Music - modern Vinyl Records

Hi,

Wondered what opinion was regarding the modern surge in the purchase and use of vinyl records and turntables.

Used to have a small lp collection long, long ago but was redesigned after someone left them on the plastic back seat of the car on a very hot summers day !

Had a self build turntable from a company in West Yorks called the Sugden Connoisseur BD1 which I stored for many years afterwards, but finally let it go thinking vinyl was truly dead.

The price of a reasonable looking turntable etc and todays records seems quiet high.

So does the sound of them really produce something special or is it just modern marketing and / or a particular fad the young ones are latching on to ?

 

Pound for pound, digital sources offer the best value for money. That said, there is (in my mind) something rather special about vinyl. Yes, one has to spend quite a bit to get good sound reproduction, but I find the vinyl experience more involving, I can’t just point the remote at it and skip tracks, so my listening feels more of an event. I’m quite fortunate, as I still have my vinyl collection, even though I stopped buying it when cd’s came along and could have easily got rid of the lot, glad I didn’t. A year or so ago, I decided to upgrade my turntable, and have since been buying vinyl again, including good quality second hand along with new.
In answer to your question, there is no doubt that there is a bit of a fad going on, but be in no doubt, vinyl can sound very good, very good indeed

 

Loosely on thread, I need to compile a selection of music for a friend from a mixture of records, CDs and erm, other sources. I wonder if one of our resident techie geniuses could confirm the easist, fastest way to achieve this? Do I transfer/rip to the hard drive of a PC connected to a turntable, save YouTube stuff also, then transfer it all to a flash drive? TIA

 

I know you can get usb turntables, but as for a regular/normal turntable, you would probably need some software. @Fat Controller would probably be able to help

 

I always loved to watch the needle jump up and down, and then there is that nice bit of fluff that collects on the needle.
Oh and the odd scratch when it used to slip.

Really cant understand why vinyl went down the pan?
I'm obviously missing something here.

 

Perhaps portability? You can take your entire collection everywhere you go, now. Cherrypick the favourite bits from an album, compile personalised lists.....
What I can't stand is randomised music. I grew up knowing exactly which song came after which and it throws me when they don't. Sad or what?

 

We had one that belonged to my grandmother, not as posh as that one shiney.
It had this strange jointed swivelling arm and a kind of "speaker" actually attached to the arm, I dont think opening the doors did anything on ours, other than allowed you to hear the grind of the clockwork motor a bit better.

 

We was posh we had a piano....

 

But could you play it