Which one of you memed me into this shit? You can have the best turntable and cartridge and it is still a slot machine how the album will sound, because there were no standards back then. You also told me it would get art hoes but it gives most girls the ick because it's old.
>even CDs sound better

You wouldn't understand if you didn't grow up with record players in your house and classrooms. It's real OG shit, not something you get into cause you think it will get you arte noir pussy.

Especially 180g

>>127141382 (OP)
I never payed more than 5 bucks for a vinyl, I had tapes,cd's and vinyl during my lifetime, CD is the best physical format, the rest is nostalgia and enjoying collecting things like you might like collecting cards or whatever

>>127141712
>things like you might like
things that you might like

>>127141382 (OP)
You collect vinyl for the album covers and to look cool, not for listening

>>127141382 (OP)
They only sound good if it's played on a technics 1200 turntable and you need two of them and a pioneer mixer

>>127141382 (OP)
Kinda sucks as a way to listen to music. I only collect vinyl because it forced me to listen and appreciate the album and not a part of one song that I would just skip to when i'm on spotify.

>>127141382 (OP)
Spotify is right there if you want it bro

I have a pretty mid setup, but with some albums I have life changing 3d sound stages.

Thats now the fun part, what albums are going to be hidden audiophile presses.

Like I just got the first reissue of Ride the lightning and it's fucking amazing. Not quite as good sound separation as some others, but the best sounding metal record I've found so far.

The sound quality is there if you can afford it and want to dig.

>>127141382 (OP)
Skill issue.

>>127143344
This man. I got an average set up but grabbed early an early bathory release, under the sign of the black mark.

It was like I'd never heard the album before.

All the cd rips, spotify, remasters etc are all victims of the loudness wars. I didn't know there was actually a bass guitar on the original, now I do.

>>127141382 (OP)
Not only CDs sound better but also occupy less space and are less fragile
Imagine collecting vinyl instead of CDs lmao

>>127141382 (OP)
>Laptop covering the heat vents on the amp

>>127143387
I agree, this is the best part about getting albums I've heard 100 times before on vinyl, you can hear new elements

>>127141382 (OP)
Nigga has a McIntosh integrated amp running a fucking 2m red cart

>>127144046
>Less fragile
Now I know you're trolling

>>127144046
>less fragile
if they're in the hard cases and not the gay little sleeves, sure.
cds are mainly better because they're cheaper and enable you to rip the files

>>127149079
>>127149277
Vinyl is more affected by humidity, dust and heap, warping much more easily
It also literally self-destructs just by being played

Digital is cool but somebody has to rip and upload all that old obscure stuff for you to get it on your computer and phone.

>>127149477
>It also literally self-destructs just by being played
Not true, by the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZOj-eO8Mvw

>>127141657
the really thin records sound better because they accumulate less static electricity. the 180g memes are just dust magnets.

>>127144046
storing CDs honestly sucks. the cases are ugly so you dont want to keep them visible and there's no efficient storage solutions for them.

>>127149891
Jewel cases are better looking than gay huge cardboard sleeves

>>127150033
Meant for >>127149942

>>127150033
They invented the digipak out of vinyl packaging envy and it has since taken over the world of CDs

>>127150033
CD cases suck ass, you even look at them funny or try to take the booklet out more than 2 times and the plastic cracks

>>127150731
Must suck being this retarded

Music is a huge scam, like being born in this world. Eventually you grow up and realize this. No depression just truth.

Cassettes are way worse.

sometimes a cool cassette hits harder than both records and a shitty cd

>>127152276
A tape played on a stable, home hifi deck with dolby NR of some kind sounds nice. Most premature conclusions about the fidelity of tapes are based on experiences with shitty portables and car stereo decks

It's to look aristocratic you retard.
You're high class if you collect vinyl.

>>127149891
you don't know what you're talking about at all, or you're trolling

>>127143387
>>127143344
Any recommendations for a turntable and speakers?

>>127157281
I can just tell you what I got. I'm by no means an expert on hifi equipment.

I bought a Uturn orbit special (buy something that has a queue arm) with a 2m blue needle.
Have thst running through a Yamaha receiver that's part of my home theater setup and happened to have a phono jack.
And my speakers are svs towers.

It's good enough that I get good sound separation on most albums and I have a handful that sound absolutely amazing. I can't wait to eventually upgrade, but I'm not sure where the law of diminishing returns starts to take affect.

I would say if you already have a good receiver and speakers buy a Technics and the best needle that you can afford.

But I would be interested in what other people recommend.

>>127141382 (OP)
>>even CDs sound better
A correctly mastered CD listened to at safe volume already exceeds the limits of human hearing.