synthizen2 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Still have my old Concord/CEC from mid 70s, never sold it, never bought another one. Never sold off my 60s/70s/80s vinyl collection either. So I never had to "go back" to vinyl, it's still there in the living room, whenever I'm in the mood to spin some. Quote Kurzweil PC3, Yamaha MOX8, Alesis Ion, Kawai K3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthizen2 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Another great thing about vinyl that hasn't been mentioned yet is the ALBUM COVERS!! Big, beautiful Gatefold sleeves with lettering you can read, and wonderful, vivid artwork. As Rick Wakeman said in an interview recently, "When we lost vinyl, we lost an awful lot." And as Carl Palmer said, "With these CD jewel cases, I couldn't see the artwork, or read the song titles and credits properly. I needed one for each eye." Quote Kurzweil PC3, Yamaha MOX8, Alesis Ion, Kawai K3M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinny Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 Another great thing about vinyl that hasn't been mentioned yet is the ALBUM COVERS!! Ahem... I like placing a record on the turntable, hearing the "thump" of the needle dropping, and just sitting and listening, while I look at the album cover and credits and lyrics. Quote Stuff and things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teashea Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I have both direct and belt drive turntables. I think each is fine. I think the specific design is more important than that the particular mode. Most new turntables are belt drive. I suspect that this is because direct drive would be much more difficult and expensive to engineer and manufacture. Quote Thomas Shea Nebraska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teashea Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I have both direct and belt drive turntables. I think each is fine. I think the specific design is more important than that the particular mode. Most new turntables are belt drive. I suspect that this is because direct drive would be much more difficult and expensive to engineer and manufacture. Quote Thomas Shea Nebraska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Score!! Found some "economy record cases" on Kijiji! 6 in total. Have no idea where mine from the 70's went. Quote "I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long" Walter Becker Donald Fagan 1977 Deacon Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Havu Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Figured I'd give this a bump. I just got my hands on a Dual 1264 turntable. Belt drive, fully automatic, fitted with an Ortofon FF15XE MKII, and it sounds so pristine. Built like a tank, too. Quote Hardware Yamaha MODX7, DX7, PSR-530, SY77/Korg TR-Rack, 01/W Pro X, Trinity Pro X, Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1, VFX-SD Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Roland RD-1000/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 4/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX/Roland Cloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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