I want to get back into listening to music on vinyl. I can pick up a Technics 1200 for not much money. But what do I feed this TT going forward? My concern is that in the loudness wars today, vinyl ends up being nothing more than the verbatim transfer of the same over-EQ'd, overcompressed...

I don't go to concerts as often as I would like, last show I saw was the Cream reunion concert at MSG. Reminded me that you can never go back, nostalgicly speaking. Anyway... What is the deal with ticket prices these days?? How do kids get to see shows anymore? My teenager showed me the...