Who else out there loves vinyl

[IndyMedic]

I have been looking for a while and finally found Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl. This is one of my all time favorite albums. I have listened to it twice already. There is just something about the sound of your favorite band on vinyl that just makes it better. Who else out there loves vinyl and what are some of your favorites.

 

[Benny]

I don't currently own a record player, but I agree it sounds fantastic. Analog captures every single sound, while digital cuts a lot of sounds off at the top and bottom.

 

[Sylvain]

I love them even if I was born after the "end" of the vinyl.

 

[femurphy77]

We're out there, you just have to look hard to find us! Our 45 collection numbers well over 3000 while our LP collection is probably around 200. We buy albums primarily for the cover art. It all started out with the simple purchase of a jukebox. . . . . . . . . .our goal is to ultimately transfer everything to computer and then buy a cd jukebox and load everything into it!

 

[sepe]

There is a bunch of stuff I'd rather listen to on vinyl but I'm broke right now. Old country, gospel, blues, jazz, folk, big band type of stuff. I'm not really into much rock or metal so you guys can have all of those. Another thing that would be sweet to have is the Alan Lomax stuff (Songs of the South and the Appalachian gospel stuff), I already have it in digital format but it would have more feel to it on vinyl.

 

[Hoosierdood]

Vinyl is so comfortable and classy.

Wait... What kind of vinyl are you talking about?

 

[Sylvain]

Vinyl is so comfortable and classy.

Wait... What kind of vinyl are you talking about?

 

[femurphy77]

Uh Hoosierdood, there are certain things in your life that the rest of us don't want to know about!!

 

[hammer24]

One of the great shames of the digital age of music is the loss of all the great cover art! Vinyl albums were a perfect canvas for some of the greatest and most iconic art of the 20th century. Now that I mention it, the whole idea of the "album" has been lost all together with iTunes and what-not where you can go get individual songs. There is certainly something to be said a bout a great ALBUM that you can listen to all the way through, and reads as one piece of art!

 

[Brandon]

I bought a record player this summer to replace an older unit... It has been fun telling people about it. I guess alot of folk don't realize you can buy a new player and albums in the store again.

 

[RockofStrength]

I bought a record player this summer to replace an older unit... It has been fun telling people about it. I guess alot of folk don't realize you can buy a new player and albums in the store again.

The music industry is pushing vinyl BIG time lately. Not as easy to steal the music from it a it is to break the protection on a CD.

 

[Brandon]

lol our player has a usb cord to hook up to a pc and make a digital copy.

 

[IndyMedic]

I agree the cover art is very cool also. I am using my dads turntable from back in the day and playing it through a vintage pioneer receiver. I am 27 so I grew up buying CDs but I got into vinyl a couple years ago. I am a huge fan of classic rock and listening to it through the equipment from the same era just makes it better.

 

[Brandon]

This is what I ended up getting to replace an old turn table/stereo cabinet (the ones that are about 6 feet long and have the speakers built into the cabinet. looks like a dresser)
Sony - USB Stereo Turntable - PS-LX300USB

 

[Lancem]

I've got a hundred or more albums from the 70-80's and a really nice B&O turntable, you mean that there is may be somebody that might trade guns for this stuff???

 

[Ogre]

It has a mucher richer sound, and I still like hearing the cracks and pops before the song starts..

 

[femurphy77]

I've got a hundred or more albums from the 70-80's and a really nice B&O turntable, you mean that there is may be somebody that might trade guns for this stuff???

I doubt if you will get guns traded even for a hundred albums unless there are some rare ones like the Beatles "Butcher" album or an unopened "Thriller". I recently bought a shipping box full of albums, 85 if I remember right, and they were all pristine and good titles. Cost me $20. We haven't gotten around to playing any of them yet as we don't have the turntable hooked up, we have a little cheap record player that we use to preview 45's when we find some but it's too crappy to risk a nice LP on.

 

[schafe]

While I have vinyl albums and a quality turntable, have you noticed that modern Receivers don't even have an RIAA equalized phono input these days? You need to buy or build your own!
But I have been looking for a reasonably priced Edison cylinder player. Nothing like some John Phillips Sousa on one of those, my friends.
You young Whippersnappers and your new fangled technology!!

 

[JetGirl]

I have been looking for a while and finally found Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl. This is one of my all time favorite albums. I have listened to it twice already. There is just something about the sound of your favorite band on vinyl that just makes it better. Who else out there loves vinyl and what are some of your favorites.

I lost a LOT of my stuff when I first moved. Some of it has been replaced by (of all things) estate sales, thrift stores, and garage sales. The only thing that I've found that sounds better digitally than on vinyl is the Beatles, except for Abbey Road and Let it Be.