What vinyl are you listening to

[Marauder-CDN]

I can't be the only one in this clan that has LP's.If I am then i am happy to be so

 

[OB1]

What's an LP?

[Sammy]

I have two or three large boxes of LP's in storage from many different eras. But no player for them. Not that I have a good audio system set up to enjoy them.

[Marauder-CDN]

[Marauder-CDN]

I am just curious if any one else has collected and still plays. I have collected some nice albums and compiled a nice system.

 

[Gatorgirl]

We don't have any but my 21 year old son is a Music Business major in college and this past year he has really gotten into them.  We got him a turntable for Christmas and he is obsessed with getting new vinyl, everything from  Pink Floyd to Drake.  It's fun to see him get so excited to score a copy of Pink Floyd's The Wall, and all the old music we used to listen to.

[RobMc]

I have over 250 lp's

[LOCO]

i have 8 milk crates of records and over 3000 mp3s on my laptop

Edited May 14, 2020 by LOCO

[lTplkey336]

Been a while since I could play my records. My son went and bought me a newer stereo radio so I gave  him my old one for his garage. Little did I know there are no RCA connections for a phonograph. They are all newer hookups which doesn't include phono.  Gotta steal my old radio back and give him the new one.

[Hawk]

14 hours ago, Marauder-CDN said:

Nice setup!  I have my entire rack system in the attic at the moment, unfortunately.  The turntable and the LP's are the only thing in the house (better climate control in the house).  I had to downsize when I had kiddos.  I'd LOVE to get my old stereo up and running again.  Maybe I'll set it up in the garage for when I'm working out there.  I have about 75-100 LPs.  I'll have to go dig them out and snap a pic of them.

[RobMc]

Here's my set up and some of my collection, Arcam alpha 8's bi-amped with floor standing missions and a Project deck, great sound.

 

[MikeB]

I collect vintage audio equipment and vinyl.  Hell I collect anything related to music.  Just picked up a Kenwood KP-9010 which is a beast of a turntable.  If anyone has any questions on gear or interested in getting into vinyl, tape, etc. , PM me.  I would be glad to help.  Vinyl and Reel to Reel tape is so much more pleasant to listen to.  Yes there is some surface noise with vinyl, but it out-ways the Harshness of digital.  Yes digital, is great too, but it will never equal analog.  Now Reel to Reel tape is fantastic.  Yes there is some tape hiss between songs, but wow !!  As from the pictures you can see I am running out of storage space for vinyl and tape.  I have more vinyl in storage and plan on building another wall unit like in the first picture to house them.  Plus I need to build a bigger "entertainment center".  Right now I have Joe Walsh in rotation.  His music is always well recorded.  Great production !!

 

[Marauder-CDN]

 Nice set up mike

I have Akai AA-1135 receiver with my AP-206,still on the hunt for different speakers, also have an Akai AP-004 hooked up in the basement

[Izumi]

Damn nice collections.  Listening to mostly jazz records last few days.  Today is Stan Getz.

[deerejon]

This got my thinking about my milk crates in the garage storage.....pulled one down and started looking....opened Frampton Comes ALive and found some seeds and a pack of club rolling papers....

[Marauder-CDN]

1 hour ago, deerejon said:

This got my thinking about my milk crates in the garage storage.....pulled one down and started looking....opened Frampton Comes ALive and found some seeds and a pack of club rolling papers....

damn mice...I know they could not have been yours......

[spinpuppy]

put it all on a flash drive and you done...plug into car and listen to your hearts content

[MikeB]

3 hours ago, Marauder-CDN said:

 Nice set up mike

I have Akai AA-1135 receiver with my AP-206,still on the hunt for different speakers, also have an Akai AP-004 hooked up in the basement

Not sure what you are wanting to spend on speakers.  The speakers in my pictures that do not have the lattice grills are Polk Monitor 10's from the 70's.  Great all around speakers.  I used them for years. Those can be found readily found for around $100 to $300 depending on if the seller knows what they have.   They will outperform many new speakers that sell at many times that price.  Now I mainly use the big set with the lattice grills.  Thats the bottom set which are Sansui SP-5000's from the 70's.  These are fucking killer speakers.   Sound good at low volume and really come to life at higher volume.  Im talking extreme volume levels with ZERO distortion.  Very efficient speakers.  I have an SP Meter and these things will go above 120db with ZERO distortion.  Im talking thump your chest levels.  You can feel every kick drum hit and bass guitar notes.  That level of pressure will make you deaf pretty damn quick.  They were a Japan only release and very few made it to the US.  Those that did, came via GI's stationed overseas bringing them back.   The set on top of those are Sansui SP-3500's.  Those are descent but they lack the bass response the Polk 10's and Sansui SP-5000's do.  But the Polks would be a great addition if your wanting vintage.  Plus Polk still makes replacement speakers for these.  So 50 years later Polk still has replacement speakers for these.  

My receiver is a Sansui 9090DB and I have several Reel to Reel players.  Four Akai's and one Sansui.  I have three Pioneer PL-518 turntables, several old 8 track players (dont use), several Akai cassette decks and a few EQ's.  You cant beat Akai's for tape players.  Would love an Akai GX-747, but holy hell, they sell high. But they sure are pretty !!!  

[MikeB]

30 minutes ago, spinpuppy said:

put it all on a flash drive and you done...plug into car and listen to your hearts content

I have loaded up several 128gig drives and put them in our vehicles.  Well the ones that have USB ports.  Have a descent system in my Z and in our minivan, but MP3's just dont have the same character as vinyl.  Dont get me wrong,  all of my MP3's are 320kbp, or 192kbp, which sound good in the car.  But play a CD, and a Vinyl copy of a tune on a descent stereo system and IMHO the lp will stand out.  I can listen to vinyl all day with zero ear fatigue.  But digital after awhile hurts my ears.  But thats the nature of the beast.  Hey, another great lp !!!  April Wine - Nature of the Beast !!  

Edited May 14, 2020 by MikeB

[MikeB]

Oh, and if your thinking of getting into vinyl, do not buy a turntable from Walmart or any other department store.  Those "all in one" systems or separate TT's are junk !!!  You need to go Vintage separate audio gear to get the biggest bang for the buck.  Example,  you can pick up a descent shaped Pioneer PL-518 for under $250 on ebay.  Or check out Craigslist and garage sales and Thrift stores.  I picked up one of my Pioneers for $5 !!  And it is in fantastic shape.  Now the Cartridge (needle) may or may not need changed.  A descent Audio Technica AT440mlb or similar cartridge can be around $200 to $300.  So for under $500 you can get a killer TT that will outperform new models that cost over a grand.  A quality TT (record player) is essential to getting into vinyl.   Next would be to get a descent Pre-amp/Amp unit. Or a Receiver which combines both.  Thats another long discussion on which is better (Receiver vs Preamp/Amp).  Both sides have good and bad models.  Same with speakers.  And again used vintage will get you a bigger bang for less money than new.  But research stuff and always check potential buys with a fine tooth comb.  Again PM me if you have any questions.

[Marauder-CDN]

My son-in-law was still using a Crosely so last time I went up gave him my Dual 1209 and one of my spare subwoofers.....made him happy. Speaker wise I have a feeling i will go with a set of Paradigms.Just biding my time

Edited May 14, 2020 by Marauder-CDN

[spinpuppy]

3 hours ago, MikeB said:

I have loaded up several 128gig drives and put them in our vehicles.  Well the ones that have USB ports.  Have a descent system in my Z and in our minivan, but MP3's just dont have the same character as vinyl.  Dont get me wrong,  all of my MP3's are 320kbp, or 192kbp, which sound good in the car.  But play a CD, and a Vinyl copy of a tune on a descent stereo system and IMHO the lp will stand out.  I can listen to vinyl all day with zero ear fatigue.  But digital after awhile hurts my ears.  But thats the nature of the beast.  Hey, another great lp !!!  April Wine - Nature of the Beast !!  

I agree with you 100%...but the dam records skip every time I hit a pothole!  

[MikeB]

13 hours ago, spinpuppy said:

I agree with you 100%...but the dam records skip every time I hit a pothole!  

Oh the good ole days !!!

[MikeB]

 

[Merlin007]

Some awesome collections here. Wanting to get a new collection going. Was gifted the star wars themes by the London Philharmonic Orchestra but have no table to play it in lol.

Thoughts on what to look for in a table?