Hey I was going through my storage and I found many brand new LPs from the old days. I was thinking of getting back into collecting. Is there anybody here who collects. What would be a good (new) turn table to buy? Im seeing Sony, Neumark, and others out there. They all seem to be around 100-150 bucks each with USB and software included. Any thoughts? Thanks!
I never stopped collecting vinyl, and I still like it better than CDs or any type of digital version. I love the artwork and because I am a crusty old bastard (54) I still like my music to be in a format that I can actually pick up and hold. I'm not sure about the superior sound quality aspect, although another vinyl geek friend swears that vinyl is better once you get past a certain level of volume.
As far as turntables go, a good quality direct drive turntable is best for listening. You need to source them from Hi Fi stores or the net. Thorens or Sherwood have good models available. If you primarily want to convert your albums to digital then a USB turntable is the way to go I guess. I have a gigital recorder, which is like a CD player that records and I use it to convert my records to CD format to play in the car and make copmpilations etc.
By the way, I live in Australia and did a round the world trip in 2006. I found the States generally and San Francisco in particular the best city to buy vinyl for both price and availability. The Amoeba stores in the Haight and Berkley are incredible.
