Cheap turntables

somersethillbilly

Crag30 wrote: »

Glad I kept my old Dual 505-2.

UncleZen wrote: »

Still got my Dual CS506 !

A bit of Dual fan club going on.....My Dual CS503-2 is still in daily use.

[Deleted User]

googler wrote: »

They found the space for the (much heavier, much bulkier) vinyl, but not for the device that plays it back?

I've no intention of playing my old vinyl on a cheap turntable, but neither do I feel "weird" that I've kept one without the other. Some of the large album sleeves are things of beauty..

Fightsback

As a medium I couldn't wait to see the back of vinyl as it's inferior in every way to digital; Audiofools don't even go there and ask yourself why all recording studios are now digital. The artwork was great but that's what picture embedded tags are for.

Do I miss hand cranking a car on a cold, wet and windy dark night ?



Nope.

RumRat

Fightsback wrote: »

As a medium I couldn't wait to see the back of vinyl as it's inferior in every way to digital; Audiofools don't even go there and ask yourself why all recording studios are now digital. The artwork was great but that's what picture embedded tags are for.

Do I miss hand cranking a car on a cold, wet and windy dark night ?



Nope.

As a medium, could you pass a message on to my Gran???

I_have_spoken

Can't beat a Linn LP12

Fightsback

RumRat wrote: »

As a medium, could you pass a message on to my Gran???

This is the only spirit you're after

[Deleted User]

All my music is on vinyl and cassette, I've never bought a CD. In fact I've only ever bought one HiFi system, and that was back in 1984.

Robisere

I am an Audiofool according to Fightsback, the one who likes to rain on everyone else's parade. Well, it's much more than the sound, it's a remembered experience, it's the way that some of us oldpharts first knew recorded music. I also have 100's of LP's and 45's stored away and some are worth quite a lot of money, but I do like to listen to either CD's or MP3's in electronic form in the car. The vinyl is for serious, relaxed listening via my Arena amp and Lenco/Goldring Hifi.

Go stick in your earbuds, Fightsback!

coffeehound

fred246 wrote: »

In the late 1980s I put together a new HiFi separates system. CD player, tuner, amp and speakers. Vinyl was dying so we bought a second hand turntable from the newspaper ads. We still had a large vinyl collection. I'll never forget looking at my wife when we played a record. It sounded so much better than the CD. I remember checking all the connections. Just could not understand it

I had a similar experience in the late '80s having bought a good quality Pioneer separates system and later adding a Rega Planar 2 turntable. I'm no audiophile but one album I had on both CD and vinyl definitely sounded better on the vinyl. The CD sounded flat by comparison. Stupidly lent the turntable to a friend and never saw it again.

Fightsback

Robisere wrote: »

The vinyl is for serious, relaxed listening via my Arena amp and Lenco/Goldring Hifi.

Good for you.

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