Intro to Vinyl Records
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- kingsteven1
the reason you'll see people talking about big amps and big speaker cabinets is that they sound better... no ones suggesting that you need to play music loud...
a powerful amp will drive your speakers harder, transferring electricity in to lateral vibrations with greater accuracy... bigger speaker drivers/ cabinets will support lower frequencies negating the need for a subwoofer/ probably actually saving you a few complaints from your neighbours.
you can also pick really good 80s/ 90s/ 00s amp and speakers for £100 if you look around. The speakers are what you listen to... work back from there... if you don't have a good system, you may not even be able to tell if it's an mp3, so why would you bother with vinyl?
tbh. there's a multitude of reasons not to... with the vinyl industry being as it is (low quality pressings/ plants killing indies through prioritising major label's shitty £30 reissues of albums you can pick up in any charity shop/ a multitude of idiots digging for absolute trash and reselling preorders like they're the gatekeepers of discogs) we're all barely hanging on... i've been DJing for 20 years, my house is full of vinyl, expanding by about 20/month. I'm no audiophile... i have my dj turntables going through my studio monitors and 2 mid range hifi systems. i've sold almost all my vinyl twice but it's basically addiction (or cerimonial significance to listening like rolling cigarettes is to smoking) DON'T START!!!
- Many good points here. But yeah, it's a stupidly expensive hobby, so if you're gonna do it...DRIFTMONKEY
- spend the money to justify it so you can actually hear what you're paying for.DRIFTMONKEY