I'm going vinyl shopping in Chicago. Any recommendations?

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

I have an ipod, but for home listening enjoyment my vinyl system kicks ass. I'm one of those dorks, don't even ask. Just tell me if you have any favorites.

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vinyl rules.period.there are sounds on vinyl that cannot be digitized.vinyl is making a comeback.lots more companies making turntables again.

Where oh where did I put the keys to my Gremlin... AH! I know. I must have left them in my Pacer.

(J/K)

Hey...I've recently done the vinyl revival thing too!

Bought a turntable off of eBay to put in my studio so I could make recordings off my massive vinyl collection...I used to be a DJ when I was younger!

Turns out, I never get around to recording. Instead, I just sit back, throw on a favorite album and enjoy!

Forgot how relaxing that used to be, and you could study the album graphics while you listened! Now that's a lost art!

I could spend hours looking over a Boston or ELO album jacket! Can't do that with CD jewel cases these days!

Every so often I demonstrate what vinyl was like to my clueless daughter and her friends...I even play some of those tracks that have the hidden messages that you can decode if you play them in reverse...my favorite is ELO "Fire On High".

I don't know if there is a Half Price Books store in Chicago, but the ones here have a super collection of vinyl...my wife and I spent a lazy Friday evening going through their collection!

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2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Boy I should post a list of my collection.

Probably 500+.

Mine I know are in good shape.

A couple of houndred from my buddy, he was gonna toss them.

Let me know what you are looking for.

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I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

I'm listening to Cream Live at the Fillmore. Eric is sounding fine on Spoonful. My original silver cover copy of Wheels of Fire was purchased new in 1968 at the Western Auto store in Asheboro, NC of all places.

I'm listening to it on my Merrill Heirloom turntable that George Merrill himself built for me in 1989 or 90. The turntable is sitting on a Lead Balloon stand.

Sweet!

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I still have my AR 90 manual belt drive turntable from EJ Korvettes on Shore Parkway in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. ( now a Toys R Us...????) YO!

Nice Vinyl / A few Favorites ....
Double Dead ie: Skulln Roses - ( you can still find seed remnants in the center fold.)
Rolling Stones- Get Yer Ya Ya'a Out !!
Joe Cocker; z Mad Dogs z Englishmen & Joe Cocker.
Bob Dylan; Bringin It All Back Home
Jimi Hendrix & Otis Redding Live At the Monterey Pop Festival.....(Try A Little Tendernessssssss yeaa yea,,,)
The WHO Live At Leeds ....
The DOORS Waiting For The Sun
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'81 280SEL

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81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

Yep album art is definitely one of the reasons I like vinyl. Not looking for anything in particular, just whatever catches my eye and memory, well, actually 70's rock.

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I have a Jimi Hendrix LP I bought at a flea market or something like that years ago called 20 Golden Pieces. It was recorded in some dive pub in England and is all blues standards. You can hear people murmuring and glasses clinking in the background. Poor fidelity overall but a great experience. Reading this thread makes me want to get out the old Yamaha turntable and show the teenagers what it's all about. I already introduced them to the sound of a 78 bakelite platter on a wind-up Strand phonograph. They thought it was pretty cool until I told them in those days you had to interrupt the making out every 3 minutes to change the platter.

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1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".

add these........


YES FRAGILE

The BEATLES - Sgt. Peppers
The WHITE ALBUM
ABBEY ROAD

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

Lynyrd Skynyrd/Street Survivors. Their last album. After the plane crash the album cover was changed. The original showed the band surrounded by fire. The "edited" version used the same picture, but without the flames. Great record.

I scored a Easy Rider soundtrack LP a couple of years ago at the fleamarket, man, it's sweet, with lines from the movie dubbed into the record.

I wish I could fix the problem with my turntable, it loses the left channel when I tray to playback in stereo. When I use the mono button on the receiver, the left channel comes back, but not quite as strong as the right. This only happens when using the turntable, the tape deck, and radio work fine. It's a late '70s Yamaha CR-320 tuner, with a Dual 621 turntable, and some old Bang & Olufsen speakers.

I have an old Technics record player with a counter balance weight and speed control. It sounds richer then a CD on some LPs on others not so much. You have to have a slab foundation or it will jump. I also have and use a Philips reel to reel and it sounds better then both.

My favorite album to play is Led Zepplin IV and the best of the Eagles on R2R its Clapton and Steel Pulse.