Rediscovering the Vinyl Records

I’ve brought two vinyl records in the last week. One on line and one from Rhythm Music in Ponsonby.

The Toy Love Double LP (on line) and Heart Attack Alley – Living in Hell LP, which is in fabulous red, and has a free CD version in the packaging.

Fantastic! I hear you cry. Yes! I reply.

But therein lies a problem, in that I do have a turntable, but it’s long in the tooth, in a cupboard and of dubious merit. So I have to get it out and pray a little that it’ll work.

Or I could buy a new Turntable.

And do you know how expensive on of those can be.

I’m not talking the $79 plug into your computer and make your vinyl into MP3 things that you can from DSE, but a properly good turntable.

There are some places where you can get refurbished old school ones and that could be an option, or I could invest some of my ill gotten inheritance on one With that though comes the possible need to have a new amplifier.

Or I could hope my NAD pre-amp is still working too.

I can see how that you could easily get sucked into a new world of buying vinyl and even getting out the old stuff you have parked in the garage.

I did already take a mental note that at $54 and $39 my new found old thing might not be as cheap as it could be.

or I could just wait

2 comments on “Rediscovering the Vinyl Records”

hamish
November 5, 2012

Welcome back to the fold, although I am short a stylus at the moment so am on the hunt too

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- Pdubyah
  November 5, 2012
  
  I brought me a Pro-Ject RPM 1.3 Genie thing and haggled a good price I think. MrsPdubyah didn’t disapprove, although she loathes the Valve Amp that I have. Can’t win them all.
  
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