record player

[homerjward]

i was at home and bored this afternoon and no one was home, so i figured i'd hook up my parents' old record player. that thing is cool! idk why, there's just something awesome about it. i listened to 'revolver' a couple times and i'm going to listen to 'every picture tells a story' next. my parents have TONS of awesome music on lp's!
the music sounds a lot different than it does from cd or mp3 files on my computer....it's nice. anybody else listened to a record recently?
it was confusing at first, with the needle and everything....and i'm used to cd's playing from the bottom instead of the top

 

[WildCowboy]

Posts like this make me feel really old, and I'm only 27.

 

[virus1]

ah, ya. i used to listen to my mom's collection. im only 14 btw

 

[quigleybc]

i got my technics hooked up to my mac.

I love vinyl, the sound quality is unique and is perfect for jazz and reggae records.

I couldn't live without records, but CD's.... I can't wait for them to go away.

 

[MonksMac]

Hmm quite a coicidence I recently hooked up a record player and listened to a record. It was quite fun! My parents have a LOT of LP's (some from 1967!). They're all in my closet though.

 

[XNine]

I have my Sony record player hooked up to my Entertainment center. Occasionally I'll throw on an old punk album (yes, that's right, OLD, not this EMO ****). Some Exploited or 999 or something. A good rolling stones album or some early PWEI.

Yeah, records are good. I'll even throw on BACK IN BLACK (original press) or Twisted Sister's STAY HUNGRY. lol

 

[4JNA]

i've been having a lot of fun with records. really small rural community, lots of retired people, a small radio station, and lots of old records. i agree to 'rip' the albums, and provide the actual owners with cd's so they can play them on current hardware. getting to listen to all the old out of print stuff is a riot. the people are super happy to get to listen to all the 'old favorites' again. i have done probably 700-800, and have several hundred more to go. only problem so far is that the radio station starting playing some of the old country crap that should have been left alone. my bad, won't make that mistake again!

 

[CubaTBird]

fifty years from now we will be talking about the days when we used to listen to 128 kbps mp3's and how surreal they sounded...

 

[aquajet]

LPs are where it's at. A good setup still sounds better than any digital format IMO.

 

[Chundles]

I have an old but still perfect Sony turntable. It needs a pre-amp to get the volume up to a decent level. When I was using it I used to put it through two sets of speakers to get some volume.

I have some amazing old LPs and singles. If anybody is aware of the Aussie kids group "The Wiggles" (now franchised all over the world) I have a 6" single of them before they were the Wiggles. Called "The Cockroaches" they played standard Aussie 80's pub rock. It's so strange to hear these familiar voices cranking out stuff you'd hear in a packed pub.

Got some great old jazz standards too.

 

[iSaint]

LPs are where it's at. A good setup still sounds better than any digital format IMO.

I agree. I went through several home stereo setups that included a turntable. My last system had a Dual turntable and JBL4312 Studio Monitors run by an Onkyo preamp. LPs have a sweet, warm sound you don't get digitally.

 

[zelmo]

I miss my old Technics turntable. As much as I love carting all of my music around with me on my iPod, there's nothing like kicking back and listening to an LP or EP on your turntable. I spent a lot of time poring over lyrics and liner notes when I had to sit in a room and listen to music, especially Japanese vinyl (and "translated" lyrics ). Once I started on the road to converting my LP collection to CD (and now to iPod), I lost that intimacy with the music. Of course, you can't really pop an LP on the turntable in your car or on your bike.

Everything is a trade-off.