does anybody still have any vinyl records and if so how many

had a few that got for free from a local record store. makes for great decorations

I've got about 100 lps left and just bought 20 shellacs for my two RCA Victrolas

I own about 4500 LP's mostly rock and jazz, but some classical as well.

I have a record cleaning machine where I use liquid enzymes to completely cover the grooves, scrub them, then the machine vacuums all the dirt and liquid away.

The LP's come out perfectly with almost no pops and ticks.

I buy lots of used vinyl, so cleaning is absolutely necessary.

A clean LP also doesn't wear out, since the dust can act like sandpaper and wear down the grooves.

My turntable, arm and cartridge costs (retail - not what I paid) well over $15,000 US

When I play an LP with a decent recording it sounds truly live, or like you are listening to the master tape.

I have some very good quality digital playback gear (separate D/A), but the sound quality isn't even close to good old LP's.

I wish everyone could hear what LP's truly sound like, when cleaned and played back properly. A good turntable doesn't need to cost what I have spent, but don't expect a $200 technics to allow you to hear all the information actually contained in the groove. I have read interviews with mastering engineers, who have said properly made LP's can sound almost identical to the master tape, and another who stated that direct to disc LP's (where there is no audio tape involved) sound better than a master tape. Meaning the LP groove sounds better than a professional master tape deck, at least in his opinion.

Digital recording can sound better on vinyl as well, since the high resolution master tape is used to make the LP, while the CD is downconverted to a much lower sample rate.

I would guess that I have somewhere between 200 and 300 LPs. My last purchase was in 1988.

I have only one album in both CD and LP formats: Parallel Lines by Blondie, which was my favorite album when I was at university in the 80s.

Here in North America there is a resurgence in anologue disk media "Vinyl". Seems to me that if you own a turntable, you're considered cool!

My stereo system is kinda weird: A mixture of high-end Analogue and Digital source gear, running through tube (triode/pentode valves) pre-amp and power amp. My analogue source is a Thorens turntable.

Reason for this weird mixture is that all my acid rock / dinosaur rock is on vinyl, and my Jazz collection is on digital...

-- Rebel

Got about 200 that I regularly play.

I have a few that haven't come out of the shrink wrap, too. As a former radio DJ, this stuff still sounds the best!

BC83- do you have any white label DJ promo pressings?

I have a few and They sound really good - sometimes better than a regular pressing.

i get a lot for free at the local music store. they give them out randomly sometimes