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I’ve been wanting to play my grand mother’s vynil collection for some time. Are modern turntables reliable? Or is a vintage one preferred?
by ncpa-cpl 4y ago
I’ve been wanting to play my grand mother’s vynil collection for some time.
Are modern turntables reliable? Or is a vintage one preferred?
- ace2358 4y agoWhy would modern ones not be reliable? They’re fantastic! Having said that, for your old vinyl collection, you will find the quality of the player mostly irrelevant. The age of those vinyls will make them sound like a 32kbits/s mp3 file! Have fun and good luck!
- unfocused 4y agoAgreed. I've now realized some of these old records are just not salvageable. So many scratches :(
- unfocused 4y agoModern ones are reliable. However, I only went with an older "vintage" one as it came up on Kjiji for a good price, and I could resell it once I was done. I don't plan on listening to Vinyl forever. We are now so used to digital music and asking Alexa to play playlists and songs and radio stations is soooo convenient. Btw, the Dual 1009, which is from 1964-66, maintains the speed REALLY well. I also have an Onkyo CP-1200A (got for free, someone put in the garbage), and the Dual was actually better at maintaining the speed! You can download an app on your phone to measure the accuracy of your record player.
- mark-r 4y agoI have a special test record that has sine waves recorded on it, just for testing the quality of your turntable.
- vel0city 4y agoModern good ones are great and reliable, but there is a lot of cheap trash out there.