Buy a TT -- get all the classical records you want for $0.50 each

Posted by Darryl (A) on November 15, 2002 at 05:22:04

In Reply to: Thanks for the advice but it costs money to audition music posted by Frank Hardly on November 14, 2002 at 18:11:13:

Frank,

You may not want to hear this, but if you like classical music you should buy a turntable.

For now I will forget about the whole vinyl vs. CD debate. Not even gonna bring it up.

But with a TT, now you can fill a wheelbarrow with vinyl records for the same price that you pay for a single compact disc. You never have to worry about about buying a record and then not liking it because you've only paid $0.50 (CDN $0.75) for it.

If you liked jazz, I would be less likely to advise you to buy a TT because jazz records are relatively harder to find and much more expensive.

But in my experience there is a mountain of used classical vinyl out there and most of it is in mint condition. People who played classical records tended to take better care of their record collection than, say, people with Grateful Dead records. Moreover, it seems like people bought a lot of boxed sets and never even opened them! Just last night I was playing some wonderful Schumann piano music by Peter Frankl on Vox; 4 LPs, never played, paid USD $2 for it. No tics, no pops. I'd have to pay at least $20 and maybe as much as $30 to get the same music on CD.

If you like opera it's even better. Tons of boxed sets out there, mostly unplayed.

I bought a turntable three years ago and it has helped open up a whole new world of music that I would not have bought before because I didn't want to pay USD $12-$19 for a single CD. And if a record is in good shape, there is nothing to worry about with tics and pops.

Anyway, sorry for the unsolicited advise.

Oh, you said you wanted a guide -- if you buy a TT, just to find an old Penguin guide from the late 1970s or early 1980s.

Good luck,
Darryl

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Thanks for the advice but it costs money to audition music - Frank Hardly 18:11:13 11/14/02 (6)

Buy a TT -- get all the classical records you want for $0.50 each - Darryl 05:22:04 11/15/02 (0)

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