Vinyl playback is still a secret

Problem I have with most of my older vinyl is I am really not much interested in listening to rock and roll anymore. The Crazy Horse stuff, CSNY; yawn..been there and all that. Floyd every now and then is OK. I've been out acquiring quite a few jazz albums; amazing how many can be found brand new these days for around ten bucks an album.

As for albums for ten cents; I wish. The used records here are between a buck and 10 depending on condition/desirability. Some records are quite a bit more as you all know. Try to lay your hands on a copy of "Atom Heart Mothers"....

carl

Hi There
Here is another reason for vinyl,many of the cds available are remastered from 20- 30 year old master tapes ie: reissue from 2000 onwards and due to ageing tapes the high resolution shows up the faults quite badly, having copies of lps that are rarly played sound supierior, dont get me wrong i have 100s of cds but as an example my zepplin 1 lp of 18 years still sounds better than the cd version. hey i even recorded the lp onto minidisc and its better than the cd ,how strange.

I have talked at length, i.e. more than TEN minutes, to no less than sixty people still with vinyl with no tt. Mostly on airplanes and as dinner guests, they axpress near rapture wrapped in sentiment about either the old days or about how astoundingly good my system is (and believe me brother, it ain't). They all wander off with visions of restoration but I have never heard back again of any one doing so.

Well, a month ago I posted that I was going to play my old lp's again after not doing so for about 20 years. If I didn't really get off on it, I was going to sell them.

I'm not going to sell them. You'll have to pry them from my cold dead fingers (or buy them for a pittance at the estate sale since my relatives won't remember that I told them they are wonderful).

Does this mean I think lp's are better than cd's? I'm still evaluating, and will go back to cd's for a stretch after this. But I think it doesn't really matter.

It is a good feeling to know that I am not a total idiot. Back in the 70's and early 80's I bought a shitload of all my favorite lp's and decided to record them on tape. Then I put them away, as I started to buy these new things called cd's. Didn't touch them again until now. I didn't quite realize what exactly I had until I went through them (Boy, was that fun). Virtually a who's who of the great 60's and 70's music with a few jazz gems like "Saxophone Colussus", and "Duke and All-Star Road Band."

Some of the more beat up lp's that i thought were toast, I cleaned up. Just Ivory soap and water, but I had never known about this type of fairly thorough cleaning before (I use to just put a drop or two of cleaning fluid on the brush and spin the record).

I must say that the old toasted lp's regained a lot of their former glory. The thing I forgot, and now really notice is the lack of listening fatigue. My ears don't ever hurt at all when listening to lp's. I also found that the snap, crackle, and pops don't bother me much. It is true that there is something about listening to vinyl. It has been a treat. I've found myself singing along with the album, totally into it.

Nothing wrong with listening to both cd's and lp's from now on. I'm glad i have the choice without having to buy anything. Instead of passing by those used record stores, I'll be popping in, but only to buy a FEW. I think i might investigate a record cleaning machine too.

I missed my favorite sale last Sunday at the local Synagogue. it was reported to me they had 15 boxes of LPs at 10 cents per album. I did however manage to score six crates of LPs (~350 Lps,60s rock and jazz) from a neighbor this past Saturday. She wanted $20.00 but I gave her $75. I do have to live with myself and she has neighbors. Now all I need is the time to listen to them all!