I've been "re-discovering" vinyl for the last 2 months. Am experiencing a warm , fuller sound than I get with my decent quality CD players and much more range than XM.
Was at the "as-is" thrift last week and 8 boxes of records came out. They were obviously from the same person and all were in great condition. I picked up 8 pop albums ( 1st Elton Jihn , 2 Mamas & Papas , Blood , Sweat & Tears , Rhapsody in Blue , a test record , marty Robbins sings Hawaiian, Simon & Garfunkle) and it set me back $4.
In the regular thrift, they are 99 cents each, with better selecton.
wow,,I got back out the dustbug and diskwasher and its like the old days all over again...all the prep work and care seems to provide a closer link to the sounds. The covers and booklets are fun.
I found my double disk JBL demo record set from 1972 with Hoyt Axton and it blew me away. Have very few CD's that sound so good. Even learning to tune out the clicks and pops.
Oh yeah...I picked up a 3 record box set of Jonny Cash's greatest...looks like they had never been played...50 cents !!!
Starting to get excited about audio again
whoops...OT ? anyone else have good record cleaning tips ????? (w/o buying an expensive machine ???)