T&C Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Been into it since the early 80's... mainly Psych, Rock, and really anything that sounds good. The 60's and 70's are my favorite time period, especially the one album wonders, Mainstream label for example. Whaddaya into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Here's my collection of pieces of vinyl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 When I was a kid I joined one of those "music clubs" or whatever where you got like 10 albums up front for 10 cents or something crazy, but then had to buy an album a month for year or something like that? I joined just to get the albums and then quit the thing after. I don't remember exactly how old I was but I think I was still single digits, like 9 at the oldest. One of the albums I ordered was Led Zeppelin IV and I will always remember listening to the music while checking out the unusual album design, and the photos of the wallpaper peeling off an old house or whatever that stuff is on IV! Good memories! Vinyl is the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I also still have my old vinyl. Mostly 60's and early 70's. About 68 I started taping whatever I had to reel to reel because I hated to hear the records skip when there was any kind of disturbance. A fair number of my later albums are therefore rather pristine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Have a good sized collection. ~600 records. Was gifted a nice collection of well cared for good quality music recently as well. Will never let them go. I love looking at the covers artwork, they bring back a lot of memories. Have to admit I don't have a decent record player right now and have them put away in cardboard boxes. Glad I saw this post, gonna motivate me to get a player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 right here! I treated myself to a Rega this past year. Nothing rocks like vinyl! 5 hours ago, The Poojer said: Here's my collection of pieces of vinyl I wish I could read those titles. I am always fascinated by what people have in their bookcase and vinyl bins! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 8 hours ago, Turk71 said: Have a good sized collection. ~600 records. Was gifted a nice collection of well cared for good quality music recently as well. Will never let them go. I love looking at the covers artwork, they bring back a lot of memories. Have to admit I don't have a decent record player right now and have them put away in cardboard boxes. Glad I saw this post, gonna motivate me to get a player. 600 is a good size... I think I'm down to that from 10K+ when I did it for a living, sold a big chunk in bulk. Ebay used to be great but now it's not even a shadow of what it once was... they went commercial and stopped the money order/check payments and so I left them. I say 600 or so but these are the babes, no junk in there imo... but, I do have 6 big boxes of "gone through, don't want" that I'd give away to anyone who wants to haul them off. For anyone serious about vinyl... I bought one close to this one maybe 18 years ago or so. Well worth the money and easy to maintain. Will clean your dirty ass albums like nothing else... I make my own version of the fluid, the basis is Distilled water... and other minor things. This is a life saver if you are a vinyl fan: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereComesTheReignAgain Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have a Rega P2 with the Bias 2 cartridge option and have been thinking about trying to sell it. I almost never use it and with a recent upgrade of my receiver, I would need to buy a separate phono pre-amp. It is more decoration than anything else at this point. If I had a the room to set it up properly I would be more likely to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 3 hours ago, T&C said: 600 is a good size... I think I'm down to that from 10K+ when I did it for a living, sold a big chunk in bulk. Ebay used to be great but now it's not even a shadow of what it once was... they went commercial and stopped the money order/check payments and so I left them. I say 600 or so but these are the babes, no junk in there imo... but, I do have 6 big boxes of "gone through, don't want" that I'd give away to anyone who wants to haul them off. For anyone serious about vinyl... I bought one close to this one maybe 18 years ago or so. Well worth the money and easy to maintain. Will clean your dirty ass albums like nothing else... I make my own version of the fluid, the basis is Distilled water... and other minor things. This is a life saver if you are a vinyl fan: I don't suppose you are near SE PA/Philly area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Well considering my tagline is "I Love Vinyl" I figured I'd jump in! Got into it back in August. I have the $300 Audio-Technica professional fully manual turntable. Stock currently, minus an upgraded cork mat for the platter. Zeppelin 1 through Physical Graffiti Pink Floyd Dark Side/WYWH/Meddle/Animals Buckingham-Nicks (pre-Fleetwood; amazing album) A few My Morning Jacket albums The entire Hamilton soundtrack. A couple Santana's Smashing Pumpkins Gish Both Fleet Foxes albums AC/DC High Voltage Black Crowes and Chris Robinson Brotherhood records And on and on...... I clean them using the distilled water/natural cleaner/alcohol method. Makes a huge difference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 17 hours ago, The Poojer said: Here's my collection of pieces of vinyl Is the white thing on top of the receiver a dildo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Kitchen-Aid Stand Mixer tightener :-), and I can neither confirm nor deny that it has been in my or anyone else's orifice at any point 2 minutes ago, Gugny said: Is the white thing on top of the receiver a dildo? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 5 hours ago, The Poojer said: I don't suppose you are near SE PA/Philly area? Not at all, sorry... I'm outside of Tampa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 On 2/26/2018 at 12:44 PM, Seasons1992 said: Well considering my tagline is "I Love Vinyl" I figured I'd jump in! Got into it back in August. I have the $300 Audio-Technica professional fully manual turntable. Stock currently, minus an upgraded cork mat for the platter. Zeppelin 1 through Physical Graffiti Pink Floyd Dark Side/WYWH/Meddle/Animals Buckingham-Nicks (pre-Fleetwood; amazing album) A few My Morning Jacket albums The entire Hamilton soundtrack. A couple Santana's Smashing Pumpkins Gish Both Fleet Foxes albums AC/DC High Voltage Black Crowes and Chris Robinson Brotherhood records And on and on...... I clean them using the distilled water/natural cleaner/alcohol method. Makes a huge difference. What do you mean by "natural cleaner"? If I were you I'd drop the alcohol, not good for vinyl or needles. I would suggest going to a photo shop/camera store/whatever you have around you, and getting a small bottle of developing fluid. The one around here gives it to me but I always give them a few bucks anyways. What it does is make the cleaning fluid "sheet" more over the vinyl when cleaning. Just a few drops in a 4 ounce container of cleaning fluid. In summary, for 4 ounces of cleaning fluid I use distilled water, one drop of original Dawn dish soap, and 3-4 drops of developing fluid. Like I said above, I'm using a Nitty Gritty so it might work differently if you are doing it by hand... have no idea how you go about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 17 hours ago, T&C said: What do you mean by "natural cleaner"? If I were you I'd drop the alcohol, not good for vinyl or needles. I would suggest going to a photo shop/camera store/whatever you have around you, and getting a small bottle of developing fluid. The one around here gives it to me but I always give them a few bucks anyways. What it does is make the cleaning fluid "sheet" more over the vinyl when cleaning. Just a few drops in a 4 ounce container of cleaning fluid. In summary, for 4 ounces of cleaning fluid I use distilled water, one drop of original Dawn dish soap, and 3-4 drops of developing fluid. Like I said above, I'm using a Nitty Gritty so it might work differently if you are doing it by hand... have no idea how you go about it. I'll elaborate. All methods I use were taught to me by my record store owner guy down the street. Take a gallon of DISTILLED water; dump out 1/3 of it. Put in a capful of the "natural" cleaner....no chemicals, plant-based. I used Murphy's that has citrus as the agent. Then, fill up the rest of the gallon jug with 91% rubbing alcohol. Shake it up and it's good forever. I dumped out the Murphy's bottle, rinsed it, and put the jug's contents into it. Spray the record, and use a paint edger to wipe down the grooves. Put a microfiber cloth on the end of a Shop-Vac hose, and vacuum the record dry. It makes a difference compared to simply playing them straight from the sleeve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 4 hours ago, Seasons1992 said: I'll elaborate. All methods I use were taught to me by my record store owner guy down the street. Take a gallon of DISTILLED water; dump out 1/3 of it. Put in a capful of the "natural" cleaner....no chemicals, plant-based. I used Murphy's that has citrus as the agent. Then, fill up the rest of the gallon jug with 91% rubbing alcohol. Shake it up and it's good forever. I dumped out the Murphy's bottle, rinsed it, and put the jug's contents into it. Spray the record, and use a paint edger to wipe down the grooves. Put a microfiber cloth on the end of a Shop-Vac hose, and vacuum the record dry. It makes a difference compared to simply playing them straight from the sleeve. Interesting, good post. I agree with the process except for the alcohol. The paint edger makes sense as it is pretty much 10,000 tiny fingers... basically like the tool you get with the NG... had to think about that one for a minute lol. Do you use a broken turntable just to have the spin when you clean them? Seems some sort of platter would be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 The last time I listened to one of our old lp's ..I thought to myself..I listened for too long back then with a old needle and I should have never let my friends borrow them..the scratches are rough.Not to mention the fact that I left them in the basement for decades..most of the cardboard covers are warped.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Muellers Ghost Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Henry Rollins on Why Vinyl Matters https://reverb.com/news/henry-rollins-on-why-vinyl-matters-every-record-i-own-is-a-must-have-i-wouldn't-have-them-otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I was seriously into the sound and the vinyl back in the 70’s and early 80’s. I “outgrew” speakers as big as an end table, and all the space needed for turntables and recievers. My collection of vinyl in peachtree crates got overheated and warped at some point. Sad, as I’d love to have it back and find a way to make it work now. The sound is so pure and rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 20 hours ago, T&C said: Interesting, good post. I agree with the process except for the alcohol. The paint edger makes sense as it is pretty much 10,000 tiny fingers... basically like the tool you get with the NG... had to think about that one for a minute lol. Do you use a broken turntable just to have the spin when you clean them? Seems some sort of platter would be needed. No broken turntable....I put them on a towel and do it by hand manually. Flip it over, repeat, vacuum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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