to now. Started buying them at the PX for $2 each. I also had quite a collection of blues albums from Muddy Waters to Big Momma Thorton to Billy Musclewhite and on and on. The complete Chicago collection, Beatles, Three Dog Night, Crosby, Stills Nash and Young, etc. etc. Bought a USB turntable and converted them to digital and stored them on an external hard drive. Over 100,000 songs right now. You name the group or artist and I probably have it.
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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2015, 05:47:38 PM » |
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Used to have a fairly high end stereo and used to love playing all the records but through the years they got misplaced and the stereo that played them is long gone. Nothing sounds like vinyl and tubes Remember McIntosh equipment?
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2015, 05:57:15 PM » |
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I dragged the old Technics turntable out a few years ago. I had to order a stylus for it, but over the years since I have been slowly converting all the old vinyl to digital format so I can listen to the old Savoy Brown, 10 Years After, Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era), and other past artists that seem to have never been converted. It is a slow process since I have to label each track as I listen to the album and when interrupted, I have to start over again (at a louder volume). But I bet very few can listen to the entire Dog Days album by the Atlanta Rhythm Section on their phone or ipod.  |
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Wizzard
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2015, 07:56:36 PM » |
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I still have a great turntable that has a lazer in the head and will go exactly to whatever song you want on an album. Got about 300 albums and I listen to them all the time. Nothing like the vinyl sound.
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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2015, 06:11:07 AM » |
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There's just something about the tonal quality of vinyl that one cannot get from today's digital media. Still use my Thorens turntable quite regularly.
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baldo
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« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2015, 12:07:21 PM » |
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There's just something about the tonal quality of vinyl that one cannot get from today's digital media. Still use my Thorens turntable quite regularly.
And I remember when CD's first came out, thinking, 'man, that is going to be unbelievable!' Same thing with cable TV. No more messing with the rotary antenna, waiting for the thing to groan and click it's way around, watching the picture get better and worse. I thought it was the perfect idea. Plumb it directly into the house! What could possibly go wrong? |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2015, 12:08:38 PM » |
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I have a good turntable and a whole bunch of original jazz records. Brubeck, Paul Desmond, George Shearing, etc., but most are slightly warped now. Wish I could get that corrected but it's an involved process so keep them in the original jackets and if I want to hear that music, my only choice is either buy a tape or sometimes they're on Youtube.
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