Spinning wax

[Flingpoo]

Anybody else going back to the turntable and records? I bought a Kenwood system a while back with a turntable and a primo condition Krokus record on it, sans speakers for fifteen bones! Picked up a pair of Onkyo speakers at Goodwill for $30 and the guys at Lewis Audio/Video hooked me up with heavy gauge speaker wire remnants for free. Was rocking a Sun Records Johnny Cash release this morning. Now if I didn't dump all those albums way back when......

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I used to love my vinyl records, but ease of use and sheer capacity has converted me to digital. My 443 albums (roughly 12 days worth of music) are a simple button push away.

 

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Also, your avatar scares the heck out of me.

 

[Flingpoo]

And they're not cheap anymore! I paid $30 for the first Doors album and the same for the first Van Halen! Crazy but I love it!

 

[Flingpoo]

Also, your avatar scares the heck out of me.

Love sharks man.......cage diving with Great Whites is a bucket list for me.

 

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Love sharks man.......cage diving with Great Whites is a bucket list for me.

My advice: Save it for last.

 

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I have been chased by 2 barracudas up unto a jetty before. They wanted the fish I had speared in inner tube.
Absolutely NO FUN, all Adrenalin and nightmares for a while.

 

[Mister Bisley]

Anybody else going back to the turntable and records? I bought a Kenwood system a while back with a turntable and a primo condition Krokus record on it, sans speakers for fifteen bones! Picked up a pair of Onkyo speakers at Goodwill for $30 and the guys at Lewis Audio/Video hooked me up with heavy gauge speaker wire remnants for free. Was rocking a Sun Records Johnny Cash release this morning. Now if I didn't dump all those albums way back when......

Heck yeah! I understand the convenience of digital and use it regularly, but for me, nothing beats the nostalgia and sound of vinyl. I really enjoy the process of being connected with the music by putting on a side of my favorite records. I'm kind of old school in that regard, probably why I also enjoy the heck out of revolvers and bolt action rifles too. Here is my setup for the past five years...

Pioneer SX-525 receiver
Audio-Technica AT-LP60 player
Polk Audio TSi100 speakers

 

[Geardo]

I have been chased by 2 barracudas up unto a jetty before. They wanted the fish I had speared in inner tube.
Absolutely NO FUN, all Adrenalin and nightmares for a while.

Yikes!

 

[Flingpoo]

Heck yeah! I understand the convenience of digital and use it regularly, but for me, nothing beats the nostalgia and sound of vinyl. I really enjoy the process of being connected with the music by putting on a side of my favorite records. I'm kind of old school in that regard, probably why I also enjoy the heck out of revolvers and bolt action rifles too. Here is my setup for the past five years...

Pioneer SX-525 receiver
Audio-Technica AT-LP60 player
Polk Audio TSi100 speakers

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Nice set up!

 

[Ruger Rich]

I never went back because I never left. I have a Pioneer very similar to Mister Bisley's. I believe, and I'm sure if I'm wrong I'll get corrected, just be gentle, that the analog play from a vinyl source generally sounds a bit better than digital. I think digital samples at a given rate, probably a higher rate the more bucks you spend, and then at the receiving end, amp, the dots are reconnected. What's in the gaps that are reconnected is what I think makes the analog sound better, nothing to reconnect. Or perhaps I'm just another old fart liking "the way it used to be".

 

[Flingpoo]

I never went back because I never left. I have a Pioneer very similar to Mister Bisley's. I believe, and I'm sure if I'm wrong I'll get corrected, just be gentle, that the analog play from a vinyl source generally sounds a bit better than digital. I think digital samples at a given rate, probably a higher rate the more bucks you spend, and then at the receiving end, amp, the dots are reconnected. What's in the gaps that are reconnected is what I think makes the analog sound better, nothing to reconnect. Or perhaps I'm just another old fart liking "the way it used to be".

Rock n roll is better on wax

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Slowly working my way back in although I never completely left. I still have my Sansui 9090DB, Sansui 9090 and my newer HK AVR 40 receivers and 6 pairs of speakers. At one time I had so much stereo equipment it filled up a 15 x 18 room with over 40 pairs of speakers, 33 reel to reel decks, 18 turntables, over 80 various receivers, amps, pre amps, tuners and a lot more. It was a hoarders complex that I finally broke but every time I see something I used to own I feel a twinge. Going to buy a turntable next.

 

[Mister Bisley]

Nice set up!

These Polk TSi100s crank but I am definitely underutilizing my system by living in an apartment. Neighbors don't like it when I get the Led out, lol. (<——Led Zeppelin)

 

[Flingpoo]

These Polk TSi100s crank but I am definitely underutilizing my system by living in an apartment. Neighbors don't like it when I get the Led out, lol. (<——Led Zeppelin)

I've been rolling Elton John......SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY NIGHTS ALL RIGHT!