Location: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
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I'm Shaun.
Good on you and each to their own. Vinyl replay and all that goes with it doesnt suit everyone.
Tonearm / stylus set up and getting all that spot on with certain carts can drive you totally mad with fatigue and frustration, it really can wear you down no matter how sweet the results.
So with all that said I'm some kind of masochist must be when I consider the pain i've been through in association with vinyl so i totally get why some go down the road of cd, digital, streaming etc and give up on the vinyl front end and all the hassle that can go with it.
My System:
Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.
CDP - Pioneer PD-91
Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses
Excluding that the mean is still over £18 an album.
Must say I'm troubled by the price of vinyl. I understand the economics around low volume production but in my HMV half the new albums are effectively £20 or more eg The Smiths "Strangeways Here We Come" was £28 the other day. I doubt it's something that many folks can afford to get into so I wonder what prices long term record buyers will be faced with once the effect of recent fad and nostalgia have dissipated.
Pete
Cheaper to buy an RCM and get all your favourites second hand and give them a good clean rather than buy these new re-issues at premium prices. From what I've read the sound quality can be very patchy. I've only got one and it's awful, far too noisy.
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I'm Allen.
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Don't blame you - I gave up on vinyl in the early 90s when I finally conceded that CDs rendered the black stuff redundant. I sold the better albums I had and stuffed the rest in a box destined for the attic. I would have sold more but many of the sleeves had been damaged by a cat I had years ago, who preferred LP spines by far to the many scratching posts we tried, so record stores weren't interested (no eBay back then ).
I didn't get rid off the TT because the emotional attachment was too great and I envisaged maybe getting back into vinyl at some point but also because I had a hunch that it wouldn't be long before decent PC technology would be affordable enough to make high quality transcripts a reality. All I can say is I'm glad I waited, but once I had transcribed what I wanted from the rarer stuff, the only real reason for keeping the TT and remaining LPs was pure nostalgia.
I did succumb to trying a couple of the re-releases when Sainsburys started stocking them - Astral Weeks and Unknown Pleasures - but to be honest direct comparison with the CD versions I have didn't reveal a blind bit of difference. I'm not saying that would be true of all vinyl set-ups other than my ancient relics ... but I have absolutely not the slightest inclination of spending a shed load of money to find out.
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
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I'm Shaun.
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Yay, well done, Shaun.
I finally managed to give up vinyl at my 5th attempt.
Definitely a love / hate relationship.
I just loved scouring the charity shops for used LPs, then got frustrated with the typically 1 in 3 success rate. I spent so much time listening to mediocre LPs. For me vinyl and all its idiosyncrasies and faff definitely got in the way of the music.
I feel kind of clean now they've finally gone.
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Just come back from the City (Norwich) and browsed through some records in a shop I hadn't visited for a year or two. Then, base price was £4 or £5 for the plentiful 60s/70s/80s stuff. Now it's £7. Quite surprised to see some of my common or garden stuff in the tens of £s.