Vinyl

Yes!
The last 3 are:
ELP-Works Volume 1 ($5'00)
Genesis-Winds & Whutering ($1'00) & Invisible Touch ($1'00)

I think vinyl will never die.

My friend has a turntable and a good speaker setup in his room which also connects to his stereo, and I think he has about 30 albums on vinyl now (including a recently bought mint copy of Ummagumma, which I'm jealous of). Despite all their good qualities, I know he's bought several records from a music store downtown (for good money too) which have actually been defected, like the original copy of Live Dead. He checks them and everything, but I guess that's the way it goes...

I'm seriously considering getting a turntable myself, because vinyl does sound different, and the art for so many albums just blows me away. For instance, if you get Close to the Edge on CD you have to look through the little booklet to find the cool Roger Dean art, but on the record you just open it up and it's so much better. Though... I saw a copy of BSS on viynl that was very weird, with booklets in booklets, and not very practical, while the CD version was really awesome and holographic... but I read somewhere (something on H.R. Geiger's art) that the original record was holographic as well?

oliverstoned wrote: vynil easily beats cd get a rega planar 3 turntable you will not be disapointed

Hi, I have a Rega Planar 2(the one in the picture), which I'm extremely fond of (it's way better than the numerous questionable turntables I've owned in the past.)  and I wonder is Planar 3 remarkably better, or am I better off using my money on vinyl instead and keep the Planar 2?

illustrated wrote: My friend has a turntable and a good speaker setup in his room which also connects to his stereo, and I think he has about 30 albums on vinyl now (including a recently bought mint copy of Ummagumma, which I'm jealous of). Despite all their good qualities, I know he's bought several records from a music store downtown (for good money too) which have actually been defected, like the original copy of Live Dead. He checks them and everything, but I guess that's the way it goes... I'm seriously considering getting a turntable myself, because vinyl does sound different, and the art for so many albums just blows me away. For instance, if you get Close to the Edge on CD you have to look through the little booklet to find the cool Roger Dean art, but on the record you just open it up and it's so much better. Though... I saw a copy of BSS on viynl that was very weird, with booklets in booklets, and not very practical, while the CD version was really awesome and holographic... but I read somewhere (something on H.R. Geiger's art) that the original record was holographic as well?

As a 42 year old, I used to listen to  vinyls a great deal ., loved doing it and found great pleasure in sleeve artwork. But we had no choice (pre-recorded cassttes or 8-tracks were not valid choices - you might as well as made your own cassttes), that was all we had. We had to return many vinyls especially the post 73 stuff because the pressings were no good. No undue nostalgia, please: vinyl have their fair share of problems. The worst are the vinylrecord dealers asking for huge sums of money for average records in non-perfect state. (You might want to Avoid Doug Larson's vinyl section: expensive and overvalued state) 

Since the early 90's I have converted to CD, was reluctant at first but the confort of CD is what converted me. Vinyls are a pain to maintain in a good condition , to handle and every twenty mins, one has to get up to change sides or record. This meant not being too drunk or high or scratches would appear quickly.

60's and 70's music do sound different on vinyl than on cd (whether it is better is another debate), but this should make no difference for music from 83 onwards. Vinyls also takes up a lot of space.

ummagumma08 wrote: oliverstoned wrote: vynil easily beats cd get a rega planar 3 turntable you will not be disapointed   Hi, I have a Rega Planar 2(the one in the picture), which I'm extremely fond of (it's way better than the numerous questionable turntables I've owned in the past.)  and I wonder is Planar 3 remarkably better, or am I better off using my money on vinyl instead and keep the Planar 2?

Lets just pull the Rega 2 down then...3/4" chipboard laminated with formica.A.C. Motor dangles from a black rubber belt (Motor mounting lugs are crudly bent over to accomidate this.Hinges if you like to call them that are cheap plastic efforts rivited to the lid,these break in time,to replace them you have to buy a new lid.Shame really as the lid is excellently made...Arm on the 'P2' is the Rega 'RB250' comes in many variants 'Moth''Thorens''Nad''Akai' badged,very overated but better sounding than the bigger 'RB300' found on the 'P3'...

Better sounding deck then:

http://www.vinylengine.com/phpBB2/album_page.php?pic_id=922