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Post by simmo70 on Feb 3, 2012 13:04:32 GMT
As a sort of local, have you ever come across (arf) the reggae shop just off Croydon High St. Marvellous, that is, especially when they put their speakers out on the pavement... makes Croydon almost seem bearable.[/quote]
no I haven't..what's it called?
There is a great record shop on the corner of Broadwick and Wardour St in Soho used cost me a fortune.
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Post by THE BEAST on Feb 3, 2012 14:15:36 GMT
ooh excellent...thinking of dipping my toe back into the vinyl. what is a good not too expensive set up for someone who doesn't need or intend to a nerd about things, just play some records an' that and have an excuse to rummage through charity shop record bins again. What do you mean by "set up"? Do you need everything or would you just want the turntable to plug into your current system? Not trying to be nerdy, just don't know how to answer if you want everything listed or if you have something that can take a turntable already and you just need to add this bit?
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Feb 3, 2012 14:50:10 GMT
As a sort of local, have you ever come across (arf) the reggae shop just off Croydon High St. Marvellous, that is, especially when they put their speakers out on the pavement... makes Croydon almost seem bearable. no I haven't..what's it called? There is a great record shop on the corner of Broadwick and Wardour St in Soho used cost me a fortune.[/quote] www.reggaemasters.co.uk/"...it's down the alley that plays reggae music" back to your original question: if you're not a nerd (or Crash )assuming you have an AV in available on your music-delivery-system of choice, I'd start by buying a generic 2nd-hand turntable from your local 2nd-hand electric store (tenner'd probably do it) and wait til you've got enough records/money to justify spending some money.
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Post by simmo70 on Feb 3, 2012 15:18:00 GMT
No fair question...I have nothing at the moment. I have a theatre surround thingy for the TV, and some good speakers for my laptop, but they are not any good for anything else.
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Feb 3, 2012 15:26:24 GMT
No fair question...I have nothing at the moment. I have a theatre surround thingy for the TV, and some good speakers for my laptop, but they are not any good for anything else. ahh...that's a bit trickier then.
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Post by lostboy on Feb 3, 2012 15:30:56 GMT
No fair question...I have nothing at the moment. I have a theatre surround thingy for the TV, and some good speakers for my laptop, but they are not any good for anything else. Does the surround sound bridge to stereo? Do you have a decent set of "front" speakers on the surround or just the usual package ones? There's probably an aux input to the amplifier that you could plug a turntable into but you really wouldn't want to unless you can answer "yes" to the two questions above. Some good quality "bookshelf" speakers could be picked up relatively cheaply and run as the front speakers for the theatre as well. It's the stereo bridging that is the big deal, if the amp does it then great, if it doesn't then think about binning it and getting another.
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Post by shirleymush on Feb 3, 2012 15:33:46 GMT
My fecking turntable has been at the menders waiting for a part for the best part of a fecking month now. then they need a good kicking, no excuses for this kind of thing ! hi-fi should never wait I have about twenty brand new records I haven't even played. I reckon fecking Richer Sounds are just stringing me along in the hope that I cave in and buy a new one. wasters.
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Post by costa on Feb 3, 2012 15:36:15 GMT
ooh excellent...thinking of dipping my toe back into the vinyl. what is a good not too expensive set up for someone who doesn't need or intend to a nerd about things, just play some records an' that and have an excuse to rummage through charity shop record bins again. Do it, get more vinyl. I wish there were more shops in Southampton that sold vinyl. At the moment there is the Oxfam Record shop, plus about 3 records in HMV and that's it. I want to work in a record shop, a proper one. Selling vinyl mail order is probably the closest I'll get though. You should move to San Francisco - they have about 50 record shops but everyone there will tell you that 10 years ago there was a record shop on every street. Amoeba records is so big it's ridiculous.
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Post by shirleymush on Feb 3, 2012 15:38:36 GMT
Do it, get more vinyl. I wish there were more shops in Southampton that sold vinyl. At the moment there is the Oxfam Record shop, plus about 3 records in HMV and that's it. I want to work in a record shop, a proper one. Selling vinyl mail order is probably the closest I'll get though. Amoeba records is so big it's ridiculous. It should really change it's name then.
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Post by simmo70 on Feb 3, 2012 16:06:28 GMT
As a sort of local, have you ever come across (arf) the reggae shop just off Croydon High St. Marvellous, that is, especially when they put their speakers out on the pavement... makes Croydon almost seem bearable. no I haven't..what's it called? There is a great record shop on the corner of Broadwick and Wardour St in Soho used cost me a fortune. www.reggaemasters.co.uk/"...it's down the alley that plays reggae music" back to your original question: if you're not a nerd (or Crash )assuming you have an AV in available on your music-delivery-system of choice, I'd start by buying a generic 2nd-hand turntable from your local 2nd-hand electric store (tenner'd probably do it) and wait til you've got enough records/money to justify spending some money.[/quote]
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Post by OneBeat on Feb 3, 2012 16:10:37 GMT
Do it, get more vinyl. I wish there were more shops in Southampton that sold vinyl. At the moment there is the Oxfam Record shop, plus about 3 records in HMV and that's it. I want to work in a record shop, a proper one. Selling vinyl mail order is probably the closest I'll get though. You should move to San Francisco - they have about 50 record shops but everyone there will tell you that 10 years ago there was a record shop on every street. Amoeba records is so big it's ridiculous. The best record shop I've ever been in was in San Francisco. Sadly Epicenter Zone has closed now. Generations Records in New York is cool too.
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Post by OneBeat on Feb 3, 2012 16:11:09 GMT
I'm listening to a record right now. I bloody love listening to records.
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Post by simmo70 on Feb 3, 2012 16:28:42 GMT
no I haven't..what's it called? There is a great record shop on the corner of Broadwick and Wardour St in Soho used cost me a fortune. www.reggaemasters.co.uk/"...it's down the alley that plays reggae music" back to your original question: if you're not a nerd (or Crash )assuming you have an AV in available on your music-delivery-system of choice, I'd start by buying a generic 2nd-hand turntable from your local 2nd-hand electric store (tenner'd probably do it) and wait til you've got enough records/money to justify spending some money. [/quote] weird i didn't say that?
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Feb 3, 2012 17:28:59 GMT
www.reggaemasters.co.uk/"...it's down the alley that plays reggae music" back to your original question: if you're not a nerd (or Crash )assuming you have an AV in available on your music-delivery-system of choice, I'd start by buying a generic 2nd-hand turntable from your local 2nd-hand electric store (tenner'd probably do it) and wait til you've got enough records/money to justify spending some money. weird i didn't say that?[/quote] maybe it's Pat's PC's fault
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Post by THE BEAST on Feb 3, 2012 17:42:45 GMT
No fair question...I have nothing at the moment. I have a theatre surround thingy for the TV, and some good speakers for my laptop, but they are not any good for anything else. Pick up an old second-hand amplifier with a phono stage for the record deck, a good pair of second-hand speakers from about 10 years ago (I say this because you can get some real quality second-hand stuff that cost a fortune at the time and it's real cheap now if it's that old) and a brand-new Rega RP1 for £230 it's a bloody BRILLIANT turntable (and cartridge) for the money, best by far around that price range. You might even be able to get it cheaper somewhere? That will do you, you can just feed your blue ray audio out into the AMP to play CDs, that will probably work quite well and if you speak to me nicely I'll give you something you can plug your iPod into which will also go into an amplifier input so you can use that for a player as well. Might cost you 500 quid but it will do you for a few years and probably sound excellent Most definitely non nerdy help always offered if requested ;D
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