Vinyl Records & Set ups!

[The4455]

Yah, it's addicting. I've got between $150 and $200 worth of records in my room, and I've only got 50 or 60 records with me. The other 400ish records back home, I don't even wan to think about how much money I spent.

It's all worth it though.

Once you're spending thousands on cables, then you've passed a point of no return.

[retinal orbita]

Finally "finished" my record room. I need to get a few more patch cables for my recording stuff and maybe a little mixer, and I'd like to get some more artwork framed eventually too.....

Here's the view from my couch - I've run out of room for records so there's a bunch in the closet and in the basement, but the majority are here:



Here's the stereo, my little fender amp, etc.... I guess I need to build a shelf for my tapes too.



And here is the couch.... the Grave Upheaval flag keeps things brutal..... I got this couch from my wife's grandmother, it's fucking teak and built in Sweden yet not Ikea.....

[Mudfuzz]

that's just beautiful!

[retinal orbita]

Cheers, thanks mate! It's been a loooong time want to have my own room for all my stuff, and a long time want of my wife's to have all my stuff out of sight from the rest of the house....

[rustywire]

Great couch. And stash.
Are those shelves Ikea?

Also TAPES

[retinal orbita]

Yeah, they're Expedit shelves. I hope to never have to build another!!

Can you believe they wanted to sell this couch? No fucking way. I used to go to my grandmother in laws house and eat Hungarian food, and she would force feed you beer, deviled eggs and sausage.... the first time I was there I fucking passed out on the couch after the meal and she said "you should marry this boy" because the ultimate disrespect for a Hungarian is to not eat and drink everything that's put in front of you.

There's a post in this thread early on of this room before it was restored. It looked like hell. Holes cut in the walls, wallpaper....

[rustywire]

My Mother's mother was Austrian Hungarian & Czech. Similar story.
Deviled eggs, And more often than not, liverwurst sliced thin. The liverwurst HAD to be sliced thin.

[zrobb3]

bumping this back up.

i've been toying with the idea of getting into the tube amp world.. it'll be "entry level" i suppose, as i'm not trying to drop a ton of cash.

basically i just bought a new turntable and am thinking i might invest in a new amp/ speakers within the next few months.

i'm definitely new to the tube thing, as my old set up is SS and hand me downs from my dad.

is something like this worth getting? http://www.amazon.com/Gemini-Doctor-Gem ... rid_pt_0_2



any help would be much appreciated. after reading through this a lot of you guys know your shit

[Psyre]

That looks pretty sharp. I don't want to consider tube hi-fi amps though. I'm not ready for that road.

[Wes Mantooth]

I have no idea about tube HiFi amps really but that seems like a ridiculously good price on one considering most of the tube amps I see on Audiophile websites are at least $2-3k. Uncle Grandfather actually knows a shit-ton about HiFi stuff too, I'd ask him.

Right now I'm using a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon with an acrylic platter into a Pro-Ject phono pre and then in to some AudioEngine A2+ speakers. It's a solid budget setup but I want a standalone amp and some bigger speakers. That's a lot of money away though

[D.o.S.]

Second the UG recommendation -- dude knows his elevated fidelity, for sure.

[Psyre]

Have you all seen these turntables? WHat a great price imo. I'm curious.
http://uturnaudio.com/

[D.o.S.]

Reminds me a lot of the Rega RP1 aesthetically. And that's a compliment.

[zrobb3]

word thanks guys, good info. gonna wait and see what UG says.

the u turn plus is actually what i just ordered. my wife got it for me as an anniversary present, so it works out i might be able to swing a new amp sooner than i expected!

i'll let you know how it is once i get it.

[Wes Mantooth]

word thanks guys, good info. gonna wait and see what UG says.

the u turn plus is actually what i just ordered. my wife got it for me as an anniversary present, so it works out i might be able to swing a new amp sooner than i expected!

i'll let you know how it is once i get it.

Yeah I want to know how it works/sounds!