Vinyl Bargain or Rip off?

Derek S-H

Yep, that's what it looked like!

It had a dark wood finish, skinny legs, those sliding compartments and the record deck slid out so you could stack your records.

God, it was crap!

caoleuk

If you are not able to play vinyl or you were nave around in the 70' 80' you will never understand

caoleuk

Ha Ha Gibbsy I sooo remember that and holding the pause button when the DJ spoke and trying to get the start of the record without missing the intro

Mind you I shop dob you in for that now having been a record industry employee Ha Ha

caoleuk

I'm so glad this post has taken off, so many good memories and hopefully a few younger people will be trying out vinyl for the first time due to the comments. (not the cheep record players from HMV though!)

gibbsy

My 19 year old grandson has zero interest in going from his phone sourced music, likes it on the move. Give him his due he will listen to some of the vintage music in my collection even though he's never heard of half of them and appreciates the audio quality from my kit. He's just started work in Currys and his father gave him some sage advice.

'If you see your grandfather coming into the store......run'.

SickSquirrel

I gave up on Vinyl years ago (RP8 & Microgroove), unless you buy Audiophile pressings you are wasting your time, my last order of 4 LP's from Amazon resulted in 3 having to go back all with QC / pressing issues.!

What is HiFi about a needle scrapping along a plastic groove, the world has moved on!

Got to love Vinyl lovers, they delude themselves into thinking vinyl is better then digital and the fact is it is not.

Derek S-H

I have no idea what this means.

Derek S-H

Why are Vinyl lovers deluded if they like something?

It's not either/or, or at least it doesn't have to be.

Vinyl was the first of the recorded medium you could play domestically. All the various formats have come (cassette, CD) and gone (8-track, MiniDisc, DAT) and yet it still survives. It must be doing something right.

simonblue

It not better,but different i feel if people prefer the sound of Vinyl,that's fair enought,room for everybody

deantown

Aaaw! The good old days, when everything was wonderful and cheap as chips.

I've got vinyl LP's but not in a rush to buy a TT.
CD is the way forward, far better sound and less hassle to Play and Store.