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It's not vinyl (because it's really expensive) but I just received my first cassette ever Big smile

One sad thing though, is that I played it on my Sony cassette deck and it sounds really muffled, probably because it doesn't play anything in years. How do you think I can fix that? Ermm
I played it in a car radio I have integrated in the kitchen furniture, which plays more frequently and it plays much more clearly, so it's not the cassette.
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

I assume most of us have seen this commercial.........Appears to be a Clearaudio Concept turntable with Ortofon 2M Red cartridge......I read somewhere vinyl is dead...Is this true??
 
(...this thread is so much fun!!)
 
Why don't we have funny commercials like you have? LOL

Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

^^ In 1970 my record collecting buddy (the one selling his albums) held a weekly get together that he called 
Rate A Record. Five or six people would get together at his place and he would play five pre selected albums.
He handed out paper and pencils and instructed everyone to rate each album using the 1 thru 5 system. 
Fortunately for me, I was "out of town" for awhile and didn't have to sit through any of these sessions.
Hopefully your get together will be a little more casual and a lot less demanding.

It sounds like a group of friends trying to prove that they are smarter than the others, a bit like those neighbourhood book clubs I see on movies Tongue Are those a common thing in the US or is it just something Hollywood wants the rest of the world to believe? Tongue
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^^ It was definitely over the top and I'm glad I missed them. 
These were people who hung out at his place all the time and none were "into" music as such.
They were average listeners that heard most of their music on their car stereos.
It's difficult to find even a few serious music fans that live close enough to get together regularly so you're lucky in that sense.
Everyone bringing their own music is a good thing since everyone gets to participate. In that type of situation
the critique thing wouldn't really be the way to go.
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Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

^^ In 1970 my record collecting buddy (the one selling his albums) held a weekly get together that he called 
Rate A Record. Five or six people would get together at his place and he would play five pre selected albums.
He handed out paper and pencils and instructed everyone to rate each album using the 1 thru 5 system. 
Fortunately for me, I was "out of town" for awhile and didn't have to sit through any of these sessions.
Hopefully your get together will be a little more casual and a lot less demanding.

Yeah, that's a bit too demanding, doesn't sound much fun to me either.  I'm making sure each person gets a chance to show off their own records, so it becomes a "show and tell" kind of thing, which everyone should enjoy.  I think critiquing the record as its playing would probably be good too - pros and cons - so we get an honest profile of each person's tastes, so future selections can be tailored thusly.  I hate the idea of having to pretend I really love a bluegrass album when I just don't like bluegrass.  (I hope no one brings one this weekend).  Then again, maybe the "right" bluegrass album at the "right" time just might change my mind, who knows. 


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I assume most of us have seen this commercial.........Appears to be a Clearaudio Concept turntable with Ortofon 2M Red cartridge......I read somewhere vinyl is dead...Is this true??
 
 
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^^ In 1970 my record collecting buddy (the one selling his albums) held a weekly get together that he called 
Rate A Record. Five or six people would get together at his place and he would play five pre selected albums.
He handed out paper and pencils and instructed everyone to rate each album using the 1 thru 5 system. 
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

I ran into an old acquaintance (...........) What's more, he and some friends of his have regular (almost weekly) "vinyl parties", where everyone brings a couple of records to his house and they hang out in the man-cave and listen to them.  We exchanged numbers and I may join them for their next one.  It's been a long time since I enjoyed the fun of the social aspect of vinyl.(..............)
 
Naw dude.....You need to go all postal on the first listening session.....don't bring DSOtM or Beatles krapp....Bust out some Can and go freaky on them!!
 
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A month later from the above posts, the vinyl get-together thing hasn't happened yet, so I decided to have one of my own this weekend.  A couple of nearby friends will be coming over Saturday to have a vinyl geek-out session.  If this kind of thing is a hit, I may make it a regular thing.
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QRP adding old presses, need to be refurbished......But this is good news for those labels that are trying to release more on vinyl and get out from under all the delays.
 
I like the comment about the chances of anyone adding more CD presses.....LOL
 
 
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Been thinking how to spend some of my tax refund coming. Albums, yea I will buy a few but thinking of making a few upgrades to the turntable.
1) Upgrading the tonearm to a Pro-Ject 9cc Carbon
2) Getting a speed box/PSU, the one by Phoenix Engineering, the Falcon.
 
I'm thinking....... 
There are always some ways to upgrade the listening situation, I see Smile
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ARIEL PINK - "pom pom" (2014)

My favorite artist (and current/frequent avatar). Not Prog but a kind of absurd lo fi pop thing, like the weird little songs you hear in your head when you wake up, then they're gone. You think "if only I could remember that tune..." Ariel remembers. And it still sounds like a waking dream.

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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:


Been thinking how to spend some of my tax refund coming. Albums, yea I will buy a few but thinking of making a few upgrades to the turntable.
1) Upgrading the tonearm to a Pro-Ject 9cc Carbon
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keep thinking along those lines. You're definitely on a good track there.
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Been thinking how to spend some of my tax refund coming. Albums, yea I will buy a few but thinking of making a few upgrades to the turntable.
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Hi guys, got my phone cam fixed

 
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Flute Song really hit the spot tonight.
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Hi guys, got my phone cam fixed

Oh dear !! Lets go to Shady Grove, where all the pigs have tails.....
Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder is a MASTERPIECE. And Flute Song, and Holy Moly - oh wait, that's you
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^^ Yep, that's the one... the soundtrack of nightmares
I'll have to listen to that one to see if I forget about it... it happened when I listened to 10.000 Anos Depois from José Cid, I forgot all his 80's crap

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^ That be J J Goldman ??
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I'm the contrary: I've been buying a lot of Prog albums lately because I don't have much and I have the impression I listened to every one of them recently Tongue

I never checked Tai Phong's albums although I heard of them here. Unfortunately, I only know the singers' 80's songs from my father's collection Dead
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