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7. Still have my turtable and vinyl albums.

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Sat Apr 22, 2017, 09:08 PM

Apr 2017

Even have a stack of 45s.

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Just saw a segment on ABC news about vinyl... [View all] Archae Apr 2017 OP

I'm playing Dave Brubeck, Gone With The Wind on a Thorens 160 right now. juxtaposed Apr 2017 #1

I love that album! Mme. Defarge Apr 2017 #72

Does your Thorens have a Rabco Arm? My Fisher does.... bobalew Apr 2017 #83

Ooooaaakay, pangaia Apr 2017 #2

An album is a collection of associated songs... Silent3 Apr 2017 #10

I'l bet I am older than you... pangaia Apr 2017 #16

Photographs and records are in albums ToxMarz Apr 2017 #47

What then do you call a collection of associated songs? mac56 Apr 2017 #50

I call it a Homophone ToxMarz Apr 2017 #61

Seriously? Homophone? mac56 Apr 2017 #71

Yes you are correct, it would be a homynym ToxMarz Apr 2017 #77

"Come on over to my place and I'll put on a homophone." mac56 Apr 2017 #73

Would you like me to bring one of my albums with me ToxMarz Apr 2017 #78

I got a new copy of the White Album on CD because I really loved that record on vinyl. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2017 #13

That's the spirit !!!! pangaia Apr 2017 #17

AND clean the stems and seeds from a lid of weed. NBachers Apr 2017 #35

Exactly what an album cover was made for :-) madokie Apr 2017 #62

I do. I rarely listen any more, though, because Ilsa Apr 2017 #3

I saw a documentary on this LeftInTX Apr 2017 #4

I have always preferred the analogue sound of an LP to the digital sound of a CD . pangaia Apr 2017 #22

SOTA Sapphire, Alphason Xenon, Grado cart, PX-25 SET amp... GliderGuider Apr 2017 #41

Thorens, McIntosh, Marantz, Klipschorns pangaia Apr 2017 #42

Nice. GliderGuider Apr 2017 #55

Which Grado do you have? One of the older Siggies or a new Woody? Elwood P Dowd Apr 2017 #64

TLZ GliderGuider Apr 2017 #80

Oh Yeah charlyvi Apr 2017 #49

No one can post analog Progressive dog Apr 2017 #85

LPs have an inherent disavantage... eniwetok Apr 2017 #24

Yup, not to mention... Adrahil Apr 2017 #53

Bingo! stopbush Apr 2017 #59

then there are all those snap, crackles, pops and hiss eniwetok Apr 2017 #90

Well, all I can say is I am not into any 'vinyl craze,' pangaia Apr 2017 #92

Which is fair enough.... enjoy.... Adrahil Apr 2017 #94

Can not argue about the damage. And yes you said most. I know. :)) pangaia Apr 2017 #96

Cheers! Enjoy your music!! NT Adrahil Apr 2017 #97

Plus, there's the fact that our hearing sammythecat Apr 2017 #98

The sound of vinyl is certainly not "better quality" from a mathematical perspective. hunter Apr 2017 #91

I didn't even know Vinyl was coming back until last Christmas... Shandris Apr 2017 #5

I picked up 11 records today at a yard sale $1 each, That's what I'll spend. All were scratch less juxtaposed Apr 2017 #9

Oh nice find! Shandris Apr 2017 #11

try ebay they have so much and cheap. juxtaposed Apr 2017 #18

Whatever happened to K-Tel? Archae Apr 2017 #19

I wrote a book about it. It was published last July. 6000eliot Apr 2017 #6

Still have my turtable and vinyl albums. lastlib Apr 2017 #7

Still have my ancient Thorens TD-135 pangaia Apr 2017 #26

Both! Warpy Apr 2017 #8

What's your best opera albums, Top five that you love? juxtaposed Apr 2017 #12

i buy some at estate sales. we do have a turntable. the 4 box mills bros was a find. pansypoo53219 Apr 2017 #14

I got the concert from Bangladesh in a set at thrift store for one dollar. It was great notdarkyet Apr 2017 #57

Never stopped playing my vinyl lps 😀 gohuskies Apr 2017 #15

YES YES !! pangaia Apr 2017 #27

Add a pair of good quality hearing aids madokie Apr 2017 #66

I was SO GLAD to give up on vinyl... eniwetok Apr 2017 #20

So I got nothing after reading your long post except you just like being a flat run of who you are juxtaposed Apr 2017 #23

sorry, I don't have my Capt Crunch decoder ring.. eniwetok Apr 2017 #25

dont bother juxtaposed Apr 2017 #37

You're like my husband LeftInTX Apr 2017 #32

The only thing about records I do not like is I have to change them so often. juxtaposed Apr 2017 #21

Do you change your underwear often? pangaia Apr 2017 #31

I have nearly every vinyl record I ever bought and so does my husband csziggy Apr 2017 #28

Today was Record Store Day! EarthFirst Apr 2017 #29

BSR turntable & old Led Zepplin albums CountAllVotes Apr 2017 #30

I have all the moody blues. notdarkyet Apr 2017 #60

Oh yeah. progressoid Apr 2017 #33

I'm not giving up my Denon turntable for nuthin'! no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 #34

raises hand . guilty as charged. AllaN01Bear Apr 2017 #36

I have put my Turbineguy Apr 2017 #38

Luxman made nice turntables back in the 1970s and 1980s, Elwood P Dowd Apr 2017 #48

I've still got every album I ever bought... countryjake Apr 2017 #39

I didn't get good quality either. But I'm so jealous you have all your records.Many of notdarkyet Apr 2017 #51

The Mono Records I transferred came out pretty good, actually... countryjake Apr 2017 #74

TECHNICS direct drive, pickering needle Demonaut Apr 2017 #40

Nice... pangaia Apr 2017 #43

We do... Tikki Apr 2017 #44

I also have an Edison windup player central scrutinizer Apr 2017 #45

I have both. I used to have many more records but they are heavy and hard to move notdarkyet Apr 2017 #46

both. barbtries Apr 2017 #52

Since the resurgence of vinyl mac56 Apr 2017 #54

I just bought a large 8-track collection Zambero Apr 2017 #79

8 tracks could break up long songs eniwetok Apr 2017 #87

I never retired my record player. trackfan Apr 2017 #56

Still play vinyl madokie Apr 2017 #58

flac thbobby Apr 2017 #63

I did a personal test once to find out Chipper Chat Apr 2017 #65

I occasionally run into a recording on CD that is better than the vinyl Elwood P Dowd Apr 2017 #69

Try listening to Janis on a CD and then listen to the same song on vinyl Samantha Apr 2017 #67

plus a million recs! countryjake Apr 2017 #75

Well, thank you and here is another just for you! Samantha Apr 2017 #82

when CDs first came out... eniwetok Apr 2017 #99

I have quite a few vinyl records Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #68

Gots my vinyls. madamesilverspurs Apr 2017 #70

Two Zambero Apr 2017 #76

None of that new-fangled vinyl for me. I have shellac 78s. Binkie The Clown Apr 2017 #81

Try Tinfoil.com... Archae Apr 2017 #86

I don't have any that old! I have a one-sided Enrico Caruso 78 from the Victor Talking Machine Co. Binkie The Clown Apr 2017 #93

I have all my vinyl ms liberty Apr 2017 #84

I love the sound of vinyl... kentuck Apr 2017 #88

I have a Bang & Olufsen, circa 1995 Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #89

My local newspaper, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, ran an article MineralMan Apr 2017 #95