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Roseweave wrote:I'd love to get a record player but they're kinda pricey.

I don't think there's that huge a difference though. The main thing with records is the way they're mixed etc., the higher frequencies are rolled off. You could probably replicate it almost exactly with the right DSP. It's just that people don't bother trying to emulate "old" sounds outside of the guitar world it seems(and maybe synth).

When I went to get a new needle for my pops' old ass 70's record player, they were selling a perfectly capable, brand new Sony record player (with needle included) for like $25 at a Sam Goody... You don't have to over-think it, if you want to listen to vinyl you don't have to get an incredibly awesome-looking aesthetically pleasing record player. I've seen new records that cost more than the players. Whack, but true.

Even in second hand stores the record players cost a lot here.

my bloody television wrote:I might have just added that vinyl forces one to listen to an album all the way through, from beginning to end. It's a lot easier to skip tracks on CD or the computer, but on vinyl it's easier to just let the album spin. It becomes much more of an event that way, and a listening experience, which I prefer if I've invested my money in a record.

Oh totally true!

And as far as price of record players go it isn't that bad. For a brand new one you are looking at 125 to 150 bucks. New ones also have those usb ports so you can play it through your computer if you have good computer speakers. You can also record your records into mp3's if you really want to For the most part new records that come out on vinyl are usually cheaper than CD's as well.