While moving the Christmas stuff around I came across a few boxes of albums. I don't have a player and neither does any one I know. I hate the idea of getting rid of them but they're taking up valuable space and it seems a waste someone isn't enjoying them. Any suggestions as to an economical solution (meaning shipping them to someone for free).
Kevin
They're so heavy shipping them is usually too expensive to be practical. I have a collection of about 200 or so albums and almost as many 45's. I hate to get rid of them too but my two turntables need belts and cartridges. Maybe I can find someone nearby that collects or buys vinyl albums. Good luck with yours. Maybe we should keep them for posterity. Or maybe they'll be worth a fortune someday just as historical oddities.
"Hey grandpa, is it true people used to use needles that scratched plastic to listen to music?"
:doh
Send em to me if they're good albums.
Quote from: Celticjam on January 28, 2007, 04:41:04 PM
While moving the Christmas stuff around I came across a few boxes of albums. I don't have a player and neither does any one I know. I hate the idea of getting rid of them but they're taking up valuable space and it seems a waste someone isn't enjoying them. Any suggestions as to an economical solution (meaning shipping them to someone for free).
Kevin
The size of your metro area and used market or proximity to another market might be on your side. I'm in a college area with about 50,000 students and 500,000 people and used book and music stores still move some records, and same for free ad on Craig's List if your area has one.
There are also people set up to digitize them which could be something you might want to do.
Good luck.
IMWJL,
Thanks for the suggestions, I live in the Denver area and there has to be some nice small music store that can move them. If not, free on Craigslist might be the way to go.
Thanks again,
Kevin
Depending on what the music is and the condition, some of these things can be valuable to collectors and audiophiles. I let my vinyl collection go many years ago and have regretted it ever since, as I had a lot of pretty rare recordings that aren't available on CD, and I miss that music. I was also a bit fanatical about keeping my records clean and scratch-free, and I had a very high-quality turntable & stereo system in those days.
I've reacquired a lot of my old music in CD format, and I will be very blunt that CD doesn't hold a candle to vinyl in terms of warmth and depth. Very often I will hear a favorite piece of music on CD and there will be parts that are almost missing, poorly mixed, lacking depth, etc. One in particular that I used to listen to all the time was the Nine Symphonies of Beethoven, Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Andre Cluytens, recorded in the late 50's using a bunch of top-shelf Neumann condensers and Royer ribbon mikes. I searched all over for this and finally found it on CD. It's very nice but lacks the power of the original vinyl records, even when cranked to 100dB or more (my neighbors must really like that!).
it could be you have something that would be extremely desirable and valuable to someone. the mass market has left LPs behind long ago but there it still a very dedicated niche of vinyl listeners out there. in fact LPs are still being made in increasing numbers and are of extremely high quality to meet the demands of this niche market. to go along with the LPs there are turn tables being made that are the finest pieces of audio equipment ever created which would set you back far over 10 grand.
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if i were a vinyl lover this is the turntable i'd want. it only cost 19 grand which is peanuts compared to some other models out there. for now i like SACD (Super Audio CD) which has the qualities of vinyl in a digital format.
Quote from: maxferry on January 28, 2007, 11:13:02 PMI've reacquired a lot of my old music in CD format, and I will be very blunt that CD doesn't hold a candle to vinyl in terms of warmth and depth. Very often I will hear a favorite piece of music on CD and there will be parts that are almost missing, poorly mixed, lacking depth, etc. One in particular that I used to listen to all the time was the Nine Symphonies of Beethoven, Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Andre Cluytens, recorded in the late 50's using a bunch of top-shelf Neumann condensers and Royer ribbon mikes. I searched all over for this and finally found it on CD. It's very nice but lacks the power of the original vinyl records, even when cranked to 100dB or more (my neighbors must really like that!).
The original recordings have probably degraded due to age between the releases of the LP and CD. I'm not saying there aren't other issues with CDs, but even a remastered reissue on vinyl probably wouldn't sound as good as your earlier LP.
The magnetized ferrite on the old tapes fades a little as they age, and also gets crumbly. Sometimes you can filter that out with modern digital signal processing and maybe even enhance it, but it's still not going to sound like the original. It's also very unlikely that a remastered release in this era would use all analog technology even for LP.