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[JimGinPA]

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[haikugal]

1. Cute, but my record collection is an inheritance.

Who buys them anymore?

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Actually local bookstore is selling them

Barnes and Noble.

Yes, I know, weird. Actual vinyl just produced.

[haikugal]

3. I know some are into vinyl for sound reproduction...

But I can't believe it's enough to support an industry, shows what I know. Thanks Nadin

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. They are even selling turntables that can connect

to your computer though a USB

[haikugal]

5. Wow! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Here

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cd-players-turntables/turntables/abcat0202007.c?id=abcat0202007

[haikugal]

7. I didn't know! LOL...Thanks again!

How's the rain, letting up?

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Still raining

we had already three kitchen sink responses due to smoke, that was, not kidding fog. This will be a long night for fire personnel.

I suspect I will turn the radios off and just go to sleep. We expect a third wallop tomorrow.

[haikugal]

10. Stay safe and get some rest. You probably have another busy day tomorrow. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Yeah, we heard thunder, just one

so it was what it was.

[haikugal]

12. Weird weather for San Diego...

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Well yesterday we got soaked at pride

[haikugal]

14. I saw that on Facebook! nt

[Adrahil]

21. It's mainly nostalgia.

The quality of the sound reproduction can be infinitely better in a digital format if it is properly recorded, and if the playback equipment is high quality, and without the hisses and pops of vinyl. Also, Vinyl recordings degrade a bit with every play.

Tube-based amplifiers have a superior frequency response, however.

The current vinyl comeback is mainly nostalgia among audiophiles longing for the day of eternally tweaking their set up for the "perfect" sound quality.

[haikugal]

22. Well I remember having this discussion with an audiophile way back in the 80's!

Thanks for your information...

[davidpdx]

9. I don't have a record collection

[stopwastingmymoney]

16. Me neither, but my cd collection is excellent ;-) nt

[davidpdx]

19. I only have a handful of CD's anymore

Maybe less than a half dozen. All my music is on my computer. I never even listen to it very often.

I guess I need to start, I'm going to see Bon Jovi in two months

[stopwastingmymoney]

20. Bon Jovi! I'm jealous

We do have tix for George Thorogood in a couple months.

You did get me thinking about music formats over time. I don't actually pull out the CDs much anymore either but I keep them because they're a collection hubs and I gathered in our early years. I enjoy browsing them still.

I have similar feelings about my terribly old fashioned library of paper books

[olddots]

15. Wow high fidelity what a concept

[Brother Buzz]

17. R Crumb and Chris Strachwitz totally agree

[Elwood P Dowd]

18. Still have my collection though its been trimmed from 2,000 to about 500.

Started buying vinyl in the late 1950s when I was 12 and still buy some on an occasional basis. Also have as many CDs and who knows how many songs on the iPod Touch and MacBook laptop.

I enjoy the sound of good vinyl slightly over digital providing the component costs are about equal, though the gap has closed in recent years. I don't, however, like the sound of cheap $200.00 turntables playing uncleaned, beat up records with ticks and pops. It does cost more than 95% of the music lovers are willing to spend to get great analogue sound. It also requires meticulous set up with a high quality moving magnet or moving coil cartridge and a quality phono preamp. IOW, close to $1,000.00 or more just to get started with a basic budget vinyl rig.

Most people don't even know how to properly handle vinyl to keep dirt and fingerprints off them, much less clean their stylus or accurately align their phono cartridge. Most of these cheap USB turntables kids are buying these days ($70.00 to $200.00) are just toys.

There were 9.2 million new vinyl albums sold in 2014.

[haikugal]

23. Amazing! We still have everything packed away in a closet, but we've moved to digital.

I had no idea....thanks!