Technicolour TX Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Technicolour: Thanks so much for your post. Are the portable turntables just as good as ordinary turntables? What I mean is : would I get a high quality sound to my earphones? I don´t have space for speakers at all (I live in a small apartment) and as I like to hear music , I prefer to use earphones anyway not to disturb my neighbors. Also I prefer portable gear as I probably will be moving in a year or so. Any links in Amazon for the products you mentioned? I hope it´s not too much bother but I am an absolute amateur when it comes to turntables. Thanks again! Also this would be the right place to ask. I read somewhere, not sure if it was here on the forum or somewhere else, that all albums nowadays have the same digital master, so the quality difference between vinyl and cd does not exist anymore as it did in the past. Can someone confirm/deny this? It's been awhile since I've used a portable turntable, but in instances when I have and used headphones to listen, the sound was just fine. As long as there is a decent stylus / needle hitting the record, the sound should be fine for headphones, irregardless if turntable is portable, attached to large speakers, etc. Now since you live in an apartment and don't want to disturb your neighbors, you could probably unplug the headphones on your portable record player and listen at a comfortable volume. Of course, the speakers that are attached to portable turntables are very small, so you may not get a full rich sound, but that can be said for any electronic device. Imagine playing a soaring tune like "Viva La Vida" on your PC, then listening to it full blast in a club or high end stereo. That's not to say a portable record player can't give good sound, but don't expect it to blow your socks off. But again, if you're in an apartment at the moment, that's probably a good thing. You don't want the neighbors banging against the wall complaining of the volume . :) Depending on your budget, you can get good quality portable turntables on Ebay or Amazon. Amazon stocks a lot from the company Crosley, but I would avoid those as they tend to be built rather cheaply and I knew a few folks to had them. They looked nice in a living room, but the sound and construction weren't that good. However, it's possible that this brand might work for you and the people who I knew got some bad ones from the factory. I don't want to tarnish an entire line of turntables, just passing along what I have found out from people who owned them. I wish I could recommend a good portable turntable, but to be honest, I haven't had much experience with them. I purchased a brand new Rheem portable turntable from Ebay about 10 years ago and used it a lot. It was awesome, and made around 1970. It was an old player designed to be used in classrooms but was never commissioned from the school district. I got it brand new for a song, I think it was only $50. Used it like crazy. It had a big speaker built in and sounded great. But, older players sometimes have tonearms that are super heavy, and the needle can dig into the vinyl and really degrade records over time. Luckily mine had a very light arm, but keep that in mind if you buy one. You can always get a portable turntable, then later on, get a standalone one you can attach to a stereo system / receiver. Whatever fits your budget, living area, environment, etc. If you have some stores in your area you can actually go into (as opposed to just online places), I'd go and have a look around. You can write down the model types, prices, etc, then research them on the internet through Amazon, Google, etc, to see what customers have to say about the quality. And of course, to see if you get a better price online too. :) Then return to the store to buy it if you research and find your store has the best price and so forth. Feel free to continue the discussion here or shoot me a private message anytime. Italian Plastic gave a great response to your other question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivet Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Ok, here's mine. I don't have a record player because they're expensive and I can't afford it hahaha.... but I love buying vinyls. Everything about purchasing a vinyl, even if it's online is like an experience for me :P Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State - Sufjan Stevens Calgary (single) - Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver - Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver Blood Bank - Bon Iver Boxer - The National Exile Vilify/Think You Can Wait (singles) - The National Alligator - The National ETDIAW (single) - Coldplay Crazy For You - Best Coast Marry Me - St. Vincent Actor - St. Vincent Actor Out of Work - St. Vincent Contra - Vampire Weekend Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes Also, Strange Mercy - St. Vincent (sitting at home in the box it arrived in because i haven’t been home since it arrived ;___;) Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens [reissued, with a 7 inch including 2 songs from the SS sessions](recently ordered hope to get it soon ;___;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Ok, here's mine. I don't have a record player because they're expensive and I can't afford it hahaha.... but I love buying vinyls. Everything about purchasing a vinyl, even if it's online is like an experience for me :P gahhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivet Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 uhm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 i just think you should stop buying so many records and save up for a record player so you can actually fully enjoy them okay okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivet Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 It's hard tho cos I'll have $20 and I'll say to myself: Okay, save up money buy record player and then i'll see a record i want and I buy it My self control is nonexistent. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagecoldplayfan Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Hello! I have been a Coldplay fan since I saw them at Glastonbury in 1999 I have this record myself, but thought I'd share this link if anyone is interested? Seems cheaper than the others I've seen on there so far anyways, hope this helps someone out. Later potaters ^_^ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-Coldplay-Brothers-Sisters-7-Vinyl-/160665275948?pt=UK_Records&hash=item2568658e2c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_girl Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 uuuuh too bad is for UK only ;___; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melwen Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Joining the club. My first vinyl! :dance: Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gloaming09 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 bumpp..... LP’s: The Album Leaf-Into the Blue Again Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavillion Beach House-Teen Dream The Beatles-Abbey Road Coldplay-Parachutes Four Tet-There is Love in You John Lennon-Milk & Honey MGMT-Oracular Spectacular Modeselektor-Monkeytown The National-High Violet Other Lives-Tamer Animals Paul McCartney & Wings-Wings at the Speed of Sound Radiohead-Pablo Honey Radiohead-The Bends Radiohead-OK Computer Radiohead-Kid A Radiohead-Amnesiac Radiohead-Hail to the Thief Radiohead-I Might Be Wrong (Live Album) Radiohead-In Rainbows (Boxset) Radiohead-The King of Limbs Thom Yorke-The Eraser 12” Singles: Radiohead-Supercollider/The Butcher Radiohead-TKOL RMX1 Radiohead-TKOL RMX2 Radiohead-TKOL RMX3 Radiohead-TKOL RMX4 Radiohead-TKOL RMX5 Radiohead-TKOL RMX6 Radiohead-TKOL RMX7 Thom Yorke-Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses/The Hollow Earth 10” Single: Running Blind-Philip Selway (signed) 7” Singles: Coldplay-Violet Hill/A Spell A Rebel Yell Modeselektor-Shipwreck/Dull Hull Radiohead-Nude/4 Minute Warning Thom Yorke-All for The Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee_panda Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 My first vinyl. I don't have a record player tho.. been thinking of investing in one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 So we just list what we have cause we're so pimped and all? Explosions In The Sky - Those Who tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven 3LP Radiohead - In Rainbows Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest Still Corners - Creatures of an Hour A shitload of classical picked up from garage sales and mckay's including: Pavarotti compilation Gershwin Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff Concertos Schumann Symphonies 6 LP Toscanini misc. series Operas: La Traviata (Verdi), Die Flederman (Strauss) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Plastic Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 http://www.discogs.com/collection?user=italianplastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 http://www.discogs.com/collection?user=italianplastic Sesame Street win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Magpie Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 My collection's far from being impressive, but here it goes: Radiohead - In Rainbows Radiohead - In Rainbows (special edition boxset) Radiohead - The King of Limbs Radiohead - Supercollider/The Butcher :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R23 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 My collection: The Beatles - 1 Coldplay - Parachutes Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends Eagles - Hotel California Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III Michael Jackson - Thriller Queen - Sheer Heart Attack Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon And singles: Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Leo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Congrats on people´s first vinyls! I think my first vinyl was an italian children record I desperately wanted and got my mum to buy me when I was 3! hehe Several vinyls followed, with somewhat better music content :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melwen Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Congrats on people´s first vinyls! I think my first vinyl was an italian children record I desperately wanted and got my mum to buy me when I was 3! hehe Several vinyls followed, with somewhat better music content :) In fact my first vinyl was The Smurfs, but it's now on the garbage. :lol: I think it was on 1983 or 1984. Recently I received all the vinyl singles from Noel Gallagher. I'm going to take a picture and upload it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w1ll1am7 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 My collection has finally taken flight and I am in the process of getting more, but I have currently; 12" Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto [Deluxe Pop-up Edition] Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid The Horrors - Skying Portishead - Third Radiohead - The King of Limbs Radiohead - Supercollider / The Butcher The Verve - Forth [deluxe box set] 7" The Boxer Rebellion - Step Out of the Car I also have access to all the original Beatles records my Dad has, so many 7" and 12" singles, every album almost doubled, keeping them for me! :) - planning to soon get, The National, Interpol, more Radiohead, Florence + The Machine, and other records that would just sound better on record I have also pre-ordered the Martin L Gore and Vince Clarke collaberation VCMG - Ssss, coming out in March! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Went to a public donation booksale at the local church today and got: Simon & Garfunkel greatest hits Otis Redding sitting on the dock... Sinatra boxset LP of original Disney songs German drinking songs The Sound of Music Gregorian Chants A bunch of misc. Classical A 12 LP Beethoven Anthology (including every piano sonata, though I just released that some douche had taken out the LP that had both no. 8 and no. 14 on it :( ) all for exactly $3.00. :smug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Nip 2 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 ^that German one sounds like it could be fun! Very obscure, and what a deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 found this while tubing the first track [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoMtgkRbhD0]Klostertaler- Watschentanz - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Track Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Picked up Iron & Wine's "The Shepard's Dog" last week :nice: Great buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Picked up Iron & Wine's "The Shepard's Dog" last week :nice: Great buy. :clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Picked up Iron & Wine's "The Shepard's Dog" last week :nice: Great buy. I LOVE THAT ALBUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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