jimmy boo Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I've recently inherited my grandpas original 1974 Linn LP12. Got loads of vinyl in the loft - mostly 12" 45's though but the Linn only plays 33. Think I need an adapter of some sort to play them Well done! Mine is the same and I had to buy a small adaptor which fits over the belt drive spindle thing (can't post a picture cos i'm hopeless) Has it had any of the updates done since new? One of the later ones was to the power supply and motor which made the speed change a push button instead of removing the platter and drive belt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennboy1978 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Nope 100% original, nothing touched. Was in touch with Ivor (Linn) last year as my grandpa knew Ivors dad and apparently this was a gift from him. Bloody thing sat in his living room all this time too, I wish I'd asked more about it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennboy1978 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I take it fits over the motor, top left ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Indeed it does. It would be good if Ivor offered to fit the updates as it would be a hefty bill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennboy1978 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 He did invite me up to Eaglesham and for them to have a look at it but I don't have that kind of spare cash. Quite like it to be kept as is to be honest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50/50 Winner Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Just bought this, can't wait to give it a spin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Managed to pick up a copy of Depeche Mode 101. Absolutely brilliant. Plays amazing, back to front with no skips. Delighted! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I got 1/2 a dozen (6) northern soul singles (2 of them coloured vinyl) on the Casino Classics label, for the princely sum of £3. Can't wait to finally get back in to our house & get myself an 1/2 decent set up to blast them out on. Grimbo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Got 3 of the 4 RSD releases I wanted. Got both Laura Cantrell albums and one of the 2 Kings of Convenience. Also picked up Margo Price's album. £177.99 for Heartworn Highways boxed set? Nah. That's ripping the pish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantene proV Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Managed to get Accelerator by Future Sound of London today - delighted! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Managed to get this on 78 by Doris Day. When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Patterson Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 This morning's RSD purchases from Apollo Music in Paisley. http://recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-releases/rsd-2016/iron-maiden/ http://recordstoreday.co.uk/exclusive-releases/rsd-2016/ginger-wildheart/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 The resurgence in vinyl is nothing more than record companies cashing in on a niche market. The small vinyl section in hmv is reminiscent of the small cd sections in record shops when CDs started becoming popular in the early eighties. And the prices for vinyl are ridiculous. Twenty pounds for an album that's forty years old ? It's much nicer to look at and hold but a quality CD player will sound better and won't have background cracks and pops 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) A quality cd player will sound clearer but not better. Cds lose sound at the top and bottom ends as part of the conversion to digital. Vinyl sounds richer because its not subject to the same cropping of the sound that digital is. It is more expensive. A cd by a non tesco mundane chart band will cost around £12. The vinyl version of the album will be around £20. Is it worth the extra £8? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. As for HMV, its not a proper music retailer. It makes as much, maybe even more, from game and dvd sales as from music so the choice of music stock is garbage. Fopp is better for not having games for sale (I know its owned by hmv) but Glasgow has the rather excellent Monorail and Love Music, Ayr has Big Sparra and Edinburgh has Coda. Throw in Oxfam Music and the regular record fairs in the central belt and its easy to get decent vinyl at reasonable prices and to support small independent stores that will offer great service. Id argue that CDs are more in danger of becoming the niche product these days. Downloading has devalued the market for chart-friendly music. Its not too unlikely that in the next few years the music market will change, with vinyl andpremium CDs making up most of the physical format sales and downloading/streaming rendering the pop cd market limited. Edited April 17, 2016 by BallochSonsFan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) The resurgence in vinyl is nothing more than record companies cashing in on a niche market. The small vinyl section in hmv is reminiscent of the small cd sections in record shops when CDs started becoming popular in the early eighties. And the prices for vinyl are ridiculous. Twenty pounds for an album that's forty years old ? It's much nicer to look at and hold but a quality CD player will sound better and won't have background cracks and popsI agree with you on the pricing structure but hasn't that always been the way with any product that is seen or even manipulated to be scarce, Where we disagree is the quality. I'd actually argue it's also the interaction too. The CD is clinical & touch of a button you can listen to any track on it. Vinyl, you are engaging with it, the touching the smell, then the careful placing of the LP on the deck, choosing the rpm, the sound of the motor as the turntable starts to rotate when you lift the needle arm from its dock. The crackle from the speakers as the needle lands to find its 1st groove with the intense expectation of the boom of the music about to explode through the speakers any second, If it's the 1st time of listening to a new LP there's the magic of listening to the unknown tracks, then there's the run out grooves & click as the needle lifts off to return to its resting place & up you get to repeat the whole experience of side 2. In fact the more I think about it the better it gets. I can recall the excitement of getting a new LP in the record shop, the rush to get it home, the anticipation of the discovery of the latest works from my favourite artists, then the unwrapping at home & the act of playing it out. I mind when the Sex Pistols brought out Nevermind the Bollocks, my 1st play was like that, sat alone in my bedroom playing with my Bollocks. Then dashing up to my best mates house & showing him my big bright brash shiny Bokkocks & we went in his front room to play my Bollocks together, not much gets better than that. It's a habit that sticks. Grimbo Edited April 17, 2016 by Grim O'Grady 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I agree with you on the pricing structure but hasn't that always been the way with any product that is seen or even manipulated to be scarce, Where we disagree is the quality. I'd actually argue it's also the interaction too. The CD is clinical & touch of a button you can listen to any track on it. Vinyl, you are engaging with it, the touching the smell, then the careful placing of the LP on the deck, choosing the rpm, the sound of the motor as the turntable starts to rotate when you lift the needle arm from its dock. The crackle from the speakers as the needle lands to find its 1st groove with the intense expectation of the boom of the music about to explode through the speakers any second, If it's the 1st time of listening to a new LP there's the magic of listening to the unknown tracks, then there's the run out grooves & click as the needle lifts off to return to its resting place & up you get to repeat the whole experience of side 2. In fact the more I think about it the better it gets. I can recall the excitement of getting a new LP in the record shop, the rush to get it home, the anticipation of the discovery of the latest works from my favourite artists, then the unwrapping at home & the act of playing it out. I mind when the Sex Pistols brought out Nevermind the Bollocks, my 1st play was like that, sat alone in my bedroom playing with my Bollocks. Then dashing up to my best mates house & showing him my big bright brash shiny Bokkocks & we went in his front room to play my Bollocks together, not much gets better than that. It's a habit that sticks. Grimbo I agree with everything you say about the experience of listening to vinyl. It is far better. But for actual reproduction of sound as it should be CD has been scientifically proven to be be better 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 A quality cd player will sound clearer but not better. Cds lose sound at the top and bottom ends as part of the conversion to digital. Vinyl sounds richer because its not subject to the same cropping of the sound that digital is. It is more expensive. A cd by a non tesco mundane chart band will cost around £12. The vinyl version of the album will be around £20. Is it worth the extra £8? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. As for HMV, its not a proper music retailer. It makes as much, maybe even more, from game and dvd sales as from music so the choice of music stock is garbage. Fopp is better for not having games for sale (I know its owned by hmv) but Glasgow has the rather excellent Monorail and Love Music, Ayr has Big Sparra and Edinburgh has Coda. Throw in Oxfam Music and the regular record fairs in the central belt and its easy to get decent vinyl at reasonable prices and to support small independent stores that will offer great service. Id argue that CDs are more in danger of becoming the niche product these days. Downloading has devalued the market for chart-friendly music. Its not too unlikely that in the next few years the music market will change, with vinyl andpremium CDs making up most of the physical format sales and downloading/streaming rendering the pop cd market limited. Agree that Fopp and other Glasgow shops you mention are far better than hmv although fopp used to be better. ( still go there every Friday mind you) There is always a risk in buying second hand vinyl tho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Bought this today, £26 but worth it. 3 vinyls plus a DVD in there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Bought my gf a Free LP for a gift once. Got it home and played it, must have been very well played in the past as when you play it you can hear the reverse side playing at the same time, backwards. Makes for a pretty far out listen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Bought my gf a Free LP for a gift once. Got it home and played it, must have been very well played in the past as when you play it you can hear the reverse side playing at the same time, backwards. Makes for a pretty far out listen But is it alright now? Grimbo -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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