Shady scams and other silly business ideas to take advantage of earnest new vinyl collectors

gonna hook my mouse up to the azimuth meter and confirm the channel balance, just a sec.

i have never heard of any of those things and have been listening to records for 20 years. RCA cables aren't rocket science.

With the same needle???

I just want last.fm to pick up my plays, man.

no, separate players. i've gone through 3 maybe 4 turntables in that time.

never had to change out a needle. one i think i came across moving into a new house and there was a stereo already in the room someone was leaving behind. one was bought at a thrift store for like $20 bucks. you can still find plenty of second-hand ones around that still work.

well "work" and "sound good" are two different things

fwiw I've replaced my needle once in 20 years.

I guess a turntable isn't so intimidating if I treat it less like a delicate transducer and more like a disposable object of abuse. *stomps away from thread, arms folded*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IgF6_jVaj8

*stomps away from thread, arms folded*

I hope your turntable is vibration-isolated!

oh no, my pristine setup! let's try this again! *softly shuffles away from thread, unscrews turntable's grounding wire from the preamplifier's case and waves it around as an expression of displeasure*

"fwiw I've replaced my needle once in 20 years."

dude, what the hell, that's gross. don't do that. buy a damn needle.

you should have seen the one and only time i tried to figure out soulseek years ago. now THAT was scary.

i don't actually buy needles as much as i should though. maybe once every year or year and a half. ideally i should get one every six months. i play so many records every day. on my work and home turntables.

So should I keep chasing down legit Stanton brand needles on the web forever (they don't manufacture them anymore themselves) or just go ahead and get a new non-Stanton cartridge so I don't have to deal with it? This "Stanton approved" off-brand needle I got is terrible and/or I have no idea what I'm doing with set up.

Speaking of needles is all.

e-mail needle doctor. they are really very helpful! and they know their stuff. they would probably give you a list of good options.

Consumer and Vintage Needle Sales
A fantastic source for information on vintage needles and belt replacement.

http://www.needledoctor.com/Contact

Thanks!

Getting a new needle is always a happy day!

definitely. especially now that I know the aftermarket stuff sounds fine.

VNYL and their special turntable might be scams designed to take advantage of earnest new vinyl collectors, but there's nothing stupid about describing turntables as intimidating. They're a lot more delicate and complicated than digital music players. You have to make sure you've got your tonearm counterbalanced and your cartridge properly aligned etc. etc. or you might damage your records. Of course that's intimidating. You never had to worry about iTunes messing up your MP3s.

― JRN, Wednesday, May 4, 2016 2:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

FYI literally hundreds of millions of people throughout history have used turntables with very little trouble

i mean, is a bicycle intimidating? to a three-year-old, possibly.

that said, it's all relative, right? my mom would have no idea how to use an iPod. it's actually kind of tricky to turn on, turn off, figure out how to scroll through a collection, etc. if you haven't spent most of your life using GUIs.

In a tangentially related moment, Barnes and Noble is now featuring a $150 single speaker tabletop radio in their stores.

i mean, is a bicycle intimidating? to a three-year-old, possibly.

― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, May 4, 2016 10:59 PM

Bikes are usually intimidating the first time you try to ride one.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--13TFAQTi--/18ln3lx994ethjpg.jpg

https://www.chestergroup.org/stylusvinylshow/2016

there will be something for everyone no matter what their relationship with vinyl.
What's there for the 99.8% of people who don't give a shit about it?

popsicles

*998 people standing around eating Popsicles while 2 nerds go ape on the record bins*

99.8% is probably low.

TBF, if this show were designed that way, it would be called FREEZUS
And would probably have stood a better chance

your cynicism is refreshing and edgy

with my luck one of the members of death cab for cutie would send me a fugazi record. or the other way around.

― scott seward, Friday, 18 March 2016 16:16 (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This guy did Steady Diet of Nothing for April...

http://keepersrecordclub.com/img/artists/twwalsh_500.jpg

Steady Diet is a great and overlooked Fugazi record

#VNYL strikes again with a heinous video ad on my Facebook feed. "Only VNYL curates based on your Spotify. All you need is an invite" (ambiguous hand emoji) - say it ain't so, Glenn!

Woman in video is rapturously embracing a fresh #VNYL copy of something called Blue Neighbourhood, which Wikipedia tells me was released December 2015 but which this woman is referring to as "one of my favorite albums ever - they know me so well." "3 new vinyls per month" sez the caption. I was thinking maybe they'd run out of England Dan and John Ford Coley albums but now I think maybe they've changed the model? It's $39/month, up from $25 last year... did the local thrift stores all ban them? Are they now getting unwanted no-name releases on the cheap and shipping them back out in random combinations supposedly keyed to your Spotify listening?

Haha ffs. Vnyl def a top 3 scam itt

$40 per month! sorry, I mnth

mnth is what a mnt to sy

This just opened near where I'm living. https://vinylarecordstore.com.au/

Fucking hate the aesthetic

' vinyl. '

All new pressings. I guess they think that's a selling point.

holy shit at those prices. $45 for 2009 kraftwerk reissues?!

Aus $

VNYL four capital letters

oh okay. well that still seems high! but i guess the cost of importing must factor in.

My Aussie friends say imported vinyl is very high. Cost of shipping is extortionate so ordering direct isn't an option.

Not quite getting what this is, exactly, but it probably belongs here: http://repress.qrates.com

my Crosley died. well its not dead but it is playing slower and slower. yesterday i tried fixing it and got it working for w minute. was testing Led Zeppelin II cos "Whole Lotta Love" is in E. anyone the record player soon slowed down again, and was playing a whole tone flat, in D. opened it up and tried again and now it plays the song in C#!

so yeah i got to get a new record player. ive been to a million thrift and antique stores and it seems like the old ones are vanishing.a

get a philips 212. there's some on ebay and they sound ridiculously awesome for the price. i am literally in love with mine.

Adam have you checked out estatesales.net?

wow that site is amazing thanks