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Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,831
Brighton
Got WELL into vinyl recently - it's lovely. Speaking to a number of people there is proving quite an upsurge in it's popularity at the moment - particularly amongst young people. I think it's understandable as a generation have grown up with all their music being digital and not a tangible, physical thing.

Right, enough ramble.

Anyone's advice and suggestions for best places to buy old and new vinyl, and also good entry level vinyl players that don't look too "DJ" and have speakers that aren't too shabby?

Thanks in advance.
 








beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,292
Mellotron said:
Anyone's advice and suggestions for best places to buy old and new vinyl, and also good entry level vinyl players that don't look too "DJ" and have speakers that aren't too shabby?
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why avoid DJ decks? build quality is high and come with decent cartridge- which is the essential component. when i looked (some years ago, may have changed if thers new interst) non DJ turntables were either cheap tat or expensive/pretentious nonsence (to go with audiophiles oxygen free directional cable etc). solid Numark direct drive with stanton cart under £150.
 


Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,831
Brighton
beorhthelm said:
why avoid DJ decks? build quality is high and come with decent cartridge- which is the essential component. when i looked (some years ago, may have changed if thers new interst) non DJ turntables were either cheap tat or expensive/pretentious nonsence (to go with audiophiles oxygen free directional cable etc). solid Numark direct drive with stanton cart under £150.
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Honestly I'm not huge fan of how they look, bit poncy I know. Difficult though as I don't want something that looks nice but sounds shit. Thanks for advice, will look into.
 












Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,831
Brighton
TomandJerry said:
I get all my vinyl's at car boot sale's
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My collection is starting to fall into 2 categories - classic 60s-80s vinyl which I pick up at car boots etc for cheap, what I want to know really is where to look for modern/new albums at the best price. Discogs is great, problem is some of my tastes are a bit obscure/eclectic so some I am struggling to find copies of.
 


midnight_rendezvous

midnight_rendezvous

Well-known member
Aug 10, 2012
3,737
The Black Country
Charity shops can be quite hit and miss but you can find absolute gems if you have the patience. If you a particular record in mind eBay is always worth a look.
 






wakeytom

wakeytom

New member
Apr 14, 2011
2,718
The Hacienda
GoingUp said:
Same mate, Ive bought most of my vinyl from there, most of its old 80s and 90s hip hop.
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I saw it was good for that, want to pick up some wu tang, which I think is the next thing on my list.

A little trick is find a buyer with multiple items you like as the postage tends to become cost effective around 3-5 albums, especially when the records are only a pound or two like much of the D&B I buy is
 


Kosh

Kosh

'The' Yaztromo
Jul 14, 2003
5,217
Yaztromo's Tower; the borders of Darkwood Forest
I use ebay all the time these days, although I've had some amazing charity shop finds this here year. I paid £8 for mint and I mean mint copies of Peter Greens debut solo "Play the Game" a rare spaceship (vertigo) press of the debut Gentle Giant LP, a Faces debut first press LP which I sold and a 73ish album by Jefferson Airplane. In the same town, a wee bit later, I found some obscure early to mid 70s acid folk albums all for low, low prices with book prices of £50-£80. It's still the best way to dig for gold in my opinion, and always worth it when you get a real bargain. In terms of new ROCK stuff, I research the label and buy direct from them as the price is usually the same as Amazon etc. and I like to support the guys and girls (directly) whom are making the music I love to hear.

Such as this:



Kosh
 


Mellotron

Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,831
Brighton
What I find difficult is knowing what a good price for a brand new LP album is. Can range anywhere from £14-£30. Just got a lovely limited edition of the new Queens Of The Stoneage album, proper work of art.
 




wakeytom

wakeytom

New member
Apr 14, 2011
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The Hacienda
Mellotron said:
What I find difficult is knowing what a good price for a brand new LP album is. Can range anywhere from £14-£30. Just got a lovely limited edition of the new Queens Of The Stoneage album, proper work of art.
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Discogs will show what the recent sale was along with the highest and lowest to give you an idea
 


Kosh

Kosh

'The' Yaztromo
Jul 14, 2003
5,217
Yaztromo's Tower; the borders of Darkwood Forest
Yep it's tough as prices are kind of high, it's a captive market I guess and thus the labels can push the margins and keep those nice £15-30 price tags. It's a case of you've got to want it to pay it, which actually ensures/enforces quality control within my collection at least! The defunct (as was at least) Freak Emporium was a gold mine for "new" bands LPs, and I used to order from them all the time. Sadly when Amazon et al latched, or perhaps, tapped into the vinyl market it killed those kind of shops/online businesses. Thus - when I can I shop with the label.
 


1066familyman

1066familyman

Radio User
Jan 15, 2008
15,185
beorhthelm said:
why avoid DJ decks? build quality is high and come with decent cartridge- which is the essential component. when i looked (some years ago, may have changed if thers new interst) non DJ turntables were either cheap tat or expensive/pretentious nonsence (to go with audiophiles oxygen free directional cable etc). solid Numark direct drive with stanton cart under £150.
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Agree with this, to a degree.

I have an old pair of Vestax PDT 5000 turntables with Ortofon Concorde Nightclub cartridges, paired up with a 7 channel Citronic mixer as my pre amp. Yet the rest of my set up is squarely hi-fi in that it's bulit around a Roksan Caspian power amp and Monitor Audio floor standing speakers. The rest of the separates are strictly hi-fi rather than DJ too.

Where I disagree is with the notion that decent cabling is pretentious nonsense. You'd be amazed at the different sound quality you can get from different interconnects and speaker cable. Won't make poor seperates sound any better but will bring out the very best from what you have. They say a good guide is to spend around 10% of what your set up costs on cabling. Remembering of course that sound is wholly subjective and so it's best if you can audition different cables on what you have before buying.

Edit: You could start by looking through current turntable models here http://www.whathifi.com/reviews/hi-fi/turntables
If you find one you fancy then try to find a shop that stocks it so you can audition it. Best if you can audition a few on the same day to compare and contrast. Take along your favourite bit of vinyl or two to audition on as well :thumbsup:
 
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Theatre of Trees

Theatre of Trees

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
7,718
TQ2905
Mellotron said:
What I find difficult is knowing what a good price for a brand new LP album is. Can range anywhere from £14-£30. Just got a lovely limited edition of the new Queens Of The Stoneage album, proper work of art.
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If you are are looking for new things then you need to know release dates. I usually look through Normans/Juno/Resident websites (Sign up for their mailing list which pops into your inbox every Friday) for new and pre-releases, check on Amazon to see if it is any cheaper (Sometimes is, sometimes isn't) and if needs be check the record label website as sometimes it is cheaper on there. I also use Soundcloud to keep tabs on artists and record labels, sometimes they'll upload something and give a future release date, particularly useful for getting limited edition releases from other countries.
 




tinycowboy

tinycowboy

Well-known member
Aug 9, 2008
4,002
Canterbury
I'm going to go up into the attic tomorrow. Somewhere, there are Duel, ProJect and Ariston turntables, plus hundreds and hundreds of 7", 10" and 12" slabs of vinyl that have been lying dormant ever since I digitised everything about 7 years ago. Time to bring the music back into the sitting room.......
 


Mowgli37

Mowgli37

Enigmatic Asthmatic
Jan 13, 2013
6,371
Sheffield
A Ray of Delight in Arundel is fantastic, bursting with records and at very good prices too. Got a lovely copy of Kasabian's 'Fire' at all stall in the lanes so that's well worth checking out. Occasionally you'll get lucky in charity shops but it's unlikely, they're probably best for finding classical or very common hit records. Be wary they'll mark up big names to ridiculous prices (I saw a copy of With the Beatles for £70 once, bought it in ROD for a fiver :D ). As mentioned previously, Discogs is exceptional, bought one of my all time favourites: Africa, on there.

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