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[Mr Gav]

When I get my chimney breast knocked out this year my turntable will be coming down from the loft, I`ve got various 12" singles plus over 300 albums to go through 

I`ve got one of those anti static blocks too, a fibre bottom with carbon brushes front and back 

Your chimney breast is blocking access to the loft? Weird.

Ha ha ha No but my living room will be getting moved about and will accommodate my turntable and vinyl 

[EMD]

You can still buy those old style fluff brush things but if its badly scratched just place an old penny or two on top of the needle while it plays  Thats what i do and it still works on me shawaddywaddy album 

[STEMO]

We don't own a turntable nor a cd player. I only listen to music occasionally in the car, as I always have the dog in the back and she goes a bit mental if I have it too loud. Mrs and boy do 'streaming', whatever that is, or listen to their devices with headphones.

[aaronjb]

Get yourself a "Disco Antistat".

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Knosti-Cleaning-Machine-Generation/dp/B000BFXIVW

 

But you'd never fit a gold wrapped Lamborghini into that?

[2boxerdogs]

I still have the first single I ever bought as a child in the early sixties Little White Bull by Tommy Steele !

[STEMO]

I still have the first single I ever bought as a child in the early sixties Little White Bull by Tommy Steele !

Mine was, of course, the Beatles.

[BazaJT]

Heard it on Radio2 only yesterday that storing vinyl records vertically as opposed to horizontally is best-so at least I've got something right!-and that for some reason the coloured vinyl records deteriorate faster than the ordinary black ones.My first record purchase was Johnie Remember me by John Leyton

[Mr Gav]

Heard it on Radio2 only yesterday that storing vinyl records vertically as opposed to horizontally is best-so at least I've got something right!-and that for some reason the coloured vinyl records deteriorate faster than the ordinary black ones.My first record purchase was Johnie Remember me by John Leyton

All mine are in proper LP boxes so they`ll be fine too 

[Kevin Wood]

You can still buy those old style fluff brush things but if its badly scratched just place an old penny or two on top of the needle while it plays  Thats what i do and it still works on me shawaddywaddy album 

<sharp intake of breath> Not on my Benz MC cartridge!

[EMD]

You can still buy those old style fluff brush things but if its badly scratched just place an old penny or two on top of the needle while it plays  Thats what i do and it still works on me shawaddywaddy album 

<sharp intake of breath> Not on my Benz MC cartridge!

 

Ive got an old hifi stacking system in the loft with the record player on top , Technics i think . Uses a lot of power but the sounds from the vinyl are great  We have one of those retro looking lp players at the moment as it takes up less space but cant match the stacking system for sound quality .

[Kevin Wood]

Some of the retro "record players" are a bit Neanderthal, and tend to gouge the tracks out of your vinyl in a few plays too. I reckon the Technics would be a better bet.

[ronnyd]

I have an old Goldring Lenco GL75 turntable (the platter weighs nearly 10lbs), it was a refurb that my nephew sourced for me when he worked there 40+ years ago. Still sounds great.

[Kevin Wood]

Yep, the old Lencos are quite respectable decks.

[Mr Gav]

I have a Rega Planer II, had over twenty years now, can`t remember which cartridge it has though.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I chucked my B&O turntable and amp in a skip a few years back. Now of course I regret it, as I still have some of my old vinyl collection in the loft.