I left a marriage of 25 years, literally with only the clothes on my back and what was in my work bag for the day, of importance my mojo & poly and my headphones. I lost everything else I had collected and put together over a few decades. Everything.
The last four years I have slowly put a system back together. My next step, once I’m in a place of my own (caring for my elderly mother now in her place for now) I will be rebuilding my vinyl collection.
Will definitely be keeping a close eye on this thread and will be coming to you lads and lasses to help me decide on my first 10 purchases once ready.
Modern and same range for continuity.
Need shorter bolts though.
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AceRimmer
(Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!)
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I have a completely seperate AT cart in a headshell with mono stylus ready to go and aligned etc, so its relatively quick swap and reset of vtf and good to go.
But most of time I just cant be bothered to change it…lol
Yes mines the same weight etc so it is also just a case of swapping the head shell on the sme. I tend to listen to a few albums at a time so it’s not a bad investment.
Bill_Janssen
(Wigwam wool socks now on asymmetrical isolation feet!)
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Happy to have finally obtained a vinyl copy, first edition, of “The Union”, the great Richard Bales cantata of music (and spoken poetry – Raymond Massey reading the Gettysburg address) from the US Civil War.
It will join my vinyl copy of “The Confederacy” on my shelves.
The pair was also issued on CD, and I have those, but the booklets in the vinyl edition are much better. Sonically, it’s an excellent mono recording.
Exactly my newly acquired attitude. In my case, about 400-500 favorite LPs should do it.
My goal is to put streaming (with the exception of finding new stuff or stuff I don’t have on vinyl) and digital, with all it’s anal retentive technocrat minutia, in the rear view mirror.
I hadn’t done anything. It was just a toxic relationship with the lovely addition of occasional domestic violence coming my way just for good measure. Women, eh? Can’t live with 'em, can’t set fire to 'em. (before anyone gets upset, that was a joke!)
I tried to end it as amicably and gently as I could, but, well, you can’t predict the reaction of someone who is irrational.
I had some beautiful pressings too
Anyhoo… Changing back onto happier subjects: Somebody mentioned boxsets and I reckon my Queen Studio Collection is my favourite (Queen – Studio Collection (2015, 180 Gram, Box Set) - Discogs). Remastered by legend Bob Ludwig, half-speed lacquer cutting at Abbey Road by Miles Showell. The book that came with it is wonderful; a few pages on each album with anecdotes, facts and intimate studio session photographs too.
