>Well, unlike the other person who replied to this thread, I can afford a
quoted 5 lines turntable...I simply don't want one. Not that I feel as though I have to>turntable...I simply don't want one. Not that I feel as though I have to
>justify myself, but I got really tired of taping the really good things (of
>which there were a lot) from vinyl just so I could listen to it in my car
>and for my walkman. It just became too much of an effort and I don't have
>that much time anymore.
If you don't have the time that's understandable. What's cool now though,
is that you can put your vinyl not available on CD and burn it on a CD very
easily. There are programs that even clean up the sound for you and take
out surface noise and pops with the click of a button. Adaptec EZ CD 3.0
has it built into the program expressly for the purpose of transferring
vinyl to CD. TDK blank CD's are $3.50 each now-about as cheap as a tape!
There is so much great music that is not available on CD and may never be.
Not just new IDM 12"s but thousands of older independent releases and some
just plain weird and wonderful records that were vinyl only and will likely
stay that way. I have hundreds of great records that I would be missing out
on without a turntable. A turntable is an absolute must for me. Btw I have
an SL1200-MKII and I'm not a DJ. It's a nice table.
As for degradation of sound on vinyl records, I have records that are 20-30
years old and sound great. CD's may not last this long. We'll see I
guess.... =)