Record (vinyl) users?

[Indiana_Jones]

Any Record/Vynil users out there? if so why etc?

Plus does anyone have any old records they no longer want, I need to expand my merger collection (about 25)

-Indy

[RC1]

have a friend who has over 1500 records, thats all he buys doesnt like cds, pretty impressive collection, mostly classic rock

[Hitcher]

Any Record/Vynil users out there?

It's vinyl. And that's final.

[Indiana_Jones]

It's vinyl. And that's final.

lol I got it right the first time :crybaby:

-Indy

[Dave Lobster]

Played on the right sort of equipment, vinyl still sounds better than CD. Assuming your ears are listening to music, rather than just f*cking noise.

[deanohit]

My mum has a small collection, aout 15, the only stuff I like in there though are the Meatloaf albums.

[Motu]

I've got over 1,000 on vinyl.When everyone went to CD's in the early '90's I picked up whole collections for 20 cents a record max.All the LP's I ever wanted,and more,much much more.

[xwhatsit]

I love vinyl. My equipment isn't that fantastic, so the pleasant distortion vinyl offers (that's why it sounds better, it distorts and alters the pure original sound in a way that sounds nice to our ears) isn't that obvious, unless I'm listening through my Grados.

The thing I love about vinyl is that I'm into old music -- Miles Davis, Grant Green, Hank Mobley, Coltrane etc.; it's wonderful to hold the original disc and cover and read the liner notes as they were originally produced. Something very tangible and satisfying to hold that big sleeve and disc. My iPod doens't quite have the same feel.

[MisterD]

Got a few hundred LP's...anyone know where I can get a new drive belt for an Audiophile deck? Mine's gone and perished...

[Mom]

Any Record/Vynil users out there? if so why etc?

Plus does anyone have any old records they no longer want, I need to expand my merger collection (about 25)

-Indy

No sound compares to the Vynil??? sounds my friend.
I used to play my records once, then only to record them to tape, so I could listen to them all the time. The vinyl came out at special times. I left behind 100's and 100's and millions of records when I left my old home. I also left behind the record player....huge amp, graphic equaliser and big stack of fuck off speakers!

My vinyl never gets played now, I only kept a few special ones.

If you want old vinyl, try second hand shops, real groovy on Queen St has heaps, good condition too. What I want is a player/amp to be able to listen to my favs on vinyl, even though I have replaced most of them by CD.

[Ghost_Bullet]

Vinal sure has a nice sound, I to have many many albums, but rarely get spun sadly.

There is somthing pure about the sound though, cd's etc just sound so sterile, you now that hospital smell type.... yeah.... thats it.

:rockon: with vinal!!!

[Drum]

I've got heaps of vinyl, much of it from my youth. I still have a player in my gargre and use it frequently when working on my bike or other activities.

[Indiana_Jones]

If you want old vinyl, try second hand shops, real groovy on Queen St has heaps, good condition too. What I want is a player/amp to be able to listen to my favs on vinyl, even though I have replaced most of them by CD.

Yea, I do often vist Real Groovy, you can get ripped off or have a good deal there, I got all 9 Beethoven Symphonies for $4 (over 7 LPs!)

-Indy

[Skyryder]

Still play vinyl. Bought a new turntable just a bout a year ago.

Skyryder

[The Pastor]

If I could TURN BACK TIME!!!!

[HenryDorsetCase]

Played on the right sort of equipment, vinyl still sounds better than CD. Assuming your ears are listening to music, rather than just f*cking noise.

lets not go there, mkay: the definition if music is any good is ENTIRELY up to whether or not the person listening to it likes it or not.

So there's room for Phillip Glass (tinkle...... plop, clunk......... ting) and the Rolling Stones, and Death Metal cookie monster music. Just because you or I might not like it, doesnt really matter.

I have about 200 albums left, when I converted to CD in the early 90's I had a cull. Of course Ive ended up buying a lot of that stuff back, either on vinyl or CD. ;)

Second hand record stores are your friend. You have to be diligent, and lucky, but sometimes among the chaff are some gems. very rare though: the guy running the store gets all the really rare stuff and keeps it, youbetcha.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Got a few hundred LP's...anyone know where I can get a new drive belt for an Audiophile deck? Mine's gone and perished...

I got a new drive belt for my TT a few years ago from a place in town that serviced washing machines (no joke, they were the F & P service agents as well as carrying that stuff). I have no idea what it was called but will go past on the way to work tomorrow and post it up.

[Usarka]

Do current vinyl releases use the old analogue processes to record them, or do they go through the same digital compression type processing that seems to be inflicted on the majority of current cd releases....?

if they're going through the same processing then there should be no difference apart from a crackle.

you can even scr-ra-ra-ra-ratch cds now if you're so inclined.

[sunhuntin]

ive got a few special ones... when i was born, cds were just beginning. i still remember vinyl being sold brand new. i prefer vinyl to cd, but my turntable very rarely gets used now.

ive got several copies of "bright eyes" on 45 [love that song, which is why i have a few copies, in case one gets worn out or damaged beyond use] a few queen albums, culture club, billy idol and my very top favourites: lynyrd skynyrd.
those i scored at a recordshop in regina, sasketchewan. i do wish id bought more. they deal almost entirely in popluar old music, along with drug paraphenalia [the bag they gave me was covered in pot leaves!] and a few cds.

[What?]

Got a few hundred LP's...anyone know where I can get a new drive belt for an Audiophile deck? Mine's gone and perished...

What breed is it? No problems getting belts for my Linn. Try The Listening Post in Tokoroa or Hamilhole.

[Indiana_Jones]

Got some LPs today to celebrate real groovy not going under just yet lol :D

-Indy

[CookMySock]

Got lots of old vinyl from years back, some of it really great and some of it really embarrassing. :whistle:

I ripped all the good stuff to FLAC and on to MP3 so it can be listened to anywhere, and generally treated as part of our music collection. Someone will occasionally pull the turntable out and give it a spin for old times sake. :sunny:

Steve

[Owl]

I love vinyl. My equipment isn't that fantastic, so the pleasant distortion vinyl offers (that's why it sounds better, it distorts and alters the pure original sound in a way that sounds nice to our ears) isn't that obvious, unless I'm listening through my Grados.

Thought it was to do with alpha waves and that CD's are cut off from frequencies beyond 20Hz?

[portokiwi]

I love my record player, would never get rid of it. Hardest part is getting records and new needles.

[Coyote]

Haven't got my own but my parents have plenty that I listen to every so often. Sonic Temple by The Cult is my favourite in the collection. Also got Jethro Tull in the rare newspaper cover.

[Murray]

Also got Jethro Tull in the rare newspaper cover.

Ditto - You done the crossword???

Seems all my older music's on the vinyl. Black Sabbath, The Doors, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Lynard Skynard, Led Zeppelin, Killing Joke, Lou Reed, Rush, Budgie (10 albums 5 vinyl/5 CD must be biggest budgie collection in NZ Any heavy metallers out there get "In for the Kill" supremo), Free, Cream, Blind Faith, Frank Zappa, The Who, Robin Trower and a few other obscure ones

Love the vinyl, the only pain is turning it over every 20 minutes or so.

[Fatt Max]

Got a few hundred LP's...anyone know where I can get a new drive belt for an Audiophile deck? Mine's gone and perished...

Awight geezer,

Not sure where you are mate but there is an audio spares shop at the top of Queen Street as it hits K Road (On the left looking up hill)

Cant remember the name but it is opposite the big white church. I got me some spares for a sony deck (old one, 1970,s) and they may be able to help you.

PM me your details and the spec for the belt if you are not in Auckland and the next time I am in town I'll check it out for you.

[portokiwi]

Thanks max for that info.... bling comming your way:headbang:

[Coyote]

Ditto - You done the crossword???

Nope. 1: Cause it belongs to my Dad. 2:It's like a Mad Comic. you don't want to fold over the back page otherwise it'll wreck it's original condition. At least anal bastards like me think that anyway.

[Laava]

I have some classic LP's and some very obscure/very shit ones too!
How do I hook my turntable up to my computer so I can download to iTunes?

[Indiana_Jones]

I have some classic LP's and some very obscure/very shit ones too!
How do I hook my turntable up to my computer so I can download to iTunes?

You'd have to get one of those headphone jack to the 2 little white and red cables.

then u stick that in the stereo output and the jack end into the input port for your audio on the PC.

take a look online, would be way easier then trying to read what I just wrote lol

-Indy

[Skyryder]

I have some classic LP's and some very obscure/very shit ones too!
How do I hook my turntable up to my computer so I can download to iTunes?

try this.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/howto/FromVinyltoComputer_StepByStep.aspx


Skyryder

[Indiana_Jones]

Also as for recording goes use, "Audacity"

it's a freeware recording program. It's pretty good.

-Indy

[Indiana_Jones]

for the oldies out there.

Found this in my folks box of LPs which I have taken 'ownership' of now lol

Who the fuck is Gordon Giltrap lol

says there's only 15,000 of this single was released.

-Indy

[Jez]

i love playing the old records for nostalgic value ... something mesmerising about watching the vinyl spin, and that crackling before the first track if i have it up loud enough ...

as for sound quality, i played in a rock band too long to notice the difference between CD and Vinyl, the only difference i notice is the crackling or lack of between tracks.

[Pedrostt500]

I sold off all my record collection, though most of them were well scratched from drunken parties, there was alot of stuff that I would never see again, The Gordons, Toy Love, Iggy and the Stooges, etc some coloured and picture albums.
I still have some singles, and I do go into the record shop in Petone every now and again to see what I can find, will one day build the colection back up.

[Indiana_Jones]

Just got some new JVC headphones to listen to my records with :yes:

Niiiiice

-Indy

[McJim]

I'm a musician so any reproduction of music is a little bit of sacrilidge in my book :Pokey: however Vinyl (when painstakingly made, handled, stored and played on the best quality turntables) has an important advantage to the aurally attuned. A CD range is from 20Hz to 22kHz. A Vinyl record will record much lower and much higher frequencies than this.

Human hearing is tuned to 15Hz to 22kHz however we can perceive the harmonics of higher and lower than this range which can affect the percieved purity and tone of an instrument or voice.

Compact disc and other forms of digital music are convenient and easy though.

[Indiana_Jones]

Compact disc and other forms of digital music are convenient and easy though.

Only thing going for them.

-Indy

[GrayWolf]

I love vinyl. My equipment isn't that fantastic, so the pleasant distortion vinyl offers (that's why it sounds better, it distorts and alters the pure original sound in a way that sounds nice to our ears) isn't that obvious, unless I'm listening through my Grados.

The thing I love about vinyl is that I'm into old music -- Miles Davis, Grant Green, Hank Mobley, Coltrane etc.; it's wonderful to hold the original disc and cover and read the liner notes as they were originally produced. Something very tangible and satisfying to hold that big sleeve and disc. My iPod doens't quite have the same feel.


Thought it was to do with alpha waves and that CD's are cut off from frequencies beyond 20Hz?+

This is an arguement that will rage eternal. Just like the Tube Vs Transistor one.
I have read that on early CD's (Analogue mastertape recordings transposed to CD) that because of the frequency cut and lift (RIAA) that LP's were made with, the lift in the high frequencies is partly responsible for the sharpness heard in those recordings. I had Vinyl till 3 yrs ago (Thorens with a Garrat Bros' P77). A good quality CD player simply out performed it, A Linn or Rok with a Keutsu? Ya talking! But yeh I still use a Toob Amp, for that lovely warm sound :Punk:

[pete376403]

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=7654
Sony turntable that plugs straight into USB port on PC

[Indiana_Jones]

just grabbed a new pressing of....

<img src="http://www.punkvinyl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/IMG_3936.jpg">

Give 'em enough rope.

Should be getting the US version of "The Clash' in a few weeks :)

-Indy

[jaffaonajappa]

Dont forget...most turntable putput to a Phono level, not a line in level....even though the same RCA type plus are used.

What that means is.....often a computers line input wont handle the very low level of output from a turntable....you need a middle (phono) amplifier in between the 2.

An exception are the new turntables, linked just above, with everthing built in. But the sound quality from these is often a bit lower.......?

Rega P2 with Super bias cart - Rotel Pre and Powers - B&W fs. A 4k stereo 2nd hand.....blitzes any CD based system under about 6k. Still some good value in a decent turntable system......and loads of classic albums found in garage sales ultra cheaply :)

www.audioenz.co.nz - good website. like this site, but for audiophiles. and people with manners ROFL.

[Indiana_Jones]

www.audioenz.co.nz - good website. like this site, but for audiophiles. and people with manners ROFL.

That's 99% of KB members fucked then lol

-Indy

[Geeen]

Dont forget...most turntable putput to a Phono level, not a line in level....even though the same RCA type plus are used.

What that means is.....often a computers line input wont handle the very low level of output from a turntable....you need a middle (phono) amplifier in between the 2.

An exception are the new turntables, linked just above, with everthing built in. But the sound quality from these is often a bit lower.......?

Rega P2 with Super bias cart - Rotel Pre and Powers - B&W fs. A 4k stereo 2nd hand.....blitzes any CD based system under about 6k. Still some good value in a decent turntable system......and loads of classic albums found in garage sales ultra cheaply :)

www.audioenz.co.nz - good website. like this site, but for audiophiles. and people with manners ROFL.

What Rotels ya got? I'm running 1070 pre and power with a project rpm 6.1 through some Jamos and a REL sub.

[Indiana_Jones]

Also got this little gem.

33" single
<img src="http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2009-12/1261960626_19.jpg"?

-Indy

[jaffaonajappa]

What Rotels ya got? I'm running 1070 pre and power with a project rpm 6.1 through some Jamos and a REL sub.

Hiya, two systems at the moment. Rc / Rb 03's for the TT, but often have em hooked into an older RB 985 (5 chan) amp in the lounge set-up, into B&W 604's. The Subs just for movies lol.....the 604's have more than enuff grunt as it is. (Unless listening to some loud D&B, then the windows shake!)

So no longer anywhere near entry-level audiophile....its been fuddled around to fit into a generic HT kida setup to keep everyone else happy too. But ont he od occasion, hook up some 602's (Rears in the HT system) direct to the RB03's, for some more critical listening.

[Geeen]

Indy, have a look at slowboat records in wellies, they have a web site that I can't remember the address for or musicdirect.com. If you didn't know about them. Last time I went into slowboat I came out $200 poorer, hence my wife won't let me go to Wellington :violin:

[Voltaire]

Used to chase down 60's stuff in the early 80's...By the late 70's it was hard to get.kept a few of the interesting ones:
Ogdens Nut Gone Flake with the round cover that folds out.
Yellow Brick Road on Yello vinyl.
Unopened 10 anniversary Sgt Peppers and Abbey Road Picture discs.
Led Zep 3 with the rotating inner sleeve
The White Album
Cream, Doors, Who, Move,Love.....ah might have to shovel some coal into the stereo and listen to the between track fssst...fssst.....
Different markets had different covers, song mixes......
Fav...Revolver by the Beatles.:love:
Last time I went to Real Groovy it was futher up Queen Street....:innocent:

[jaffaonajappa]

Used to chase down 60's stuff in the early 80's...By the late 70's it was hard to get.kept a few of the interesting ones:
Ogdens Nut Gone Flake with the round cover that folds out.
Yellow Brick Road on Yello vinyl.
Unopened 10 anniversary Sgt Peppers and Abbey Road Picture discs.
Led Zep 3 with the rotating inner sleeve
The White Album
Cream, Doors, Who, Move,Love.....ah might have to shovel some coal into the stereo and listen to the between track fssst...fssst.....
Different markets had different covers, song mixes......
Fav...Revolver by the Beatles.:love:
Last time I went to Real Groovy it was futher up Queen Street....:innocent:

Niiiiiiice!
gona be worht a packet one day.

I have this Stones album with a real zip on the outer sleeve.... :)

[Indiana_Jones]

Fuck yeah

241930

-Indy

[rapid van cleef]

Ive got a few hundred singles, 12" eps and albums, double albums, picture discs, coloured vinyls. lots of promos, ltd editions, singed albums, a few test pressings - single sided masters of name bands. all in clear vinyl covers.

lotsa 80s uk goth stuff and also classic rock,, lotsa police vinly/ blue vinyl, led zep etc

never play em

ive been meaning to convert them to digital for ages. maybe if someone was interested in buying them id do it.

hmmmm

the good old days of somthing that looked like it was worth your cash, instead of the tiny shite we now use.

[Indiana_Jones]

ive been meaning to convert them to digital for ages.

hmmmm



Do it.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

-Indy

[HenryDorsetCase]

Also got this little gem.

33" single
<img src="http://www.israbox.com/uploads/posts/2009-12/1261960626_19.jpg"?

-Indy

dont get me started.

[pete376403]

I found an immaculate copy of "the Who Live at Leeds" with all the inserts and stuff* at the shop in Cuba St.
Left it in the car , warped like a potato chip. Fucked me off considerably.

*The album cover looks like the simple cover of a bootleg LP of the era: it is of plain brown cardboard with "The Who Live At Leeds" printed on it in plain blue or red block letters as if stamped on with ink (on the original first English pressing of 300, this stamp is black). The original LP's cover opened out, gatefold-style, and had a pocket on either side of the interior, with the record in a paper sleeve on one side and 12 facsimilés of various memorabilia on the other, including a photo of the band from the My Generation photoshoot, handwritten lyrics to the "Listening to You" chorus from Tommy, a receipt for smoke bombs, a rejection letter from EMI, and the early black "Maximum R&B" poster showing Pete Townshend windmilling his Rickenbacker. The first 500 copies included a copy of the contract for The Who to play at the Woodstock Festival.

The label was handwritten (apparently in Townshend's hand), and included instructions to the engineers not to attempt to remove any crackling noise
From Wiki

[munster]

I found an immaculate copy of "the Who Live at Leeds" with all the inserts and stuff* at the shop in Cuba St.
Left it in the car , warped like a potato chip. Fucked me off considerably.

All is not lost, two baking trays and a hot oven can fix this. Heat the oven up and scrub the trays so they are absolutely smooth. Put record on one tray and into oven, as soon as record warps remove and place other oven tray on top and a stack of books on top of that. Leave for an hour.

Worked for me, picked up a copy of Spike Milligan's Bad Jelly the Witch for 50 cents at the Hamilton Recycling Centre a few years back and it was warped, but the above method sorted it out. Not even a scratch on it.

[jaffaonajappa]

All is not lost, two baking trays and a hot oven can fix this. Heat the oven up and scrub the trays so they are absolutely smooth. Put record on one tray and into oven, as soon as record warps remove and place other oven tray on top and a stack of books on top of that. Leave for an hour.

Worked for me, picked up a copy of Spike Milligan's Bad Jelly the Witch for 50 cents at the Hamilton Recycling Centre a few years back and it was warped, but the above method sorted it out. Not even a scratch on it.

Ohhhhh......!
:shutup::shutup::shutup::shutup::shutup:

[placidfemme]

Yup... I got mostly Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters etc... looking for Slim Harpo!

[Indiana_Jones]

dont get me started.

*Starts him up*

Go on lol

-Indy

[HenryDorsetCase]

*Starts him up*

Go on lol

-Indy

OK, thats a terrible single from an even more terrible album. It was done with a bunch of numpties after Joe had kicked Mick out of the band, Topper was completely fucked with heroin addiction. From memory Paul was still involved, but since his major contribution to the Clash was "Guns of Brixton" then I think its fair to say he didnt have much to do.

awful awful travesty.

On hte other hand, I have a bunch of .45s of when they were good. Including White Man in Hammersmith Palais, Radio Clash, Rock the Casbah and Train in Vain.

Dont get me wrong, I love the Clash. If only they'd gone for a decent holiday after Sandinista! (or before: there is a good album in there, you just have to dig through a bunch of crap to find it: but is it a triple? no way.)

Even Joe, in later life, admitted to being a bit embarrassed by that album.


Oh, and I played these yesterday. Unfortunately the Psychedelic Furs one has got a scratch in the quiet part of track 1 side 1, but apart from that it plays OK.

I quite like the Undertones singles, but an albums worth of his singing gives me the shits. But "Teenage Kicks"? well its genius. The cover's pretty cool too, huh? Suck on that Mrs GooGoo or whatever your name is. How dare you recycle memes from my yoof?!??!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Tpftpf2.jpg

[Indiana_Jones]

OK, thats a terrible single from an even more terrible album. It was done with a bunch of numpties after Joe had kicked Mick out of the band, Topper was completely fucked with heroin addiction. From memory Paul was still involved, but since his major contribution to the Clash was "Guns of Brixton" then I think its fair to say he didnt have much to do.

awful awful travesty.

On hte other hand, I have a bunch of .45s of when they were good. Including White Man in Hammersmith Palais, Radio Clash, Rock the Casbah and Train in Vain.

Dont get me wrong, I love the Clash. If only they'd gone for a decent holiday after Sandinista! (or before: there is a good album in there, you just have to dig through a bunch of crap to find it: but is it a triple? no way.)

Even Joe, in later life, admitted to being a bit embarrassed by that album.


Oh, and I played these yesterday. Unfortunately the Psychedelic Furs one has got a scratch in the quiet part of track 1 side 1, but apart from that it plays OK.

I quite like the Undertones singles, but an albums worth of his singing gives me the shits. But "Teenage Kicks"? well its genius. The cover's pretty cool too, huh? Suck on that Mrs GooGoo or whatever your name is. How dare you recycle memes from my yoof?!??!

No argument there, Cut the crap....was....well crap lol. Sad end to one of the greatest bands ever :(

'This is England' however is the only good thing to come out of it imo. One of my fav Clash songs

Sandinista! has a few good tracks and a lot of bollocks lol

'The Clash' and 'Give 'em enough rope' are my favourite.

Got the singles box (CDs). Wicked collection there.

Also just got live at Shea Stadium. Wicked CD :)

-Indy

[HenryDorsetCase]

Its really interesting to compare the Live at Shea Stadium CD with their earlier live stuff (on say Westway to the World): at the end, they were a pretty decent stadium rock band.

quite hilarious when you think where they came from.

all good though

I think my favourite Clash track is still "Janie Jones" (or "White Man"). or maybe London Calling.

[Indiana_Jones]

White riot (UK version) :D

-Indy

[Banditbandit]

Jimmy Jazz - of that awesome album London Calling ... Stunningly brilliant track ..

[HenryDorsetCase]

I got into the whole ska thing in a huge way based solely on the Clash covers of "Police and Thieves" and "Pressure Drop"

Maybe I shouldnt put Paul Simonon down: he lived in Camden and was a fan of that stuff.

[Indiana_Jones]

I got into the whole ska thing in a huge way based solely on the Clash covers of "Police and Thieves" and "Pressure Drop"

Maybe I shouldnt put Paul Simonon down: he lived in Camden and was a fan of that stuff.

Police and Thieves is da shit yo!

-Indy

[Banditbandit]

I was never that much into ska .. Loved The Clash tho' .. and Jimmy Jazz just blew me away the first time I heard it ...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Also got this little gem.

-Indy

Dunno if it's been mentioned mate, but try Rockinghorse Records in Brisbane. Unreal!

[Indiana_Jones]

Dunno if it's been mentioned mate, but try Rockinghorse Records in Brisbane. Unreal!

Cheers for the heads up :)

'Rudie can't fail' :niceone:

-Indy

[HenryDorsetCase]

Cheers for the heads up :)

'Rudie can't fail' :niceone:

-Indy


Also Egg Records

http://www.eggrecordsonline.com/

Warning: likely you will spend some money.

[Madmax]

anyone got some Mullard M8100 tubes