A little light vinyl reading



A tongue-in-cheek observation on the vinyl community

http://audiofi.net/2014/07/the-vinyl-types/
bassraptor
The deejay

Alright, this guys loves his vinyl, but you’re not going to buy any used LPs from him. Records, to him, are meant to be spun and scratched, and he will take them out to parties along with his aged Technics (or two) to show his mates his skills.

It was probably written by someone who's never deejayed for sure. I was a DJ, but my DJ records are in mirror shiny condition.
The scratch disks are different story, but the ones played at party should be very clean and have no surface noise.
"I was a DJ, but my DJ records are in mirror shiny condition."

That sounds to me like no one ever hired you. lol. No wonder you're giving your TT away. You might as well see if you can get away with stashing some of that mint condition vinyl under the seat as well.
I have a huge record collection and through all of my buying sprees, the absolute worst LPs that I have ever picked through, were from DJs.

As a matter of fact, just a couple of months ago, I could have bought a collection from a DJ/Nightclub that was closing down. They had around 2500 LPs that I could have gotten for around $400, but I spent several hours going through this collection and I wouldn't have paid even a dollar for it. These things were wasted. Both the vinyl and the jackets. Just crap all the way around.

Just my $.02 cents worth.