The CD versus Vinyl debate contains so much BS, it's like Brexit trying to figure what's best between the options.

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/29-does-vinyl-really-sound-better/

Vinyl generally is an inaccurate representation of the source material, due to the biology of hearing this can sound better to us than more accurate representations.

The whole Audiophile thing is huge BS as well. The Audiophile scene is cluttered with such pseudo scientific nonsense, it makes the whole subject a joke.

http://goodmath.scientopia.org/2011/12/30/audiophiles-and-the-need-to-be-special/

I've actually got mates that have spent £20K-£100K on their audio systems, and they swear they can tell the difference, but when you go see them audition their latest gear, you can see them struggling to find a difference. "See, hear that. The trombone it sounds, well I dunno, more warm" No mate that difference you can hear is called b*ll*ks to justify how much you've spent. If you'd kept the same system and then changed a part and did a blind audition you wouldn't be able to point out a difference.

They change the tone arm, phono cartridge, they buy sound filters, stabilising platforms, they buy crazy priced cables, they're obsessed to the point of stupidity. They custom make monoblocs. I tell them would you actually just sit down and blind test your gear and I'll swap out components, nope not allowed to touch their gear, it cost too much. Reality is their fear, they're scared they won't be able to tell the difference, that their insane hobby that cost them so much time and money is in reality just a fallacy.

Really depends what you want to use it for. I have something similar from an Amazon lightning deal a while back. My vinyl "collection" is random stuff from bargain basements. I'm not someone who can sit and listen to music as a thing to do, for me, music is something that hums in the background to make the time pass faster while doing other things (work, driving, tasks around the house etc.). It would be a waste to spend money on a big-name turntable and speakers because I honestly wouldn't notice the difference (most of the music that gets played in this house is off youtube, if that's an indication). Something cheap and easy like this is perfect to mess around with every so often and enjoy the manual nature of putting a record on - usually about 3 days later I realize I should probably take it off, too.

cheap rubbish that will make your records sound as poor as they did in the 80's. if he really wants a turntable but him a cheap Project or Rega. It's because of our quality turntables that people got suckered by the myth that cd was better.

Just no, it will damage your records, sound crap and end up never used. Much better to buy second hand! Then it will already be set up for you or spend a bit more on the cheaper Project ones

Qualitat, or buy him something he really wants.

cheap rubbish that will make your records sound as poor as they did in the 80's. if he really wants a turntable but him a cheap Project or Rega. It's because of our quality turntables that people got suckered by the myth that cd was better.

that should be "poor" quality.

Moving over to vinyl from CDs? Why not heighten that drop in sound quality still further with the Aldi Dansette? One born every minute. :smile:

Really depends what you want to use it for. I have something similar from an Amazon lightning deal a while back. My vinyl "collection" is random stuff from bargain basements. I'm not someone who can sit and listen to music as a thing to do, for me, music is something that hums in the background to make the time pass faster while doing other things (work, driving, tasks around the house etc.). It would be a waste to spend money on a big-name turntable and speakers because I honestly wouldn't notice the difference (most of the music that gets played in this house is off youtube, if that's an indication). Something cheap and easy like this is perfect to mess around with every so often and enjoy the manual nature of putting a record on - usually about 3 days later I realize I should probably take it off, too.

Please don't, unless it's for display only. These cheap TTs damage records, sound awful and end up putting people off the whole experience. Yes, you might have to spend 10x this as a starting point but there are also plenty of 2nd hand TTs in good condition with a decent enough cartridge on that will get people back into playing their old records with more of a chance of being impressed.

Nice, why not. Have some heat :sunglasses: