Rock on vinyl

STEED · 04-26-14, 07:52 AM

For you younger folk wondering what the heck is vinyl, this is vinyl.

And you place them on one of these to play as in listen too.

A record player which is far better than those Cd's and MP3's and all the rest. The sound quality is brilliant, far better than today's gadgets and vinyl has made a come back!

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This year's Record Store Day, on 19 April, saw a surge in vinyl sales, with an increase of 133% on the previous week, industry figures reveal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27159534

TarJak · 04-26-14, 09:11 AM

STEED decides to upgrade his HiFi:

STEED · 04-26-14, 10:31 AM

Great sketch.

Aktungbby · 04-26-14, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED

For you younger folk wondering what the heck is vinyl, this is vinyl.

And you place them on one of these to play as in listen too.

A record player which is far better than those Cd's and MP3's and all the rest. The sound quality is brilliant, far better than today's gadgets and vinyl has made a come back!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27159534

Precisely! have one atop all the modern crap just so I can listen to "Wheels of Fire" and all the old Stones and Led Zeppelin albums in all their intended glory. The neighbor came over to gripe about the noise one time, saw the thing ...and stayed for the ANTHEMS!!

Kind of a hard hit though, when I walked into a 'music store' a few years back and asked 'where the records were'; and this guy with a ring in his nose (and other places) asked back condescendingly: "Ya mean 'vinyl' Dude? we don't have any!" Times have passed me by!

nikimcbee · 04-26-14, 11:06 AM

Good thing you clarified that for me, I thought you were referring to this:

Jimbuna · 04-26-14, 11:34 AM

Still have my vinyl collection boxed up in the garage...I doubt it'll evewr see the light of day again.

STEED · 04-26-14, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Still have my vinyl collection boxed up in the garage...I doubt it'll evewr see the light of day again.

It will if you slip one of these on..

Jimbuna · 04-26-14, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

It will if you slip one of these on..

LOL....I once had a plan to transfer them onto disc but never got around to it.

STEED · 04-26-14, 12:09 PM

The death of Vinyl when Cd's came out, fat chance its still here.

Sailor Steve · 04-26-14, 12:25 PM

I used to buy a record, transfer it to tape, play it until the tape wore out, and then re-tape the record, which never got played otherwise. Somewhere around 1997 I sold my record collection. My uneducated ear could never tell the the difference, and the CDs are always clean, never a scratch or a pop.

I wouldn't go back if I could.

Betonov · 04-26-14, 12:40 PM

I can't really imagine myself listening to music wearing a turntable around my neck

So no, mp3's are better

swamprat69er · 04-26-14, 03:00 PM

I still have some of my 78's, but no vinyl.

04-26-14, 05:23 PM

I went to a local record store on vinyl day. It was overpriced and the selection was crap.
Hopefully in July a tour of Soho, Camden, Brixton and Clapham will yield better selections and better prices.
July of course being when one of my young ones goes DJing in London with her godmother, which naturally means vinyl.

04-26-14, 10:31 AM	#3
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Great sketch. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-26-14, 11:06 AM	#5
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Good thing you clarified that for me, I thought you were referring to this: __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Still have my vinyl collection boxed up in the garage...I doubt it'll evewr see the light of day again. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-26-14, 12:09 PM	#9
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	The death of Vinyl when Cd's came out, fat chance its still here. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-26-14, 12:25 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I used to buy a record, transfer it to tape, play it until the tape wore out, and then re-tape the record, which never got played otherwise. Somewhere around 1997 I sold my record collection. My uneducated ear could never tell the the difference, and the CDs are always clean, never a scratch or a pop. I wouldn't go back if I could. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-26-14, 09:11 AM	#2
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	STEED decides to upgrade his HiFi:

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I can't really imagine myself listening to music wearing a turntable around my neck So no, mp3's are better

04-26-14, 03:00 PM	#12
swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I still have some of my 78's, but no vinyl. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-26-14, 05:23 PM	#13
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I went to a local record store on vinyl day. It was overpriced and the selection was crap. Hopefully in July a tour of Soho, Camden, Brixton and Clapham will yield better selections and better prices. July of course being when one of my young ones goes DJing in London with her godmother, which naturally means vinyl.