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

[Rangi Guy]

I just have mine set up on an ikea expedit.

I can't find any tables on the standard outlet sites that aren't a complete rip off.

Make something!

I think now that I am a home owner I should be at least partially concerned with aesthetics.

I'm not saying chuck together a few cardboard boxes or anything. Everything you need should be at the hardware store - plus then you don't have some bulk manufactured thing.

[psychobain]

Band of Horses - Acoustic At The Ryman

nice little album

[Simple Torture]

Band of Horses - Acoustic At The Ryman

nice little album

I know the MP3s are out there, but I'm going to wait until the LP arrives.

[Strat]

Volcano Choir - Repave
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years

[southp]

I need to buy something to put my Marantz and table on in my new house now that I actually have the space in my living room for my records. Any ideas? Went to some antique stores with someone yesterday and had my eye out for something that would work but didn't have any luck...

Nice gear deserves a nice shelf or wall unit. If you're going to stay in your house for a while I would recommend custom.

However like Pete said, the Ikea Expedit is a vinyl-collectors ideal solution. It's affordable, pretty decent looking and perfectly stores records while providing tons of surface for the amplifier and deck. I have one in my basement with most of collection stored there. In the main living room I made built-in cabinets myself on both sides of my fireplace mantle to house my gear and also to hide the speakers, cables and the PC behind the screened doors. I did this for WAF only, because truly the speakers should be out in front.

Here's what I had when my girlfriend and I moved into our house 2.5 years ago with my Marantz amp:


Here's what I have now with Mcintosh pre/amp and built-ins:


I actually took this pic yesterday of my Rega TT for posterity... system upgrades are on the way!

[Simple Torture]

Got My Morning Jacket's "The Tennessee Fire" from Discogs today for $9.99--usually goes for $25 or more!

[super nintendo chalmers]

From this past summer. The shelf is a bit more fleshed out nowadays.

[super nintendo chalmers]

Listened to this


Purchased this

[Simple Torture]

Awwwwwwwwwww yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah

[@SkitchP]

My son dancing around the living room to records makes them skip without fail.

[Norah]

Make a spring board platform for your record player.

[@SkitchP]

Make a spring board platform for your record player.

meh. Too much work. It doesn't phase him, it doesn't phase me.

[Simple Torture]

Weighed my options when it came to a new turntable for a while...decided that I didn't have the patience to watch Craigslist/eBay for a Technics, so I ordered an AudioTechnica (along with a Shure cartridge). It may only be a mid-level table, but it's worlds ahead of what I have now. It's on the UPS truck, and I'm waiting for it to arrive right now!

[Simple Torture]

The new baby in action:

[Strat]

That is sexy!

How much of a difference does a better cartridge make?

[Simple Torture]

That is sexy!

How much of a difference does a better cartridge make?

Well, it's a new table and a new cart! I didn't spin anything with the table's default cart, but I'll tell ya, the first thing I noticed was how quiet the quiet sections of the record were (I listened to an Iron and Wine record first, as I had just spun it on my old table last week). I may still have some tweaking to do, but setup was pretty simple, and things are going great so far!

[super nintendo chalmers]

did you get the 1200?

[Simple Torture]

No, as I explained a few posts above, it's an AudioTechnica with a Shure cartridge.

[super nintendo chalmers]

Ah, didn't see that. Enjoy the new rig!

[BDB]