Vinyls/Records
 

Anyone on here a collector? Ive just starting collecting since receiving a shed load from the old man. Been looking round local charity shops and records shops. Is ebay the next best place to have a butchers or does anyone know of any decent online stores?

What genre you after?

I have about 300 dance/Dj/bootleg 12" records and about 100 albums and collectables.

My old man, collects em pretty seriously, only for his own use, but one of our backroom walls is no longer visible because of it lol. I like em.

got probably just short of 5000 records to date, been an avid collector for years.

Discogs, simple as that. You won't find a better online source for reasonably (if not stupidly cheap) vinyl

www.discogs.com

:)

my mom has an old carpenters record ( well lots of them ) But this one in paricular is a completely white label, With the album release information sheet and stuff. Searched the whole internet and asked record shops, no one knows what it is or how rare it is and i cant find one the same either. Closest guess we've had is that its a test press of the " Christmas portrait " album. One thing i can say is the carpenters fan club rekon it was " guard it with your life " material. Could be worth a shitload over in the states.

Thanks for the link shall spend many an hour searchign through that website lol

Im after anything really from Iron Maiden/metallica/acdc to barry white to bob marley to squeeze.

So far ive got 3 x Original Johnny Cash prints (2 Prisons and Hello im johnny cash), 2x Barry white (white discs), assortment of Iron Maiden 12", acda back in black, a couple of Motorhead 12", 1x Bob Marley 7", 3x RHCP 7" Picture discs.

Thats just what ive collected. I want to get my hands on some Dire Straits stuff and then some hiphop and then some more modern dance,trance, dubstep sort of stuff

You looking into getting a good turntable set up for it all or are you already sorted for that?

Ive got a basic set up already, havent got a massive amount of money to spend on a new one as of yet tbh.

Bbbbuuuuttt im open to suggestions to temp me lol

Well I'd suggest a technics 1210/1200. They need pre amping though so won't work with just plugging into a stereo, would need a pre amp/mixer as a solution to this. The thing with technics is that they're SO well built and SO reliable that you'd never need to buy anything else. The only downside, in terms of being a true audiophile, is the tone arm doesn't lend itself to UTTERLY shit hot sound quality, but if you felt flush somewhere down the line you could swap it out for an ol1 tonearm from Rega which will make the deck sound like a £5000 audiophile turntable. Obviously having good speaker (I'd recommend powered ones like KRK rokit rp5's for example) is a bit of a must.

Actually it all costs a fair bit haha.

Haha all sounds very expensive but it's good to know theres someone on here with some know how when the day does come.

Don't think I can quite justify that sort of money just yet anyway :P

know of someone with two. Upgraded the shitty RCAs as well, gloss paint, high power LEDs etc

Whats his address? Has he got dogs/security system?

Or you could buy yourself a Rega

Tacky, ruined the beautiful aesthetics of a 1210...

Absolutely nothing wrong with the RCA's in a technics either, serve perfectly well unless you're spending upwards of £10k at each end of the sound chain. The Rega tonearms serve to give better stereo image and more detailed sound, but the end products only as strong as each link in the chain.

Each to their own though...

Ive just taken delivery of someones old collection i won on ebay. No idea whats in it lol shall open it up after work. Hopefully therea some goodies in there

Best thing to do if you're just a collector in general. 'Job lots' are cheap and are packed full of random and sometimes super rare shit

http://www.analogueseduction.net/pro...ntable_REGA-P2 this is your best bet btw. Comes in about the same price as a second hand technics with an absolutely bog standard OL1 arm on it, so it's arguable you should go for the technics, but like I said...need pre amping as it's not a hi-fi turntable :)

huh ... i got a 2x SL1210 MK5G :D Xone 4D ... two monitors KRK PR6 active monitors.... somethimes, my flat is rocking :D and... because im very picky for my music and i used to by it from beatport.com ... i started to collect vinyls/records ... so im using ebay, juno.co.uk and HTFR ... and im gonna start using discogs ... and ... if u want to by decks ... buy Technics MK2 ... they are well proved by world most dj and everyone outa hear :D ... they are bulletproof peace of kit :) buy a descent mixer (200 quid) ... some stanton ortefons (60 quid pair) some xlr to xlr cables and have some fun ... but dont forget .... everything depends on your ability to listen :) u could buy a 10k audiphile system or 1k whole system and its sound this same ... :) bad ears ... expensive system is waist :)
P.s for what kind of reason u want to use your gear :) if you want only to listen ... buy technics SL1210 MK2 :) get a amplifier ... plug your player into mono rca ... switch everything on .. .and enjoy :)

Some good websites there, I shall be splashing out my bonus in March and buying a decent Turntable and amp.

F lol. Stanton and Ortofon are 2 different brands.

xlr cables are not designed for sound quality, but for running long lengths without picking up interference. absolutely not recommended for an audiophile setup. Besides, if you want to have an audiophile system, you just don't use a DJ setup at all.
noob detected, clearly does not have a clue

hehe. 200 quid won't get you a decent mixer

you should have seen them before they were refurbished, scratched to hell and beyond (damaged all around). Who cares about the aesthetics when the purpose was to enhance the sound quality?

im looking to start collecting vinyl, but im after northern soul and trojan reggae. they're abit pricey, but sound amazing.

anyone recommend a good vinyl player, after the old kind of sound, nothing modern. Want to hear that crispy noise they make :)

The best place to look for cheap records is definitely charity shops. I found a lot of stuff for literally pennies, and very often mint condition.


Also, here is another one from another mate




The feet cost more than the deck itself.

Manu ... read the f***ing msg ... i was meaning 2 choices ... noob ... anyway ... why u think, i was meaning audiphile system ?
yes.. mono should be phono ... u know ... we are people... we making grammar mistakes :D
descent mixer - u could get for that price .... if u good in u.... sing internet ...

please refrain from text talk as per forum rules.

just lol :clapping:



... I mean ... u know ... I am good in me ... How do I sing intarwebz?

That's more like it. Those feet the isonode ones? (I think that's what they're called...virtually decoupling the decks from the feet with diamond pointed tips....no?)

The sound comes from the vinyl, the audible analogue hiss and crackle...not the turntable itself.

If you want your records to shine the way the producer and artist intended, you need a decent turntable and more importantly, decent carts. Grado are a good compromise between sound quality and price/longevity. HTH!

I would definitely recommend 1210s they're excellent turntables paid £300 for mine of ebay.


I would suggest you get a pair of these as well
http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc...k=OTCNPROSTWIN

My awesome rare garage, grime, d&b collection

You need to clean your decks you bad bad scruff

Photo I took of my stylus <3

These cost more than the deck itself lol. Cant remember the name, but isonodes look like ball halves.

Yeah those feet are incredibly expensive, and arguably aren't really worth it other than for show off factor alone. Doubtful that someone would buy a technics but spend £15 to £20k on everything else in the sound chain. If they had that kinda money, they'd be spending utter dickhead amounts on the turntable, arm and stylus!