Vinyl rules ...... But

You have to turn it over

I'm so tired my feet hurt i can barely move

Cds are ok. 
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  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,414
    A cd is like bad acid..
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  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,123
    edited September 2017
    Post edited by Pap on
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  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,414
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,123
    ^ :lol:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / London 2024
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    There is a definite time and a place for an iPod.
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    I think cd's are the worst format.  You have to store them, but they don't sound a lick better than lossless digital.  I retired my cd player and ripped all my cd's at least 10 years ago, when I got my first Squeezebox.  
    And I agree Ipods are great, particularly for cars.  Bluetooth audio is fantastic in a vehicle, or even better, a little 64gb USB is the best.  It sounds 100x better than Sirius, which is just awful.  I have it and use, but I can barely listen to PJ radio because it sounds so bad.  
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    Oh yeah.. vinyl is the best..... hands down.  
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    I remember when I got my first squeezebox.
    I was 16.....those were the.....wait, what were we talking about?
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  • hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    I remember when I got my first squeezebox.
    I was 16.....those were the.....wait, what were we talking about?
    =)

    Though I have no means to play our vinyl or cd's, I refuse to part with them for purely sentimental reasons.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,382
    vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Wobbie said:
    vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.
    I agree.
    Also, if you don't shell out for high quality equipment, there's no difference worth noting.
    Who has a car stereo system that is good enough to tell an MP3 from a CD?  Do adults still buy after market car stereos?  I thought that perished in the flames of Woodstock '99
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    rgambs said:
    Wobbie said:
    vinyl is nothing but an overpriced money grab. you need dog hearing you tell any difference from a good ol' CD. plus, vinyl is problematic in a vehicle.
    I agree.
    Also, if you don't shell out for high quality equipment, there's no difference worth noting.
    Who has a car stereo system that is good enough to tell an MP3 from a CD?  Do adults still buy after market car stereos?  I thought that perished in the flames of Woodstock '99

    You don't need to buy a crappy looking alpine or Pioneer when you can get Bowers or Bang & Olufson in some vehicles.  And yes,  a cd is better than mp3 in that environment.

    But that's not really the argument.  It was about vinyl.  And yes you're right,  you have to shell out $ for audiophile equipment.  If you're playing a low end TT into a Sony avr and Pioneer speakers,  then you probably wouldn't heart a difference.  But if you have a good setup,  you will. 
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    I'm poor as fuck so, yeah, the junk stuff works for me lol
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,382
    for those who don't know, I'm a "get off my lawn" kinda guy.

    my buddy has a high end nakamichi system but his wife won't let him play it loud :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    Wobbie said:
    for those who don't know, I'm a "get off my lawn" kinda guy.

    my buddy has a high end nakamichi system but his wife won't let him play it loud :lol:
    NO FUCKING WAY.
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    He needs a bad system or a better wife. 
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,382
    mrussel1 said:
    He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

    I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one :confounded:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    Wobbie said:
    mrussel1 said:
    He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

    I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one :confounded:
    My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.
  • dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    mrussel1 said:
    Wobbie said:
    mrussel1 said:
    He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

    I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one :confounded:
    My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.
    Oh sure, honey. You like to touch that knob!

    :weary:
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    dankind said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Wobbie said:
    mrussel1 said:
    He needs a bad system or a better wife. 

    I know a lot of wives with "turn it down" syndrome. I might even be married to one :confounded:
    My wife thinks it's an excuse to go shopping.
    Oh sure, honey. You like to touch that knob!

    :weary:
    She uses a glove for both...


  • hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    Don't make me post the Diner scene.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,382
    "it" for my wife is volume; dan's wife turns down sex. who can blame her?
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    edited September 2017
    Wobbie, that is why you listen through headphones.
    For me, it is less about the sound and more about the experience.
    I have my JMXO vodka rocks.
    I have my headphones.
    Family is all in bed - and I engage with the music.  It is loud - very loud - and I hold the jacket in my hand, feet up on my desk, chair leaned back.  
    This format makes it so I feel compelled to listen to the whole album, or at worst the side of the album, and I feel like I am a kid again.
    I hear all of the things I miss when I am rocking out and working, driving, cooking, or fucking.
    It is about the music, and really not much else

    Many times I have the liner notes there....and I read the lyrics as I hear them.

    I get that it is not for everyone.

    Works for me.  

    I'm relatively new to the "game" and have spent thousands.

    I know a guy whose entire garage is filled with records and looks like a record store.  He has been collecting for nearly 30 years and he swears he has paid more than $15 for a record only a small number of times.  Most of his records were garage sale / flea market type purchases for a buck.

    I clean them.  Before I start each record I methodically clean again with 2 types of brushes, and then I clean the stylus.

    I feel ready; to listen.

    To each their own, of course.  

    I'm going to listen to an album right now....and I'm going to enjoy myself.
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    That looks suspiciously like a Newbury Comics special.  

    I don't listen through headphones, but I like to listen loud.  When I finished my third floor, I put a special sound deadening barrier down before I laid the wood (ha!).  And then I installed an exterior door (insulated) rather than an interior.  The result is that my wife and kids can't hear anything down below up to about -15 db, which is plenty loud.  
    It's 10:30 now, so I think I'm going to listen to my new Albini mastered 45 of In Utero.  Haven't opened it yet.  
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,602
    hedonist said:
    Don't make me post the Diner scene.
    can't have too many Animal House references.  
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    mrussel1 said:
    That looks suspiciously like a Newbury Comics special.  

    I don't listen through headphones, but I like to listen loud.  When I finished my third floor, I put a special sound deadening barrier down before I laid the wood (ha!).  And then I installed an exterior door (insulated) rather than an interior.  The result is that my wife and kids can't hear anything down below up to about -15 db, which is plenty loud.  
    It's 10:30 now, so I think I'm going to listen to my new Albini mastered 45 of In Utero.  Haven't opened it yet.  
    Yah, I think it is.  Serious nostalgia for this one...my buddy in college had a record player and after we watched Res Dogs (on a sneak peak at USC) he couldn't stop talking about the soundtrack and bought it as soon as he could.  Heard it 1000x, easily. 

    I didn't have it and when they posted this for sale it made an easy grab. 
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    And, I would love to crank it up loud, but really...what I realized when I started listening through headphone was that it was very intimate.  I have listened to loud music alone in a room many times - for me, the cans are a really cool way to digest it.

    I'm not an audiophile - I will leave that to you and @lolobugg -- I will continue to be the caveman idiot who loves to pop on the cans and enjoy his music.  No measurement here -- just an enjoyment factor.  (And that is 10x)
    Love it.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,382
    I'm listening to amercan pickers thru headphones......does that count? :lol:

    I do have plans for tne hold steady thru headphones.....should not be tonight, cuz I'm drunk.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Columbus 10
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    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    I'd like that album through cans but I don't have it yet. 

    American Pickers is.....not for me.
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