The Vinyl Thread: Still Listen On Wax, Don't Use The CD

[Strat]

People of the Vinyl,

I have determined that I am now in the market for an entry-level turntable. I know absolutely nothing about them. What would you recommend? Where should I start?

Love,
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If you start with low-end plastic turntables you might end up being frustrated or turned-off. The better thing to do is to buy a vintage deck of a good name (Technics, Pioneer, Yamaha, Marantz) that holds it's value in case you give up and want to sell it. I strongly suggest getting on your local craigslist or ebay and look for something like this;

Marantz 6100 - recent sale on ebay went for $125

Thats beautiful. I like vintage look too.

I gotta bring back my old Marantz receiver after Christmas.

[Rangi Guy]

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People of the Vinyl,

I have determined that I am now in the market for an entry-level turntable. I know absolutely nothing about them. What would you recommend? Where should I start?

Love,
---

If you start with low-end plastic turntables you might end up being frustrated or turned-off. The better thing to do is to buy a vintage deck of a good name (Technics, Pioneer, Yamaha, Marantz) that holds it's value in case you give up and want to sell it. I strongly suggest getting on your local craigslist or ebay and look for something like this;

Marantz 6100 - recent sale on ebay went for $125

man i dig that

[southp]

Good man. Sounds like we have a convert.

[southp]

MOV STP Tiny Music reissue just announced.

[BDB]

looking for good storage box - 100-150 LP capacity.
would prefer to have a box that is mobile, and not a cabinet.

i am looking at these. Any other suggestions?

http://www.midwestprosoundandlighting.c ... s-150-lps/

or

https://www.etsy.com/listing/121361484/ ... tact&box=1

[VinylGuy]

Whats MOV? why are they making this cool reissues?

[Simple Torture]

Whats MOV? why are they making this cool reissues?

Music on Vinyl is a European (Dutch?) label that basically only does represses. I've got their Into The Wild and it sounds great!

[super nintendo chalmers]

looking for good storage box - 100-150 LP capacity.
would prefer to have a box that is mobile, and not a cabinet.

i am looking at these. Any other suggestions?

http://www.midwestprosoundandlighting.c ... s-150-lps/

or

https://www.etsy.com/listing/121361484/ ... tact&box=1

Crate Farm makes nice crate for LPs, Insound sells em.

http://www.insound.com/Record-Crate-LP- ... INS122971/


Sefour has a nice record box too

http://www.amazon.com/Sefour-VC030-Reco ... B001BN3FYS

[spike]

i'm currently mucking around with my father's old 70s pioneer turntable and receiver. found the missing speaker connectors for the receiver on ebay, but can't get the turntable working - seems to be dead.

[Rangi Guy]

This turned up on the weekend

[tk]

Saturday:

Neil Young - Live at The Cellar Door
TMR Vault #18 - Racontuers Live at the Ryman 2 LP, The Dead Weather - 7" Double A-Side ( New Songs )
Fuzz - Live In San Francisco

[Simple Torture]

Neil Young - Live at The Cellar Door

My copy shipped today!

[tk]

It is great. Sound is pristine.

[AndySlash]

the lady sent me this today

[AndySlash]

this just showed up. not sure if anyone here would dig it, but i'm excited to have an affordable copy on vinyl.


http://www.discogs.com/Cassandra-Wilson ... se/4769151

[Simple Torture]

Any of you guys have a Technics SL-1200? How much did you pay for it? What's a good deal for a table that's got some cosmetic wear and needs a new stylus/headshell? I'm just trolling eBay looking at them, and the prices have a pretty big range, so I was just checking.

[super nintendo chalmers]

I paid about $500 for a gently used, gorgeous, black 1200. That included a technics headshell and grado gold. I got mine from KAB (http://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/) in New Jersey, and have ZERO complaints. Save another disaster or a sudden windfall of cash, I have a feeling it will be the last deck I'll ever need.

The thing with the 12s that you have to be mindful of, is making sure it's not from a failed DJ who wrecked the motor pretending to be Gradmaster Caz or something. Guitar Center usually has loads of them used on the cheap, but God knows their past lives.

[southp]

Grado Gold. Nice
Any comments on that cart vs others that you've had? It seems to get a lot of rave reviews on AK.

After switching to the Denon 110 I've gone into a bit of an upgrading spiral. I'm about to pull the trigger on some B&W speakers that I found through my local CL. It's my christmas gift to myself:

[southp]

Merry Christmas to me!
Current setup is the Rega P3 with Denon Dl-110 Cart and freshly rewired RB300 tonearm using ISOkinetik wire, running through a McIntosh C28 Preamp and MC2505 amplifier with the new B&W DM602 S2 speakers that I picked up last week. I've been in pure audio heaven for the last 5 days!