Machiventa said:^ I have an old school Technics turntable, I think it's from 76.
I'm willing to bet you could find an older turntable at a used electronics shop, or better yet at a yard sale. You get these people who have hardly used theirs since the 70's or 80's and sell them for like $10! As long as the needle is in good condition I don't think the player's quality itself really matters.
Nibiru said:I have a newer Numark turntable. One of the nice ones a DJ would probably use.
Plays and sounds alot smoother than my old Technics one i had from the 80's.
It's not USB and plugs into a reciever/power amp/preamp.
But I guess I'm just old school like that, haha.
I highly recommend trying one of the newer turntables if you can.
You'll be completely satisfied. You should be able to find needles as well. If you have trouble finding them, just try your local musical instrument shops, or stores where they sell DJ equipment.
That said, I have a great vinyl collection including all the Maiden full lengths (except DoD, can't seem to find it) as well as alot of the singles. In my opinion, nothing sounds better than spinning a vinyl record!
Needless to say I kick myself! But It would be great to get back into it!bearfan said:I got rid of so many records int eh early 90s, I could kick myself. I juse got Death on the Road and Flight 666 (and TFF of course) to re-build all the studio/live maiden albums. I am working on the singles (and some I never had, like Bring your Daughter which I just got).
My wife bought mne a Sony USB turntable for my birthday last October with an autographed Ace Frehley record (Like his solo stuff quite a bit), I have barely used the USB feature, but play them over the stereo a ton. I think I am up to 100 records, the Maiden ones have been pricey, but I picked up quite a few non Maiden ones for $3 and under at Half Priced Books and a few other used record stores, plus eBay and GEMM.
I really enjoy listening to the vinyl and getting new releases on it, plus I have some back issues. Sitting for too long kills me (I work at home a lot), the records make me get up every 20 to 30 minutes ... perhaps I should expense TFF to my insurance company or write it off as a medical expense?
Getting Somewhere in Time (and others) (and buying it at Texas Tapes and Records), then getting home and lsitening to it and analyzing the cover is a very fond memory, I am somewhat repeating that now.