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wcmagumba

(3,605 posts) Sun Feb 2, 2025, 05:16 PM Feb 2

Decided to find my old turntable and hook it up to play my small vinyl collection from days gone by... [View all]

It is up and running and still sounds great, I found the needed external pre-amp box and plugged in to my Edifier powered speakers. Very happy to listen this way and glad I saved these albums. Checking prices online, a new album costs from $30 to $40 or more in 2025...Wow!

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Decided to find my old turntable and hook it up to play my small vinyl collection from days gone by... [View all] wcmagumba Feb 2 OP

I have recordings on vinyl that are out-of-print. no_hypocrisy Feb 2 #1

I found, while digitizing my music some years ago, that old cassettes dirty the tape heads excessively. rzemanfl Feb 2 #2

Too bad those CD-R's might only last 5 years. Shermann Feb 2 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Feb 2 #4

None have failed me so far, but they are all backed up. CD players are getting hard to find. rzemanfl Feb 2 #5

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