At my LPS yesterday...

[ClownLurch]

crappy sound too

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You can buy modern record players now from anywhere that sells electric goods.

Nothing could make some of the rubbish I listened too as a teenager sound decent!

 

[PlasticGalaxy]

Nothing could make some of the rubbish I listened too as a teenager sound decent!

We should start another of those music threads. Love those, and like a good song-swap.

 

[Slaphppy7]

crappy sound too

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You can buy modern record players now from anywhere that sells electric goods.

Yep...my daughter has a modern "turntable"....it's a piece of junk

 

[Slaphppy7]

CDs arrived on the scene when I was at 550ish. Not having to walk across the room to change sides every 25 mins or less was a revelation. Exit stage left LPs enter stage right CDs.
Then the last pre covid Xmas Mrs Lurch got me a turntable as I hadn’t had one for 20yrs so I dug out what remained of my LPs which was two of those old vinyl 70s covered LP carry cases with something like 80 LPs left. I’d sold the rest prefering the convenience of CDs…..of which I’ve around 2500 in the loft!
LPs and Spotify currently rule the roost in Clownlurch Castle.

550?....damn, you're ancient

Yes, CD's were a revelation, when they first came out, but I'm old enough to remember 8 track tapes....talk about a PITA...but riding with my older sister, in her VW bug, circa '69, that was MUCH better than the radio...no commercials, which I detest, but you had to endure the track-switching

Then there were cassettes....had to have a cassette player in every car I drove...crappy sound, but still, better than the alternate...I had over 200 cassettes, mainly recordings I had made of my own albums

Got married, between Mrs. Slap and me, we had around 500 CD's....she had them all downloaded (or whatever you do) to her iTunes...we ended up selling nearly all of those CD's...just took up too much space

Nowadays, Pandora is the norm for music-listening for yours truly, both at home and in my truck...and, at work...it's worth the $5 or so a month, to have my custom-made channels and no commercials...at home, I listen to music more than I watch TV

 

[Essjay]

There are turntables and turntables. This is the shop my husband uses (not for the turntables though, he doesn't have any vinyl records). Turntables start at a very reasonable £150 and go up in price. And up and up.......

Turntables

Browse our full Turntables range

www.hifisound.co.uk

 

[Rocky998]

There are turntables and turntables. This is the shop my husband uses (not for the turntables though, he doesn't have any vinyl records). Turntables start at a very reasonable £150 and go up in price. And up and up.......

Turntables

Browse our full Turntables range

www.hifisound.co.uk

I wish there was a thing where it was easier to buy things from another country