In my days of youth, I owned approx. 800 records. I actually didn't listen to them that much except to record them to tape. I actually preferred to listen to FM radio (in those days, KEZE out of Spokane) because FM radio in those days was actually very listenable. KEZE played the music I liked and I didn't have to get up every 15 minutes and flip the LP. The cassettes were for the car.
Anyway, after a couple of years in the Army in the early 90s, I had the cash to upgrade my gear, and that included an almost top of the line Onkyo DX-1400 CD player. To my ears, it was miles better than my low-end Dual turntable, but that's really comparing apples and oranges. The short story is I stopped buying LPs.
I still own that CD player and I use it regularly at work. The beauty of the old Onkyos is that the laser pick-ups are still available. I also upgraded the OPAMPS and I'd still listen to it over a turntable.
The current LP prices seem high, but I think they are in line with 80s prices if you factor in inflation. Nonetheless, I personally don't view them as worth the money; the good deals are in used CDs as well as used CD players.
Vinyl's biggest problem that I see is that there are limited machines (and parts) to cut the record, and probably even fewer guys now that know what they are doing cutting the record.
I agree with what other posters have mentioned and that is if I know what I want (whether LP or CD), I am going to check out Amazon and Discogs first). If I'm in Turn it Up HiFi checking out amps and speakers, I'll check out the records, but I don't go there with the intent of buying records.
The moral of the story, though, is to listen to whatever you want.
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In my days of youth, I owned approx. 800 records. I actually didn't listen to them that much except to record them to tape. I actually preferred to listen to FM radio (in those days, KEZE out of Spokane) because FM radio in those days was actually very listenable. KEZE played the music I liked and I didn't have to get up every 15 minutes and flip the LP. The cassettes were for the car.
Anyway, after a couple of years in the Army in the early 90s, I had the cash to upgrade my gear, and that included an almost top of the line Onkyo DX-1400 CD player. To my ears, it was miles better than my low-end Dual turntable, but that's really comparing apples and oranges. The short story is I stopped buying LPs.
I still own that CD player and I use it regularly at work. The beauty of the old Onkyos is that the laser pick-ups are still available. I also upgraded the OPAMPS and I'd still listen to it over a turntable.
The current LP prices seem high, but I think they are in line with 80s prices if you factor in inflation. Nonetheless, I personally don't view them as worth the money; the good deals are in used CDs as well as used CD players.
Vinyl's biggest problem that I see is that there are limited machines (and parts) to cut the record, and probably even fewer guys now that know what they are doing cutting the record.
I agree with what other posters have mentioned and that is if I know what I want (whether LP or CD), I am going to check out Amazon and Discogs first). If I'm in Turn it Up HiFi checking out amps and speakers, I'll check out the records, but I don't go there with the intent of buying records.
The moral of the story, though, is to listen to whatever you want.
Was any of this in English?
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In my days of youth, I owned approx. 800 records. I actually didn't listen to them that much except to record them to tape. I actually preferred to listen to FM radio (in those days, KEZE out of Spokane) because FM radio in those days was actually very listenable. KEZE played the music I liked and I didn't have to get up every 15 minutes and flip the LP. The cassettes were for the car.
Anyway, after a couple of years in the Army in the early 90s, I had the cash to upgrade my gear, and that included an almost top of the line Onkyo DX-1400 CD player. To my ears, it was miles better than my low-end Dual turntable, but that's really comparing apples and oranges. The short story is I stopped buying LPs.
I still own that CD player and I use it regularly at work. The beauty of the old Onkyos is that the laser pick-ups are still available. I also upgraded the OPAMPS and I'd still listen to it over a turntable.
The current LP prices seem high, but I think they are in line with 80s prices if you factor in inflation. Nonetheless, I personally don't view them as worth the money; the good deals are in used CDs as well as used CD players.
Vinyl's biggest problem that I see is that there are limited machines (and parts) to cut the record, and probably even fewer guys now that know what they are doing cutting the record.
I agree with what other posters have mentioned and that is if I know what I want (whether LP or CD), I am going to check out Amazon and Discogs first). If I'm in Turn it Up HiFi checking out amps and speakers, I'll check out the records, but I don't go there with the intent of buying records.
The moral of the story, though, is to listen to whatever you want.
New pressing equipment is being manufactured. I think there's a new pressing plant opening up in Canada now with it. The pressing plant in Calgary (CalgaryBoy) just went bust over the holidays and they had a huge backlog, like 6 months to 1 year of customers who were trying to get their albums pressed. There is a huge demand for pressing plants right now and most are running 40 year old gear and can't keep up.
CDs right now are probably where records were in the 90s where they show up at thrift stores and dollar bins at pawn shops, etc.
If I had to start over again, I wouldn't just because I don't know what to do with the 1000+ records I have now in terms of storage space. That's the biggest problem. This was all bought in the last 2 years...
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Sunrise Records to take over 70 vacant HMV locationsacross Canada
There were thirty - THIRTY - posts talking about this exact same story before you posted this link. You do realize you are allowed to read the threads as well as post in them?
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There were thirty - THIRTY - posts talking about this exact same story before you posted this link. You do realize you are allowed to read the threads as well as post in them?
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When did HMV stop selling videogames? I remember they branched out into that to try to expand. I remember buying a Nintendo Wii at the TD Square one when there was a shortage and HMV was under the radar of scalpers.
