Chuck

Well, I don't know if this is the right way or not but I just look at the LP to see if it has any scratch marks on it and I just turn them down unless they are very light, I have LP's that do have some very light scratches but you can not hear them during playback, these I do not worry over but I have two needles an old one that is still good and ALL used vinyl gets played with it first just to check the true condition of the LP If it sounds ok with the old needle then the next time it is played it will be with the new needle, of course they are always cleaned first before even going near the turntable and if I have one that I like but does not pass the listening test because of a scratch or anything else that is audible then I will send it thru a ADC converter and then clean it up with Audacity and then I will have a good file of it on my hard drive then the LP will find it's way to goodwill or the trash

Went to the Vinyl Store today and scored seventeen LP's for less than Fourteen Dollars including taxes I brought this one just for the cover, turned out to be pretty good

If you like Blues Rock & Guitar Rock give this site a try http://www.grooveyardrecords.com/ They even have a Radio Station thats runs 24 hours a day playing some great stuff and you can open it in your Media Player I think you will like it, I know I do

Phutureprimitive

This is absolutely right and the main reason some think vinyl has a better sound when the spec's show different, even thou I enjoy vinyl also, I think that a lot of the so called vinyl is "better" talk is caused by the placebo effect of many audio enthusiast actually believing this is true and it is repeated so much on the web and in other circles, but in any case everyone has the right to their own opinion and it really doesn't matter in the long run, as long as you enjoy the music and it brings pleasure to you

Thanks for the clips, now I can go to buying more music Here is a place I buy a lot of tunes from that is very cheap and they also offer flac files "melodishop.com" Sadly they don't offer HD files but for the price you can get at least CD quality

How come no one is putting clips on anymore? I used to listen to the clips and then decide if I wanted to buy the music, got a lot of new music this way which I would had never found if it wasn't for the clips

I think it sounds pretty good, putting my M-1.5t and Cerwin Vega speakers to the test and they are having no problems, matter of fact I think it wants to be cranked more, I just think the police will show up, oh and you don't have to be young to enjoy, I'm 62

Well, I'm not convinced vinyl is making a comeback, maybe people are buying more of it now than lets say ten years ago but that is a far cry from a comeback and it is far from having the sonic characteristics of a well mastered CD or Digital file It is true I like the "packaging" that LP's come in better but the median "Digital" has far superior sonic details and characteristics, that's my thought on it and I have been around thru the years and have heard vinyl and digital

I'll take the old fashion kind

I don't know, my experience is completely different, never had a CD go bad on me, now I have seen some bad CD's but that is because people didn't take care of them same with LP's I never use Media in cars anymore, I just copy music to a USB stick and use it in the car, no problems with CD skip or laying all over the floorboards and sounds great

I use a copy of "Rush Exit Stage Left" Flac file at 96.0 kHz 24-bit