I sold my vinyl outfit and replaced it with leather, wait, wrong forum.
Is It Time To Sell My Vinyl Rig?
Hey All,
There once was a time when I looked forward to shopping for arcane mono classical and jazz vinyl. The anticipation of hearing a newly cleaned recording from 1957 that I didn’t realize existed until just a few hours prior. The satisfaction of owning 200 plus records. But now since I’ve upgraded my DAC and Transport, I’ve become disenchanted with vinyl. It still sounds musical but not nearly as close to a live performance as my digital setup. So I’m now I’m thinking about selling my ASR Mini Basis Exclusive MK 2 phono preamp and my modified Thorens TD 145 with AT 33 mono anniversary cartridge. I could put the money towards a surgical procedure that I’ve been putting off. Will I regret this afterwords? I don’t even know how much to ask for the equipment or whether someone would even take an interest in it. Any ideas out there?
There once was a time when I looked forward to shopping for arcane mono classical and jazz vinyl. The anticipation of hearing a newly cleaned recording from 1957 that I didn’t realize existed until just a few hours prior. The satisfaction of owning 200 plus records. But now since I’ve upgraded my DAC and Transport, I’ve become disenchanted with vinyl. It still sounds musical but not nearly as close to a live performance as my digital setup. So I’m now I’m thinking about selling my ASR Mini Basis Exclusive MK 2 phono preamp and my modified Thorens TD 145 with AT 33 mono anniversary cartridge. I could put the money towards a surgical procedure that I’ve been putting off. Will I regret this afterwords? I don’t even know how much to ask for the equipment or whether someone would even take an interest in it. Any ideas out there?
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Vinyl: Massive steps to press a piece of vinyl then goes on a little platter where a tiny little needle picks up the information stamped into a groove and every little snap, pop, glitch will remind you.... its f'ing vinyl. Highly over rated..... sorry...... I sold all of that crap years ago and don't need to go into a long dissertation about the superiority of the proper setup in the digital world. Sell it all and then if you want to go back to an analog source...... Pre recorded reel to reel tape is the new vinyl. All of the analog sound you might be looking for without all of the vinyle audible wear and tear. Expensive, but true. |
mikekollar Vinyl: Massive steps to press a piece of vinyl then goes on a little platter where a tiny little needle picks up the information stamped into a groove and every little snap, pop, glitch will remind you.... its f'ing vinyl ...You've obviously been traumatized by exposure to really bad LP playback. I'm sorry, but it happens. |
Chakster wrote, "And I have to mention that rare American records are much cheaper in the USA than in UK, Europe or Japan." From my experience shopping for LPs in Tokyo, I have to agree, and I would add that the LPs need not be very "rare" in order to sell in Tokyo for ~2X more than US prices, comparing to for example to used LP prices at the Capital Audio Fest, which I attend with some regularity. Last time I was in Tokyo, I was shopping at Disc Union in the Ochanomizu section of Tokyo. I have been buying from DU for more than a decade, ever since our son moved permanently to Tokyo and I started making annual or semi-annual visits. Two years ago this month (no trip last year due to pandemic), I was standing in DU holding a mint condition Chris Connor mono LP on the Bethlehem label that I realized was selling for about $25. I know for a fact that I can buy such LPs at the CAF from any of my favorite vendors, for about $8 to $10. Same situation for Julie London, June Christy, and some others I was searching for that day. Anything from any of our greatest artists, like Miles, Dizzy, etc, will be $25 and up at DU. Not nearly as appreciated by US market. This says more about our culture, or lack thereof, than it does about economic differences. |
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