Thanks, I didnāt know that.
I agree. My grown kids sometimes argue over who owns which vintage vinyl. Answer: Still mine.
I do love analog and tubes as well. Though, like many I do convert vinyl tracks to digital format (needle dropping to flac format best results) for hard drive or portable USB. But even with computer playback you can get a tube headphone preamp (some reasonably priced ones avail) with a quality headphone and still get that analog warmth.
So have I, but I need to buy a new turntable and, fortunately, they too still exist! I always preferred the sound of vinyl to that of CDās, and 78ās are even better IMO.
That will add some warmth. Similarly, I do transfer some of my LPs to thumb drive for portability. Need to have that tube phonograph preamp though. Grin.
78s have their own charm, for sure. Unfortunately my collection of 78s disappeared in one of my moves. Sigh.
Streaming music sounds so good these days that I put may TT in the shed.
It certainly has its place, pandora or youtube is good enough for general background music. Yet itās a bit too compressed for me when I am in the mood for critical listening. But on the treadmill a 320k mp3 will do!Streaming music sounds so good these days that I put may TT in the shed.
:doh2:This is exciting!
Jack White launches vinyl record pressing plant in Detroit as vinyl revival spurs demand abcn.ws/2lQtd2U
Yes, what of the younger generation who are ātoo young to know the differenceā? As in most things dealing with the arts, what is missing today is not the technology, but the craftsmanship.
Ah yes, there is that problem too. There was a period in my life when rockānāroll was more or less my religion. I agree it is full of sin, sex, drugs, hedonism, nihilism, got it. But there is something about the power of music - when it is well done. And I allow that there is good rock, pop music - though I am pretty traditional in my tastes, working back in time, even when I was younger. Blues, jazz, soul - rock has great roots. Muddy Waters, etc. Right up to the Clash (slight drop there maybe
) Music helps kids form identity, independence, experience joy, freedom, hope. There is good among the bad. I actually think it kind of kept me going in hard times. So what of today? My God - what do these kids have? Where are the good artists who know their history, their craft. To borrow from Nietzsche: death of Godā¦then death of man. I take the almost disappearance of great (even pop, rock) musicians very hard - a bad bad sign. Sad for kids. What emptiness. Just the phone I guess. Texting. 
Selfies.Buy a new turntable. Phonograph technology has advanced quite a bit since the advent of digital audio. Your records will sound amazing on a new turntable and if you can a vacuum tube amp.
Youtube yes, but Spotify coming through my Vintage Advent speakers and Marantz receiver sounds just as warm as my Technics SL-1200, but the big difference for me is how much smoother and clearer the sounds is compared to Vinyl.It certainly has its place, pandora or youtube is good enough for general background music. Yet itās a bit too compressed for me when I am in the mood for critical listening. But on the treadmill a 320k mp3 will do!
Haa !Our two oldest daughtersā are now in possession of our vinyl collection and there was a bit of arguing between them re who would get what!
Thatās because Japan, for all their advanced reputation, is a technological black hole. When I used to travel to Malaysia it always shocked me how much better the internet was in Penang or Singapore and how hard it was to find wireless in Tokyo.