The Two Things That Really Drew Me to Vinyl

1. Nearly everyone says records sound better.

2. I wanted to be one of the cool kids.

 

1. We already had a record player at home

2. The different label designs attracted my eye (as a five year old!)

 

1. Records were the only playback medium we had when I was a kid.

2. CDs hadn't been invented yet.

 

You can see the Enddust can lol

 

I'm actually a vinyl fanatic, but found it extremely humorous.

 

I think that's supposed to be a Pro-Ject RM-10 (some geek had to point it out!).

John K.

 

Oh great, a comic thread!

 

1. A record shop between my school and bus stop home
2. The only viable medium when I was a kid

(can I say 3? - static draws me to new vinyl)

 

LOL!!

Count me in for the "best things in life require more effort" camp. I grill on my Weber charcoal grill, and my Porsches are aircooled, without any stinking traction control or stability management. Spinning vinyl was a given.

 

I'm with you. F the traction control. Live axle (screw the IRS) and RWD for me.

 

Go buy a 1210.

 

Nah, I am ok, I have a Clearaudio Ovation and a Transrotor Apollo. Speed is right on, wow is very low.

I was trying to be funny BTW, my friends who are listeningexclusively to digital, they are always teasing me about the speed accuracy of digital vs. analogue.
The truth is that I am very sensitive to speed variations and since I am listening a lot to classical/accoustic music it is very important to me. I have gone through a lot of different turntables through the years trying to find something that gets the speed right, and with my Clearaudio and my Transrotor I found what I was looking for.

 

I still buy inexpensive records.

 

The same reasons that allowed me to return to the format in the early 90s after the bulk of my collection had been stolen from me in the 80s

 

I was in on the funny part , good to know you're good speed wise...

 

Plus you can read the liner notes without a magnifying glass.

 

Not if you use direct drive.

 

Wrong again

 

yes, but the speakers are too close to the wall!

 

I noticed that too; but is that specific to Nestorovics?

For example, some speakers are designed to operate right up against the wall; Linn, Naim, Guru, Rega etc. ... I have Naim Credos, sound amazing (vented as opposed to ported.) Most of the best speakers I've owned have operated that way.

 

That's not that gap I'm trying to fill in that situation
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