Vinyl

[Magmoormaster]

Very nice!! I got these two for Christmas. My girlfriend got me into Perturbator a month or so ago, and I freakin love the album art. It looks more like a metal album than synthwave. The Skyrim atmospheres is from my girlfriend. The record is clear, which I really love the look of.



I have 4 more on preorder, 2 of which are metal, 2 are electronic. Pretty excited about em.

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

Antique store pickup. I got the one album only because i picked it and saw the name and my head goes "aw shit you bringing the wolf baby oh thats Kool and the gang"! XD

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

Went to go get cleaning supplies for the bathroom. Found this try to find the restroom. Best part? Didn't cost me a cent! .

[Brokeass_baller]

There was a gabber scene in Louisville? I wouldn't have expected that.

Cleveland had a really good DnB scene for a while, and dubstep before Skrillex murdered the genre. And that's about it. You can find some bassline raves every now and then, but they're shitty bar raves. All the good places closed down. As far as I know, anyway.

[Grendel]

here, here!

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

I can see them good i think. Lol

Its fun to go through the motions of putting on a record especially if you really like the record your listening too.

[Magmoormaster]

Yikes those pictures looks like crap.

[Magmoormaster]

Well, it's been about 6 months since I got my turntable and I am having a grand old time with it. Thought I'd share pics of some of my favorites so far.

Here are some cool limited edition pressings I have:


And my most played:


Periphery's Juggernaut Alpha/Omega sounds friggin incredible on vinyl.

Also just bought a record off of Discogs I never thought I'd find, Hiraeth by Faux Tales. Suuuuper excited about it. Paid more than I would have liked but given its rarity (100 total) I'm ok with it.

[MrKittyCatMeowFace]

You don't have to spend a lot. Its mostly cause you like the sound of the original recording and the art work. No remastering and it has all the pops and cracks you remember. Older music is supposed to sound like that.

[Magoo]

My wife wants a turntable to listen to old jazz records with all the snap crackle pops of worn vinyls. Sounds kinda nice, actually.

[Paintslinger16]

I know right! This whole website and the thousands of postings is dedicated to old out of date antiques, the guns not the guys pulling the trigger, but if the orthopedic shoe fits.....

[Magmoormaster]

This is MCB, going backwards and using outdated technology is what we do.



My turntable came in a couple days ago. Been a super busy week so I haven't had much time to enjoy it. Only sampled a few songs from various records. So far, I haven't noticed any of the supposed quality differences between the clear or splatter records vs the standard black. that might just be due to the volume I'm listening at (mid 50s db). I'm definitely going to need a new platter mat though. My turntable came with a felt mat and it collects a lot of static, and usually sticks to the record when removing it. They all seem to cost about the same, so I'm thinking of going with cork since it supposedly sounds the best.

[punkncat]

Lol, I grew up with records and tapes. I find it simply astounding that you "youngins" actually desire to go backwards towards that shit. Nothing like an easily damaged format that degrades every single time you play it, physically, passes along every bit of dust, turn it up too loud and it skips possibly causing MORE damage. No thanks.

I got rid of all my vinyl YEARS ago. Don't miss it at all. I don't even keep CD's any more.

[Paintslinger16]

Wow, on some of that.
Vinyl was and always will be the perfect medium for music, you don’t need to spend multi thousands to enjoy it but obviously if you can afford it, why not.
Vinyl is a different experience, it takes time to listen to a actual album, to look over the liner notes and be immersed in the whole concept.

Still streaming is also awesome, want to hear something new or old right now, dial it up and there it is.

My set up does it all and super happy with what I can afford. I still have every album I ever bought, since the 70’s.
unfortunately I bought a lot cassettes when I started to drive, they didn’t fare as well and I lost a lot of good stuff, the good part, buying modern 180 gram albums are so much better sounding.
Turntable, Music Hall mmf 2.2 I highly recommend Music hall, reasonably priced on the low end
Receiver, Onkyo TX-8160 80 watts old school just 2 channels but it’s networked.
My car SiriusXM or Pandora stream right through.
CD, Onkyo C-7030 single disc.
cassette, Onkyo TA-2600 old school rescue with a new belt.
Onkyo dock for IPod with digital library
main speakers
Polk TS 440 T 3 woofer 1 tweeter ported towers
Polk PSW-10 subwoofers
Polk T-300 bookshelf speakers on the b channel.
both sets are Bi-wired, I really don’t hear a difference, honestly.

[Shaftski]

Whole point of vinyl to me is the lack of brick-walled compression on older analog mastering jobs. Most modern remasters are just plain awful, they are being tailored to so-so headphones tied to crap cell phone DACs. So you can hear your music on a crowded bus. It's just wrong, loudness wars ruined modern production IMO. When I vinyl hunt, i look for older prints.

SNR, etc....measurements...only part of the audio listening story. Look at the sales and popularity of Schiit audio multibit DACs as an example. Amazon chi-fi stuff will beat it on a spec sheet but won't sound better.

A preamp is your best bet if you have multiple input sources. Impedance levels (and signal levels) will be matched better and you will have a volume controller. You won't need anything fancy, passive one is OK.