You kids today have it made...

boohbah · 06 Jan 2013

Joan Archer said:

My vinyl mix is just that a mix of various artists, I know I have a 45 of Arnold Lane by Pink Floyd with I think See Emily Played as the B side, can't be sure as it's that long since we looked at them.

some of those vinyls depending on condition can fetch a few quid joan!
(scroll down to 7")
Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne Vinyl Records, CDs and LPs

linnemeyerhere · 06 Jan 2013

bigmck · 06 Jan 2013

Bertison said:

bigmck I have a massive Elvis collection, ..................
I think that those of us whose lives span the vinyl/tape/cassette/cd/digital downloads eras, may feel that we are always one step behind the technology. I struggle to keep up, which is where the grandchildren come in handy! Eldest has just set me up my Christmas present: a NAS/Media Player. Over the next few weeks (months?) I will be attempting to record all my vinyl to PC and then to separate storage, at which point I will probably see what the collection is now worth.

Very interesting post. I enjoyed reading it.

mjf · 07 Jan 2013

linnemeyerhere said:

Not so fast there Mack.....lol.
Don't discount analog as it still has a much better sound when done properly and that is the key and a very expensive key indeed...

Actually something I'd forgotten for years. As a young teen for my first stereo system I built a big pair of bass reflex speakers. Then a valve stereo amp from a kit. I got enormous pleasure from the end product and started my vinyl collection.

rbeldua · 07 Jan 2013

A Guy said:

9) We didn't have any fancy PlayStation or Xbox video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! Wehad the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your screen guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen.. Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

ahhh yes....ATARI, how I missed you so much

Lady Fitzgerald · 07 Jan 2013

bigmck said:

OvenMaster said:

As someone who grew up with three channels of black and white television, vacuum tubes, 78rpm records, and a wood-fired potbelly stove in the kitchen, that post was a blast from the past. Well done.

When I was a teenager in the 60's, I remember our TV went out several times. They had at the local convenience stores, a TV Tube Tester. My Dad would look in the back of the TV and try to find a tube that was black like it might have burnt out. He would take several tubes down to the store and test them. He usually didn't find one that was bad. Then the fun came when he would get home and try to remember where the tubes went in the TV.

I did that as a kid. Finding the bad tube in a TV or radio usually was as easy as looking at the tubes to see which ones didn't light, yank it, (all metal tubes got yanked period) and take to the drugstore to test them (the test was primitive but was usually effective). I would replace any that failed the test and that almost always fixed the set. I learned the "fun" way to keep my hand away from the fly back coil lead going to the CRT (I swear the coil got its name from the reaction of the people who got too cozy with it).

Lady Fitzgerald · 07 Jan 2013

A Guy said:

bigmck said:

OvenMaster said:

As someone who grew up with three channels of black and white television, vacuum tubes, 78rpm records, and a wood-fired potbelly stove in the kitchen, that post was a blast from the past. Well done.

When I was a teenager in the 60's, I remember our TV went out several times. They had at the local convenience stores, a TV Tube Tester. My Dad would look in the back of the TV and try to find a tube that was black like it might have burnt out. He would take several tubes down to the store and test them. He usually didn't find one that was bad. Then the fun came when he would get home and try to remember where the tubes went in the TV.

My brothers and I would volunteer to go with our Dad when he took the tubes to check at Thrifty's. And what do you know, hey Dad, triple ice cream cones are 15 cents

A Guy

Oh, yeah! I remember those tripple scoop ice cream cones at Thrifty and Skaggs Drugs (Thrifty had better ice cream). I haven't see the double scoop cones in years.

Lady Fitzgerald · 07 Jan 2013

A Guy said:

Lol, show this to someone under a certain age and ask them what it is

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A Guy

Northernsoul55 said:

Hahahahaha, im 42 and it took me about 30 seconds to realise what it was, mine was black and round, was this a Upmarket version

I recognized it in a heart beat having had a bunch of them.

Borg 386 · 07 Jan 2013

It's interesting that most stereo places still offer turntables. Like here for instance....quite a selection. And when you look & see that some of then are in the $400 - $700 dollar price range.

Turntables at Crutchfield.com

linnemeyerhere · 07 Jan 2013

My dream table will be a Super Scoutmaster !

VPI Industries Inc.

American made precision design and one of many truly great analog products. One can't imagine the sound that can come from clean pristine vinyl through a proper system of equal resolution. It can be for many a life altering moment, I've had many and my budget won't allow me to get real deep but my systems are what I consider high mid-fi.