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Location: stoke-on-trent
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I'm andrew.
I have picked up a few decent titles for less than a quid from charity shops but getting them home and sticking them on the player they have all sounded shit, ie full of clicks and pops etc even though the vinyl looked ok. I don't bother looking anymore, tend to buy used vinyl from Amazon or from the various hifi forums.
Andy.
You really need a record cleaning machine if you're going to make regular visits to charity shops for vinyl.
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Seconded. In fact, anyone with a sizable record collection should have one!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire/Panteg is where my late father was born
Posts: 4,382
I'm Chris.
I found quite a few good 99p bargains of late ' at Oxfam and Sue ryder .
Hi Marco ' a good RCM is on my list of must get's , but apart from the VPI which a M8 of mine has , i guess its between the Okki nokki or Moth.
Chris
We've gone on holiday by mistake !
I have a Clearaudio Matrix, bought from Dave Cawley. Very good machine.
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Location: Houston, Texas, USA.
Posts: 181
The local charity (thrift) stores here have an abundance of Barbara Streisand and Herp Albert. I have found a few good ones but I regularly frequent "Half Price Books", a store that buys and sell books, Cd's and records. I have picked up many bargains for two to three dollars each.
Phillip.
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