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Glad I was able to help.
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To non-audiophiles, we are all certifiably insane.. its a matter of perspective... !
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I'm no longer schizophrenic, we're feeling much better now.
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You`re not nuts. I agree with you about the prices and I buy alot of new vinyl and cd`s every week or so. There`s lots of good music out there on vinyl and I have had good luck with Acoustic Sounds and their Indi Store. I have also had good luck with pre owned titles that are reasonable in price. A good friend of mine owns a store in Nashville called Grimeys(Grimey's New & Preloved Music) and I buy most of my tunes there plus I support the brick & mortor stores as much as I can. |
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I was thinking that *used* albums would often be victims of poor quality cartridges, TT's, tonearms, and owner abuse thus creating hiss and crackling issues. Whereas, new albums would hopefully be free of any hiss and crackles allowing the first owner [you and I] to handle them with care and also spin them on much nicer, higher quality equipment. Again, speculation only, but I would expect that true audiophiles who own TT's and albums would not be the typical suppliers of used record stores. Instead, the *used* inventory would more likely be the byproduct of lesser committed vinyl enthusiasts who, therefore, may not have stored the albums all that well once they lost interest. And, as stated earlier, played those albums on lesser quality equipment. Basically, I just described myself as a high school and college student who shifted to CD. My vinyl equipment back then was OK, at best, and I am sure I was damaging the vinyl with each playback [albeit slightly and unintentionally]. My albums are long gone, but I would expect that they would all have hiss and crackles due to my use and subtle abuse. The concern that I have is whether I can actually find new releases of many of my favorite rock albums from the 70's and early 80's. I can find practically anything on CD. Albums, on the other hand, seem to be a hit or miss scenario, and I don't know if vinyl demands remastering across the board - it seems doubtful. That steers me back to *used* albums for those impossible to find new releases, and my aforementioned expectations about *used* albums puts hesitation into my return to vinyl. I cannot see making a large investment into vinyl hardware if I won't be able to freely purchase the albums I desire. Presently, I might find an album by a 70's group, but not the five or so that I once owned. Thoughts on new releases of 70's and 80's rock music: i.e. Doors, Tom Petty, Stones, Yes, etc. etc. will it keep coming??? |
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As long as people keep buying vinyl, yes. Doors, Tom Petty, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, etc.. are available on new vinyl and many have been painstakingly remastered and many sound great.
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As someone who owns four turntables (down from six), ten cartridges and about 5,000 LP's I am not a reasonable person to judge whether you are nuts or not!
Hopefully, you are having a good experience though. Vinyl has always been a LOVE/HATE thing for me! But it hasn't dampened my enthusiasm.... So I guess I'm the crazy one. |
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I am feeling slightly deja vu here Tone.
I have 4 turntables, 11 working carts and around 4700 LP's and still can't get enough vinyl. I am even stupid enough to buy Neil Young box sets of his first 4 albums @ 177 each , even thou I have the albums anyway. they do sound pretty darn good thou. If you like new music, go to Amazon.com - plenty of vinyl |
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A Last edited by jdandy; 12-08-2009 at 12:07 PM. |
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