Me too.

Poundland are good for CDs as well as some charity shops. A couple near me do 3 for a £1 and even 5 for £1.

It's already been mentioned above, but thanks for the terribly condescending insight.

Couldn't disagree with your post more. And the revival of vinyl has its issues with people. It's not annoying newbies who buy their crossleys and preach how their vinyl sounds better through the 2 x 1w speakers. It's the bitter people that vinyl collecting isn't their thing anymore.

Digital recording is used because theoretically if it's done properly would be completely indistinguishable to the human ear (it's more HOW people produce, now that it's more flexible we have some production values that people dislike, loudness war, heavy compression etc). I understand, and to a point agree, about digital remastering being an unneccessary extra step for the classics. But for new albums recorded digitally, vinyl is still a perfectly acceptable way to listen to these albums. It's a lossless format, that supports the artist better than streaming or spotify. Sure you could just listen to it on a CD, and if you're buying CDs that's great also. But for me, even if its becoming fashionable means that new releases by some bands are becoming cheaper. I buy a lot of albums in the £17-£25 range because that's whats profitable to them - so every time an album is £10, if the bands still making their required money and its economies of scale playing its part, I'm more than happy with it! I'm even happier when that limited release of an album I bought 5 or 6 years ago when it was only just on the rise is now worth £60/70 because of these people!

Accept and embrace. Buy what you want and let other people buy theirs, there's no real need to preach about whether something is pointless or not. Some people may even hang it on their wall and never listen to it. Who cares? The artist still gets paid, vinyl keeps getting made and everyone, should, be happy.

Zzzzz...
Just let people listen to their music how they want to listen to it. It's more than just the format that's making vinyl popular again. It's nice walking into a record shop not knowing what gems you're going to find. To others it might be the kit! There's some stunning turntables/amps/speakers about now. Something you can take a bit of pride in as a collector.

Much more enjoyable than scrolling and clicking in my opinion but I can understand why it's not suitable for everyone. People like music for different reasons.

Evidence? Some of them no doubt are, but others won't be. And if you enjoy what you're listening to, and appreciate the experience (however the signal is sourced), it's not pointless at all.

Sometimes true, sometimes not. Some stuff is indeed just a vinyl printing of a digital master. Some stuff is absolutely not and has been mastered correctly. All that's required is research.

Agree this is also a great way to pick it up - so maybe worth posting places as these are dying out

That's not strictly true. Some of the new pressings are much better than the 2nd hand. Technology and quality has improved, you have to know which vinyl masterings and pressings are the best. Some of the latest pressings are much better than old, you just need to know what you're looking for :wink:

Do you have a link to The Band please? checked on Amazon and can't find it

Blimey, I don't think I have ever seen that John Grant LP for less that £20!

Agreed - amazon warehouse is completely useless - it's basically faulty goods they're still trying to shift. From vacuums to vinyl I've never had a single decent purchase from there and have stopped using.

Holy Bible is the same price...tempting

You don't have to understand why. This is a thread for people that ARE interested in it. It's the experience of it, not the convenience.

The above are all albums.

Anything below £10 for a new 12" vinyl album these days and I'd say you're doing pretty well. Most of the latest releases on vinyl range from £15 - £25.

Considering what brand new vinyl costs these days the prices are cheap. I looked up some of the albums i bought around 10 years back and they cost more today than they did when they were first released

I'd like to know where you can get decent second hand vinyl LPs for 2 quid. A few years ago you could pick them up cheap but now everyone's got wise with the vinyl revival and you'd be hard pushed to find much decent for less than a tenner. A lot of new pressings are at least 18 quid with many 25.

I'd buy a used Hifi from eBay. I recently picked up a Kenwood M97 from eBay for £100. A new needle and a cassette heads and it sounds as good as the day it was made in 1992. I've also added a Revo Axis 3 which brings it more up to date with bluetooth connection, iPod lightning dock. Dab, Dab + and internet radio. Which now costs £99.99 from Amazon, just connect it from the speaker output on the Revo and connect to the Hifi through the phono connections.

i've looked into it quite a lot the past couple of weeks. If you can stretch another £50 you can get the Pro-ject Debut Carbon (299) and Pro-ject Phone MM box (£60) from Sevenoaks Hifi. Alternatively the Rega Planar 1(248) with the Pro-ject MM box (60) or the Rega Phono preamp (80). There are a few deals around - even the NAD C556 (199) and Pro-ject should make a good deal.

Some of these are great prices, especially as some of them include the AutoRip, which means it gives you a digital copy too if you have the Amazon music player connected to your account.

great prices but is there any way to get around the extra delivery charge as a prime member?

I've recently been buying original Pink Floyd Vinyl for similar prices on eBay, I do prefer the analogue over reproduced digital.