Music - modern Vinyl Records

I'm late to this thread. There's definitely something about vinyl and I still have most of mine. Sadly they haven't been played for donkey's years - not having a turntable.

@pete did you progress from a needle to a stylus? I remember they had various grades, the more you paid the better they were.

 

Oh yes in the 70s I had those kind of stylus things, remember going for the arm that had the lowest tracking weight, a couple of grammes or so.
Still sounded the same to me though, crackle and scratchy in comparison to digital.

 

There's nothing wrong with a bit of crackle and scratch Pete!

 

I have the Goldring 1042. It took ages to get it somewhere near, lots of adjusting, re-adjusting, a fiddly business. Does sound good though

 

It’s been around since the 90’s, and still a very popular cartridge..

Goldring - Goldring 1042 Cartridge
Goldring 1042 review

 

It’s mounted on one of these...
Audiomods tonearms and tonearm kits

 

To be fair I don't think it is a "modern marketing" thing. Ever since I can remember hearing Abba's gold on vinyl ..well, you just couldn't beat it.. that crackle and like Pete said the fluff, the scratches..the rawness of the sound.

Going back 10 years ago I got into the drum and bass scene, 3 of my friends and I had a set of decks and we would regularly set them up in my kitchen and "get our mix on". 2 of the friends, still to this day, get their mix on and actually produce music alongside. I don't have the decks anymore but still have the vinyl and very recently had some of these given to me (The Monkees vinyl is not mine, honest!).. not a bad collection for a 28 year old


A good friend of the other half owns a music shop which sells vinyl and it used to before she took over, I don't see it as a modern thing but I can see what you mean when they have those turntable case players in curry's etc and calling them "retro"...is that what you was getting at?

 

Not heard the Zensor 5’s, but they seem to be well regarded

My first ‘proper’ HiFi featured B&W speakers, the DM4’s. They were powered by a Yamaha receiver, the CR420. Front end was a Rotel turntable (no cd back then) with a Shure N95ED. Later on I fitted a V15Mk3. Although the V15 was around three times the price of the N95, I didn’t think it sounded as good as the N95, just not as musical, somehow

 

Take no notice, it’s just boys (toys) talk

 

I know what you mean, it’s a common perception, but trust me, vinyl really can sound great I could go on, but it would probably get boring...