It's so cool to see Vinyl coming back! I've also been enjoying the search and acquisition for both old and new records again. Saved about 300 albums from the 70's & 80's, and having a good time with the newly remastered (lots of marketing hype) "180 Gram" audiophile colored and black wax releases. It's AMAZING what you can spend on a turntable these days - - the manufacturers must be watching the pinball market $5k, $10k, $20k, and upwards of $100k!!! Beautiful machines out there to spin ~ $5 to $50 discs!
For me, as cool as the new tables are to look at, I love the "vintage" feel of the equipment from "my" era and have restored a humble Pioneer system that was nice in the 70's (except for the speakers which are new). It all sounds great and I like the exercise of getting up to flip the records and turn up/down the volume

Keeping it pinball, I hooked up a Bluetooth transmitter to the Tape Output of the receiver so I can listen to records in the game room! Gotta love modern technology (sometimes).

Keep 'em spinning and flipping out there guys!

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Yes, it's a Pioneer SX-1250 that's been re-capped. Sounds great and it does weigh a lot ~80lbs or so. Had to reinforce the cabinet that it's sitting in
The turntables are PL-630's. I really love the equipment from back then. Prices have gone thru the roof on ebay! Would LOVE an SX -1980, but can't part with $4k people are asking for them. Hell, that's more than half the cost of a new pin! Priorities you know

Landed on the doorstep today! The Art of Noise - Awesome sounding cool blue vinyl!

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Fun soundtrack from Ace Ventura, has some Jim Carrey movie speech tracks on each side after the last song. It's like a "mini" record that's about 15 seconds long. Cool looking vinyl too! Miami colors

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I have that album and it is fantastic! Sea Level was great! Shake a Leg Mama!

Just picked up a copy of that White Barons for the artwork. Great cover... music is "interesting"

What kind of cartridge is installed? Moving coil or moving magnet? If it's a moving coil, you typically need a preamp as they have a much lower output.
That being said, I have a Yamaha RX-A3010 and it does take a little extra volume with a Shure M97xE cartridge. Other receivers amplify it just fine, but the Yamaha has slightly lower gain. Looking at the specs...the Yamaha has a 3.5 mV sensitivity, and other receivers like old Pioneer's have a 2.5mV sensitivity so it produces more sound at the lower volume control levels.

Showing my age, but this new Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water master recording album sounds AMAZING! 2 X 45rpm LP's

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Then there's this one that sounds completely different if you're just listening to it or listening to it while looking at the cover. Hmmmm
And the white vinyl is pretty cool too.

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Been into soundtracks lately and have always been a Rick Wakeman fan, so I rolled the dice on this having never seen the movie "The Burning".
It's AWESOME! All the great synthesizer and keyboard playing you'd expect from him. Hit lucky 7's this time.

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The hot girl on the cover of the single was the girlfriend of The Knack's lead singer Doug Fieger.
Read about her here: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124397021

The Beatles Pinball..........I just got the 8-Ball Days A Week version! It's a keeper and I LOVE the stereo sound!

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Just came in today! Love this album!

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Just in today and chillin' with it tonight.....

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Anyone remember these guys?

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Received this today from a buddy in the UK, SO cool!

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Just received this in 180g blue vinyl... What a kick-ass album!

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Looking for a copy of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" but it has to be the version with the mountain on the cover as shown. Not a big fan of the movie, but the soundtrack is AMAZING! Prices people are asking are INSANE! Until it's either re-released on vinyl or I find one for a reasonable price... I'll just keep having Alexa stream it

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You're the only other guy I've ever seen with a Sigue Sigue Sputnik record! Good stuff!

Love the old Scott receiver! Classic equipment.

Latest additions! Fun!

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Not quite, mine's on the way now too

Just in today, pretty nice album and cool white vinyl!

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Hopefully not to racy for this topic, but the music is really pretty good and the inside cover is ummm, even more uncovered, so to speak.

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Anyone see the release notification of the 60th anniversary Limited Edition Turntable from Audio Technica? The AT-LP2022 - very cool looking!

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A fun little find The music.... eh, a little disco and jazzy sounding and it does have a track with the Playboy pinball sounds mixed in. It will probably end up in a record frame on the wall near the machine.

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Here's another find in the realm of pinball... The music is decent for a live recording, but the vocal mix is probably THE worst I've ever heard. Muffled and unintelligible. It actually hurt to give it an obligatory listen. lol It's all in the interest of picture frame art for the game room, and for this purpose the cover is pretty cool.

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New to the collection today! Great album!

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Seeing as it's James Bond season in the pinball world.... It's also good listening!

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Cool JAWS album! Goes for some serious coin!! $$$

Well, speaking from experience... if you like the album, you'll end up buying it again with the cover If it's just the inner sleeve, no big deal. You can buy those in packs of 10 or more. Depends on your level of OCD. lol

Got the AT-LP2022 and with the exception of it being full manual (used to auto return) I really like it. Sounds great, I love the look, and static due to it being acrylic really isn't a big deal maybe because I keep my humidity in the house at a reasonable level. Happy 3000 units made- -- GONE!

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An AMAZING live version of Hocus Pocus and lots of other great songs by Focus!

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Just a small tribute to a really big loss in the music world! RIP Jeff Beck, you will be missed.

Born:June 24, 1944,
Died:January 10, 2023

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Are those 10" reel to reel hub clamps holding up the record?

Let the celebration of Crosby's life and many musical contributions continue.....

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A new find totally by accident. Sounded A LOT like Genesis (Phil Collins), but turned out to be Marillion from 1987. Really like this album!

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Holy 180 Gram campy jazz soundtrack Batman! Fun, lots of character "call-outs" on this one.

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A little retro Jethro Tull this evening....

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Great album!

Going full Electronic tonight with some hard to find vinyl... Artist is "Opiuo" on an album called A Shape Of Sound - pretty cool if you like that sorta thing... and I do!

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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends! Ladies and Gentlemen......... Emerson, Lake, and Palmer!
One of my all time favorite bands!

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Besides the standard classics, I'm having a good time with soundtracks lately too. This one's pretty cool! Double album and lots of cool short tunes. On a side note, Rob Zombie's wife, Sheri Moon Zombie, is pretty cute!

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LOL, I haven't seen the movie but I listened to the soundtrack on Amazon Music and liked it, plus the vinyl looked cool. Probably will never watch the movie... especially now!

There's a reason it never made it into theaters I guess! The music (mostly) is pretty good tho, so I'm glad that's been my only investment! lol

I like all the Herb albums posted so far, so here's one of my favorites to add to the theme....and the rest in the collection.

Just finished adding all my albums into the Discogs database, makes it SO much easier to find what I have... what I might need, and what I can let go

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A stack O' vinyl showed up today. Pretty wide range of genres, but they all have their time and place.

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Back to the 80's tonight, might have to watch the movie after the album finishes Latest addition to the soundtrack collection.

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Def not alone! I just keep building more holders and moving the "less played" stuff to a different room. The box sets are total space killers!
Good thing is, records are smaller than pinball machines

Sounds amazing!

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Clytor, I have a Pioneer PL-630 (1976 vintage) and an Audio Technica AT-LP2022 (from 2022)

I have this box set as well! Cool to see I'm not alone

This cult classic soundtrack showed up today!

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Very nice system!

Oh Yea, I mean YES! Purchased new by me in the early 70's, still in pristine condition What a great album! (I wish I was still in such great shape!)

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Time to quiet down with a little Shelby Lynne. 200 Gram double album, 45 RPM analog recording - AMAZING music to demo/enjoy your system with too!

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Too bad you guys are so far away... I've been repairing stereo & TV equipment (and pinball machines) for a very long time! It's fun, especially the classic equipment from the 60's-80's!
Tough to get some of the semi's sometimes, but there's usually a way to MacGyver things back to life in a pinch.

Fun movies and an enjoyable soundtrack!

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Virginia! Near Dulles Airport

Just ordered this from the Century Media Store (lots of unusual vinyl: https://centurymedia.store) ... Streaming it now (it's all awesome but the 26+ minute version of Supper's Ready followed by Watcher of the Skies... DAMN!), can't wait to get the vinyl!

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and... pre-ordered the new Jethro Tull, coming in April.

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It's a Thursday evening or Friday "Eve" with Alan Parsons Really like this album.

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Ever go to the record store and come out with something you never thought you would? Today was one of those days at the CD Cellar in Falls Church, VA, and I'm pretty happy about it!

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Every once in a while, an LOL emoticon would be useful here. lol

A couple new additions showed up today: The Very Best of Supertramp - all the way from Spain (thanks Discogs), a double Disco album! Also, a classic in its own right, INXS -Kick!

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Best of Supertramp seems to only exist in Europe. Was lucky to find one in such great shape!

The choice was clear on this one!

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Another soundtrack on the doorstep today.. this one with a little classical vibe along with some Christmas cheer (in March)!

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Anyone heading to the TPF this weekend?
Looks like there's a cool record store right in Frisco for when you need a short break from all the pinball festivities!

ZT Records
8980 Preston Rd
Frisco, Texas 75034

Found this cool release of America's Greatest Hits on 180g white vinyl. Sounds amazing, really nice pressing.

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This was the first album I ever bought followed by ELP's Brain Salad Surgery... Still love 'em! Used to crank Won't Get Fooled Again so loud... oh the memories.

Chillin' out to the seductive voice of Lana Del Rey this evening. New album: Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.

Making it even smoother and more enjoyable is my new Audio-Technica AT-VM95SH cartridge (great bang for the buck). Love the performance of a Shibata stylus.

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Showing our age, or just good taste in music

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2 AWESOME new albums showed up today!

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Just saw this pre-release on lightintheattic.com: Gonna take a chance.

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For what it's worth and hopefully not more confusing... I've really been enjoying the Audio-Technica AT-VM95SH which has the Shibata stylus. I have a side by side setup with identical turntables.. One is using the Shure M97xE and the other is the Audio-Technica AT-VM95SH. My findings are more detail in the music and less surface noise from "less than perfect" records.

Anyway, have fun and enjoy your vinyl!

LOl, I got them too. Kinda fun but probably future record-frame wall art... or just to keep on deck when pinball friends come over to hang out and play.

Enjoying some Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. Unusual cover and really nice music.

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Been a while for me, but this showed up today and man, it sounds AMAZING. Analogue Productions produces one of the best pressings you'll ever hear IMO.
They certainly did the late, great Jeff Beck right!

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Love the classic Realistic receiver!

For sure get it fixed up. I just restored a HK 430 for a friend and he says it's his favorite receiver. Very warm sound. Not a ton of power, but that's not super important in most cases. Worth keeping and enjoying something that's been in your family as well! Have fun!

A tribute to yet another recent loss in the music world. RIP, Gary Wright - the Dream Weaver....

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Here's a great sounding album to check out the low end and generally overall performance of your system. Really cool music!

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This showed up today after a lengthy wait... More very relaxing and enjoyable music from Lana Del Rey!

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That's the KA-400 from 1980!! Kenwood made some really nice equipment!

Well Gov, sorry that's been your experience. I am quite happy with the copy I received as it's not noisy at all. I know first hand how one pressing to another can make a big difference, but I'm pleased this time around. I bought it from https://thesoundofvinyl.com in Sept. for $44.99 + ship and Discogs folks are asking 2x that now. Hang tight, they seem to re-release these "fairly" regularly. There are a few (between $59 and $69 ) on ebay - sealed blue/violet for what it's worth.

Picked up these little gems from Nick at Toad Hall Books and Records after seeing his post here. Very cool guy and lots of great selections in the online store @ ToadHallonline.com.
These albums are (besides the sexy covers) very nice recordings of classic jazz female vocalists - some very well known and others maybe not as much (at least by me). The likes of Marilyn Monroe, Lena Horne, Brigitte Bardot, Ginger Rogers, Julie London, Sophia Loren, and others are featured on these colored vinyl, 180g pressings. Very pleased and fast shipping too! Thanks Nick!

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That's a really cool pic!

This came in all the way from Japan today. An orchestral version the classic ELP album, Tarkus. It's amazing! The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra performing.

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I hadn't either before a couple of weeks ago. Stopped into a new audio store in the area (Alma Music & Audio - I think there's one in San Diego, CA too) and the guy threw this on in the listening room after I asked for ELP. Blew me away, so I went home and found it on Discogs.

Out of curiosity, I just listened to that on Amazon Music.. It's great! Bought one Thx Dragon!

If you're an ELP fan, you'll love this album. Early Keith Emerson.. even an early version of Rondo that ELP did as well. Really great!

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I went to CAF as well. What a great show. SO much vinyl to look thru and amazing equipment as well! Hope you had a good time. I brought home a "toy" I never thought I would. Can't wait to set up the new TT!

For sure, there were SO many great sounding rooms. I think my favorite sound was in the VPI Jefferson room where Acora had their VRC speakers set up. They are granite enclosures weighing about 450lbs each and just so clear and powerful (with a $200k price tag to boot). So many rooms, you get the equivalent of "nose blind" to sound, but that room stood out as memorable.

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Saw this on-line today and thought it was very clever! A record weight that doubles as a tonearm lift at the end of the record. A little pricey, but what isn't these days? Check out the video: https://www.mindpoprevolution.com/

Like Fulltilt, I use the record weight because they look cool, but I can't hear a difference with or without it. The weight mentioned above does two things: 1 - it "might" make records sound better, and 2 - it definitely lifts the arm off the record to prevent stylus wear if I happen to be out of the room when the record ends. Thinking about getting one vs. the trip wire devices ....

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Sunday night.... Live with Alan Parsons in the Netherlands.

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Yes Dragon, thank you! Really enjoying it.

New Lana showed up today. I really like her voice/music... super relaxing.

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It'll take a while to figure that out! I'm sure there will be some Genesis, Kansas, ELP, Pink Floyd to start.. Going to be a nasty, rainy day tomorrow, so a great time to look into it.

Today was a super day here in VA, and spent some time in a Barnes and Noble that just opened up. They have a great vinyl section and I managed to do some unexpected damage to the bank account. Here are a couple of the highly contrasting pulls from today's "spree"...

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This is such an awesome album / box set!

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Just hit the doorstep today.. The symphony orchestra adds a whole new dimension, and I like it!
Going to be turning up the volume tonight!!

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