180 grams

[cmh6476 750]

I know some of you buttnugets have to be vinyl collectors. What are some of your gems on 180g?

 

I think I have

 

Old crow medicine show - remedy

Sublime - sublime

Glass animals - how to be a human being

Tom petty - greatest hits

Death row - greatest hits

Dr dre - the chronic

Beastie boys - licensed to ill

Black keys - brothers

Pink floyd - animals

glass animals - zaba

Pearl jam - vitalogy

Chris stapleton - traveler

 

If anyone is ever driving through stop and have a listen

[BunnysBastatrds 1,913]

I had A friend who had thousands of albums. Great ones. He took care of them better than his kids.Had library unlike anyone. When Katrina hit, he lost all of them. I helped him gut his home. Throwing away those treasures killed him.

 

I was in a place called Mantiques in Dallas a few years ago. It's basically a flea market for guys who want to buy old things from the 60's-90's. I'm not a shopper. But I had more fun in there shopping. The wifey sat down while I spent our money for the first time. They have a beer tap. She drank while I went down memory lane.

 

They had an Evel Knievel motorcycle with Evel. A stretch Armstrong. And anything and everything you'd make a man cave with. A few posters. The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.Cheryl Ladd. Farrah Fawsett. Fawking awesome place.

 

Anyway, They had a record section. They were selling old Aerosmith and Cream albums for $30 a piece. And the owners told me that they can't get enough of them. I had many of them.

 

My mom decided when I moved out to throw away my past at some point. Every poster, every album. Every concert ticket. Everything. Still can't believe she did that. But all those albums were and are weerth something.

 

I did keep one though. Sticky Fingers-Rolling Stones. The one with the zipper. I'm holding on to it.

[cmh6476 750]

Vinyl is certainly holding its value. The new 180g are still worth more than first pressings though

[shotsup 832]

I'll reply when I sober up

[Thornton Melon 542]

WTF is 180g?

[fandandy 3,311]

I'll reply when I sober up

By that time you can just think your reply and it will automatically be typed onto your brainwave computer then fly off to work in your hover car.

[jerryskids 5,188]

By that time you can just think your reply and it will automatically be typed onto your brainwave computer then fly off to work in your hover car.

 

[cmh6476 750]

WTF is 180g?

http://blog.vinylgourmet.com/2015/10/180-gram-vinyl-what-are-the-benefits-heavyweight-vinyl-records-explained.html?m=1

[cmh6476 750]

I'll reply when I sober up

damn dude talk about a binge :eek:

[GobbleDog 816]

I don't own a record player and if I did I'd throw it away.

[cmh6476 750]

I don't own a record player and if I did I'd throw it away.

you don't realize how good it fockin sounds

[tanatastic 2,061]

By that time you can just think your reply and it will automatically be typed onto your brainwave computer then fly off to work in your hover car.

LOL! Epic reply!

[jerryskids 5,188]

you don't realize how good it fockin sounds

I don't get it. A technology which relies stylus bouncing over a spinning disk with grooves from like a century ago is supposed to sound better than a perfect digital copy of the original master?

[cmh6476 750]

I don't get it. A technology which relies stylus bouncing over a spinning disk with grooves from like a century ago is supposed to sound better than a perfect digital copy of the original master?

I think there are a few things about it:

 

*nobody (not the poster) collects albums anymore and so it's a trendy way to continue to acquire a permanent record of music

 

*most artists prefer vinyl over any other type of recording. The difference is that mp3 and cds don't always have bandwidth to carry all the components of a song, where an analog recording records the music just as it was recorded and as the artist intended for it to sound. For the most part no one could ever tell a difference but it does exist

 

*there is a misconception that records won't sound good, so when a friend drops by and you throw it on and they can't tell it's a record they are usually astounded by the sound quality

 

 

[fandandy 3,311]

What turntable do you own? I see them on slickdeals every so often and am curious.

[cmh6476 750]

I have an audio technica I picked up from best buy, I think it was in the $200-300 range

 

https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/turntables/1468a7a181c8627f/index.html

 

These help too:

 

http://www.cerwinvega.com/home-audio/floorstanding-speakers/sl-12.html

 

[cmh6476 750]

And just in case anyone cares (although I realize you probably don't) I also kind of changed my MO with album purchases since I started collecting. At first I was looking at completely replacing my music catalog with vinyl. Then I realized I still have my old CDs and while it's not the same I can still throw them in the Blu-ray player and listen to them and they sound great. So I have now shifted my focus to acquiring music I don't have on CD. Some though are worth having on both formats, like my vitalogy 180g double vinyl

 

Think about how many people actually own vitalogy on vinyl. If you want to talk about something that should hold its value (was just about a $40 purchase), there it is.

 

[cmh6476 750]

I don't get it. A technology which relies stylus bouncing over a spinning disk with grooves from like a century ago is supposed to sound better than a perfect digital copy of the original master?

Here's an article that validates a lot of what I'm telling ya:

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/things-you-should-know-before-starting-a-vinyl-collection?utm_term=.jt5b362dA#.spVNkyZm7