Thread: Vinyl Records

Does any one else still indulge in listening to Vinyl rather than CDs or MP3s or what ever else there is these days?

I was given a B&O beocentre, beogram, a set of speakers and a pair of B&O headphones by my aunt. £400 in 1981.

Between my dads old LPs and my own, I've got a fair few now. I probably only use it once a month, but there is something so warm about the sound from LPs.

Steely Dan's Aja is filling the room at this moment in time.

I had around 3000 lp's and over 5000 singles when I was divorced from my second wife. She kept the B&O system and all my vinyl. I have now a B&O 8000 system and around 3000 cd's. Yes I miss the vinyl.

I am impressed that you have a Bang and Olufsen system. Here's mine:

Mines old, I have a Beocenter 2600, Beogram 1700 and I think the speakers are Beovox S35. The Headphones are pretty cool, very retro, U70s. Some of my most prized possessions and I'm very lucky to own them.

When I can afford to I will buy a modern Beocenter I think. I did buy a set of earphones, A80s, but I lost them, or they got stolen. Bit of a tragedy that one.

I would like to get more records, not realistic whilst I still live with my parents, I don't have the space.

Everyone I know that has tested a modern vinyl next to a CD (blind test) has picked the vinyl every time. Even with old vinyl recordings it has a sound with so much more character.

I personally only own a couple records but I do have Pink Floyd "Wish you were here" (full album, not a single) and Mars Volta "De-Loused in the Cometorium", and yes they sound way better than the digital version.

Ah, Vinyl, how i love thee. I got into vinyl a while before i got into straights, its been almost five years since my brother (who had been collecting at the time) gave me a copy of Springsteen's Born to Run on the condition that i give it a listen, and start looking around for Kooky vinyl. As a college student, my apartment isn't that large to necessitate thousands of vinyl, but i've got a good hundred that i adore listening to. I've been collecting old classic rock, and newer progressive rock bands that release their new stuff on vinyl, and i love it. It comes down to the idea that buying used records, like used razors, the vinyl has a history of its own. I find myself looking at some of the used vinyl, and every once and a while i see a signature of the last person to own it, and think to myself: I wonder what they were thinking when they last listened to this.

I know it may seem odd, but i really do enjoy the thought that someone else was enjoying the thing that i'm enjoying right now. Either way, my rig currently consists of an Onkyo Receiver that's model eludes me, some Polk bookshelf speakers, a decent pair of Sony over the ears, and my beautiful Technics 6700. I love vinyl, it really just peps up my shitty days. For those of you who listen to newer music, Gorillaz' Demon Days is utterly stupendous. I would pick that over the mp3 player... well, always.

Just thought i'd share my two cents. So here's my counter question: What was your first record?

Originally Posted by TheBaron

I personally only own a couple records but I do have Pink Floyd "Wish you were here" (full album, not a single)

That is a good album. I have quite a few of theirs, on vinyl, and most of their stuff otherwise. They're my favorite band, easily. I was just listening to 'The Wall', I have the concert ticket and the program as well which is pretty cool.

My first record I bought was Steely Dan, Aja. I have been given a lot of good stuff over the years from people clearing out, I haven't bought much at all.

Originally Posted by gregs656

...I was just listening to 'The Wall', I have the concert ticket and the program as well which is pretty cool.

I have never had the opportunity to see them in concert, I'm not usually much for concerts but I'd seriously sell my left nut and your children to see em live.

I saw Roger, the late Rick Wright and Nick Mason do a full set of DSOTM and a bunch of other stuff at Hyde Park. It was absolutely fracking awesome. Sent shivers up my spine. Highly, highly recommended.

I would loved to have seen them performing together, unfortunately I wasn't born!

I had a vinyl collection of approx 500-750 albums. Agreed, that it sounds much better than digital if you have a good system, a good moving coil cartridge on the turntable, etc.

I sold most of it off to finance my burgeoning razor hobby. I had many fine condition "alternative" albums purchased long before "alternative" was even a lame term. I was very surprised and very pleased that many went for as much as they did on Ebay! It was common for many of them to go for 2-4 times what I paid for them. People really go for the colored vinyl.

My wife has a ton of original Beatles albums she inherited from a family member that she'll most likely never sell.

Word to the wise regarding vinyl: Enjoy them if you still play them. If you don't play them any longer, sell them on Ebay and buy custom razors, hones, etc.

Chris L

After many years of not having a turntable in my system, I purchased an entry level table and I am really enjoying vinyl. I am so amazed how well my entry level table sounds, I want to upgrade to a better table and cartridge.

I still have my old LPs and they bring back a lot of.memories from the 70's and early 80's.

I especially enjoy listening to vinyl when I have a relaxing shave on weekends.