Hey John, you wouldn't consider reverting to the lovely sounding TVC? 😳
No, I'm not going to the record fair.
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Hey John, you wouldn't consider reverting to the lovely sounding TVC? 😳
I find the grading of record stores to be hit or miss also. Plenty of vinyl that even my Kirmuss can’t restore.
No amount of record cleaning is going to repair damaged vinyl.
Even with NEAR MINT grading - internationally defined as having "no obvious signs of wear" - I've still been caught-out by chipped stylus groove damage.
Sadly, this is vinyl...
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That reminds me of going to a few estate sales several years ago. Records were $1, $2, etc., yet they looked like my dad's record collection--the LPs usually got put away twice a year. (First time was when I'd get scolded and have to put them away myself; second time was when cleaning up for our annual Xmas party. 😁)
For those estate sales, I sometimes wanted to haul the entire box of records to the checkout table. "Do you want to buy the whole box?" "No. Just take these outdoors and stick them in the rubbish can." I mean, I can dream, can't I?
That depends on which prices we're looking at. Discogs does list min, max and medium prices, and those are based on actual transaction prices. Dealer price listings, though...those leave me shaking my head. I have over 100 on my want list, but so many are stratospheric right now that I can sit it out.
Yep. No amount of cleaning can fix groove burn. That's my primary reason for rejecting so many local records.
Scratchy rekkids, though...that I can fix.
Not in this system. But possibly in a future system with brighter speakers.
how many copies of these R2R tapes are they going to sell? i'd bet very few. so they need to charge a LOT to recoup the costs of the R2R editions. and, in turn, the high price will guarantee very limited sales.
PS it would be very interesting to study what type of buyer buys $700 R2R tapes.
Yup. Vinyls have jumped the shark.
Still some bargains out there…
Time to start collecting... CDs!
Or, if you want, I can send ya a coupla eight-tracks.
Probably not that Chicago, though -- how do you feel about, e.g., Henry Mancini? 😊
I bought about 30 CDs in my summertime CD fling, including a huge box set of Beethoven piano concertos off eBay. And …they’re all just kind of getting in the way now. It’s just not the same for me. I like the cost, I just don’t have any fascination with CDs. Records (and record players) have always fascinated me even before I realized they could also sound great.
The cost of old record players has also gone way up but that I can understand.
The cost of old record players has also gone way up but that I can understand.
I sure would be. R2R from a price perspective is just way too far out of range for me to even consider at this point and TBH, I have not heard any R2R that would compel me to do so.
If I had a 15ips R2R deck I’d possibly consider maybe a favorite album in that format. They’re certainly more special than a lot of these average LPs that are caught up in the hype-craze. Reel to reel safety-masters at 15ips are the best sounding (and to me, most interesting) format that I’ve heard. And they’re unique. But it’s not something I could afford in any scale. I tape my R2R albums from high res digital and even that is expensive (blank tape).
R2R is a rabbit hole I just can't go down. Maybe if things improve here I could take a look at the Technics deck. I've always liked the format but I would probably be doing the same thing--copying high-res digital, or vinyl, to tape. Spending hundreds on a single recording isn't worth it to me. $X amount on one of the Analogue Productions reels means that's dozens of other albums I'll never get to hear, regardless of format.
Besides a record, though, what is cooler than watching the reels on a deck go around? 😊
Besides a record, though, what is cooler than watching the reels on a deck go around? 😊
my product idea is a streamer housed inside a vintage R2R with spinning reels. the coolness of R2R and the convenience of spotify.
I could just run Qobuz through mine, monitor the input, and possibly have the reels running without 'record' engaged. Not sure if that'd work but... it's a good idea!
I've got a couple of Classic Records pressings of Led Zeppelin albums that are going for absurd amounts of money on Discogs, but then again, there are no shortage of Led Zeppelin albums (if not Classic Records pressings) in the wild. I'm always happy to see reissues of albums which otherwise might be unobtanium for most folks show up in record stores, even if LP prices are a bit dear.
I'm having a problem with my suspension of disbelief that Mia Wallace can rewind an R2R to that level of accuracy. Even if she was watching the counter (which it didn't appear that she was).
Also, I'm virtually positive that Urge Overkill never released a reel-to-reel tape.
