PDubyah: Rediscovering the Vinyl Records- the other bit

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Rediscovering the Vinyl Records- the other bit

I gave up pretending to think about it and as my son seems to have discovered music as a hobby on the way to be a DJ, and I'm not about to be left out of a thing, I dove straight in.

I brought, and this is where you suck air between your teeth in that way, a Pro-Ject RPM 1.3 Genie turntable. Harvey Norman and it's drones gave me a hundy off he sticker price. I got a turntable and mucho love, no idea what they got.

And at this point I have to acknowledge that I brought this with the ill gotten gains from the family estate that you can read about elsewhere hereabouts. Mother would cuddle me, and I'm going to tear up a bit each time, sometimes, that I get the LP record on.

That aside.... fcuck I'm immediately in love, a lot, in many ways, a lot, love....

this is a clever piece of kit, for what it is, an it looks great, MrsPdubyah though it looked worthy and worthwhile, the Valve Amp not so much, scroll to the bottom for more on that.

I have some new vinyl LP records that need playing and at least one of them they are good, because I'm listening to it now and on the enjoyment level is very high.

I'd be shopping for more LP's now online except I want to scurry home with them, and it's like the first flush of love. It's such a conflicted thing, over whelmed and under-monied.

The other side of the coin........The Fatman iTube Valve amp, MrsPhil says a resounding no to this, mostly because she just says no. However side by side she conceeds that they pass muster. The Fatman Itube Valve Amp I think is a great piece of kit, and MrsPhil really isn't down with it. Aesthetically it does not please her. Never has, never will

So I have to tidy some cables, buy some flowers, invest in some new Vinyl records and some cleaning agents and cloths for the ones in the garage and I'm otherwise engaged for upto 30 minutes a side of music.

Bring on the weekend, whence I shall be cracking out the Police, Pink Floyd, David Bowie and a few others for my own entertainment.