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thbobby

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63. flac

Sat Apr 22, 2017, 11:23 PM

Apr 2017

Guess I am too much of a nerd. I had good changer with pre-amp, amp, and large expensive speakers back in 70's. Vinyl sound quality degrades quickly. Even with good turn table, they are past their prime after fewer than 10 playings. The pound per square inch load on vinyl is huge. Perhaps vinyl does sound better or perhaps it sounds as we remember it from our youth. I do not know. Still flac (free lossless audio codec) with good dac and good speaker systems sound so much better to me than anything I remember in youth. And digital never degrades, and can be archived for prosperity.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Gots my vinyls. madamesilverspurs Apr 2017 #70

Two Zambero Apr 2017 #76

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

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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