Agree if for LPs you meant 40 min total or 20 min a sideThe LP format defines the whole 'album' concept. I'd argue that the 20 mins is the ideal length. The CD is too long to concentrate for most people.
I love vinyl but have never particularly cared about album accessories like posters etc. Spending time hunting down perfect complete packages is not for me (although Iāll snap them up if I come across them by chance at an affordable price). I buy for the music & because I see vinyl & vinyl playback as hugely more enduring than digital that will always rely on the vagaries of electronic reproduction.The whole vinyl LP package of music, cover art, a clear side A and B playlist, printed inners, posters, lyric sheets, gimmick sleeves etc etc became as important as the music itself. It is a complete coherent whole and music as art is massively diminished by being served up as a shitty little digital image on a streaming device. The LP record is a design classic. The perfect container to market so many genres of music. Every time we try to replace it folk just go back to it as it is such an important part of the art. It is no surprise to me some folk without hi-fi just buy vinyl for the cover art and collectability and listen via their phone and headphones. Iāve no issue with that. They get it IMHO. They understand the art it represents.
Great value decks. I had a Rega 3 and had a lot of enjoyment with it. I sold it on for more than I paid for it new. I now have a 160 Super but these have gone up in value recently. I would also consider the Systemdek if you can find one in good condition.Ā£400 will certainly land a nice Planar 3, TD-150, TD-160 and many other really nice decks.
78 rpm records sound pretty nice if you only use thorn needles for replay, steel needle's destroy the music, makes music sounds steely, imho.The 78 was really just a very large heavy fragile 7ā single without a picture sleeve. I donāt think it was ever important to the art-form in the way the vinyl album was. The whole vinyl LP package of music, cover art, a clear side A and B playlist, printed inners, posters, lyric sheets, gimmick sleeves etc etc became as important as the music itself. It is a complete coherent whole and music as art is massively diminished by being served up as a shitty little digital image on a streaming device. The LP record is a design classic. The perfect container to market so many genres of music. Every time we try to replace it folk just go back to it as it is such an important part of the art. It is no surprise to me some folk without hi-fi just buy vinyl for the cover art and collectability and listen via their phone and headphones. Iāve no issue with that. They get it IMHO. They understand the art it represents.
The Myst is the best British 80s integrated that I have owned.Agreed. The Myst is a great amp with a really good phono stage, a contender for best 1980s UK integrated, the Falcons will be superb (not heard them, but I have a pair of their LS3/5As and use their drivers in my 149s). Stick a nice tidy RB300-era Planar 3 with a decent MM cart up front of that system and it will sound seriously good assuming it is placed somewhere relatively sensible (e.g. an Ikea Lack or Rega wallshelf). A Planar 3 can sound superb IME.
Joe Bussard seems to always use Technics direct drives. And he should know.I need to try some. Iāve only used steel as thatās what came with my HMV 102.
Yes Although I often only listen to a single side and some albums are completely different on the two sides (Exodus is a good example that I've been playing this week)Agree if for LPs you meant 40 min total or 20 min a side
A Rega Green Grade is more than enough for that.The Myst is the best British 80s integrated that I have owned.
It's quite small but drives speakers with heavy loads.
Waay better than the Nait 2 that it replaced.
The intention of the original post is not to go into a turntable upgrade journey.
I'm simply looking to gather a small collection of my favourite albums in vinyl, mostly jazz funk (Azymuth, Gill Scott Heron, Grant Green)
78 rpm records sound pretty nice if you only use thorn needles for replay, steel needle's destroy the music, makes music sounds steely, imho.
Agree if for LPs you meant 40 min total or 20 min a side
Twenty quality minutes can make for a powerful EP that can also sound as good as vinyl can ever sound
78 rpm records sound pretty nice if you only use thorn needles for replay, steel needle's destroy the music, makes music sounds steely, imho.
I know nothing about streaming but I imagine this is not cost free; does one record these 'streams' for later reference, I wonder? The cheapest music is via radio (= costs nothing), and FM R3 can be up there in s.q. with other sources, but your only choice is what is scheduled.
Very interesting Jim. The suggestion seems to be that 78s remained popular in India through the 1960s because a lot of people still relied on wind-up gramophones.IIUC some Beatles singles were released by EMI India on 78s. I think they were also vinyl! Never seen or heard one, though, only comments to say this happened.