[jerick70]

I started buying records in the '70s, and then accelerated my buying in the '80s, after I got a nice AR Turntable.
But, then I got a CD player in the late-80s, and have been buying CDs since then.
I still have the AR Turntable (and several hundred albums), but haven't had it set up to listen to them, since the early '90s.

I had to look up the turntable I bought. I remember it being a real pain to setup. It had a suspended weight on a piece of fishing wire that kept falling off, no matter what I did. It was the Pro Ject RPM 1.3 Genie. I think that was my issue. That weight drove me to drink a lot of Whiskey......

 

[572217]

That weight drove me to drink a lot of Whiskey......

Wasn’t that in an older Lounge post? There’s no problem whiskey couldn’t solve?

I enjoyed my vinyl journey for over twenty years. Donated my albums a few years back and went all digital. Took a while though to get to a system where I don’t miss the allure of the groove anymore.

‘High Fidelity’ is a great movie...

 

[MisterMudd]

I had to look up the turntable I bought. I remember it being a real pain to setup. It had a suspended weight on a piece of fishing wire that kept falling off, no matter what I did. It was the Pro Ject RPM 1.3 Genie. I think that was my issue. That weight drove me to drink a lot of Whiskey......

My Pro-ject Carbon Debut has the same pissant weight. I have to be careful which cartridges I use so that anti-skating is at an acceptable level. Made me so mad I bought a Fluance RT85 to get away from this. P-mount presto-change-o, and no dangling weight. I want life to be simpler as I get older, including groove tracking.

 

[jerick70]

My Pro-ject Carbon Debut has the same pissant weight. I have to be careful which cartridges I use so that anti-skating is at an acceptable level. Made me so mad I bought a Fluance RT85 to get away from this. P-mount presto-change-o, and no dangling weight. I want life to be simpler as I get older, including groove tracking.

Yeah, that's what I need to do, get something a little more user friendly. The Pro-ject tables are obviously awful. They probably collude with whiskey distillers, so they can make a lot of money.......

 

[572217]

Yeah, that's what I need to do, get something a little more user friendly. The Pro-ject tables are obviously awful. They probably collude with whiskey distillers, so they can make a lot of money.......

https://www.rega.co.uk/products/turntables

 

[jerick70]

https://www.rega.co.uk/products/turntables

Nice! Rega makes some nice kit. I'm going to hold off. I only have one record now..... Sold the Pro-ject table I had so I wouldn't beat it with a baseball bat.

 

[572217]

Nice! Rega makes some nice kit. I'm going to hold off. I only have one record now..... Sold the Pro-ject table I had so I wouldn't beat it with a baseball bat.

Domestic violence avoided.

 

[groucho69]

Domestic violence avoided.

First, do no harm...lest yee scratch the vinyl

 

[572217]

First, do no harm...lest yee scratch the vinyl

The Buddha on our hobby?

 

[Richsvt]

I had a decent vinyl collection and sold or donated a lot and went digital. The TT I had was a nice yahama dating back to the 90s but it smashed during a move.
I have been acquiring some decent vinyl from a couple of really great used shops near me and got this local TT: U-Turn Audio

Been having some great times re-collecting some favorite albums.
Between vinyl and tubes, really grasping for the old days.

 

[DBaldock9]

I had to look up the turntable I bought. I remember it being a real pain to setup. It had a suspended weight on a piece of fishing wire that kept falling off, no matter what I did. It was the Pro Ject RPM 1.3 Genie. I think that was my issue. That weight drove me to drink a lot of Whiskey......

My Pro-ject Carbon Debut has the same pissant weight. I have to be careful which cartridges I use so that anti-skating is at an acceptable level. Made me so mad I bought a Fluance RT85 to get away from this. P-mount presto-change-o, and no dangling weight. I want life to be simpler as I get older, including groove tracking.

While I bought a "low tech" turntable (AR The Turntable) in 1985, what I wanted if it wasn't so expensive *, was one of the Technics SL-10 linear tracker clam shell turntables.

I saw an SL-10 demonstrated at a Stereo Shop in Little Rock, AR - where the salesman showed its balance & stability by lifting it up and inverting it, so that it was playing the record while upside down.

* NOTE: Even 40 years later, a good used SL-10 costs more than the $470 I paid for my 1985 AR The Turntable, a Profile II Tonearm, a Grado MCE+1 Cartridge, an AudioQuest Sorbothane Mat, & Small Tip Toes.

 

[jerick70]

Here are the speakers you need.

 

[groucho69]

Trigger warning: you may wish to avert your eyes

 

[572217]

Trigger warning: you may wish to avert your eyes

What! Me and my friend having fun in slow motion. Where’s the trigger?

 

[572217]

Here are the speakers you need.

For your second room: Avalon Tesseract. At 375kg (827lbs) per piece you will need a couple people to place them though.



And for the weekend flat: Verity Monsalvat.