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hifiguy

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25. The modern day turntable is alive and well, thankee.

Reply to madfloridian (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:21 PM

Mar 2015

Last edited Fri Mar 20, 2015, 02:09 PM - Edit history (1)

The Kronos Sparta with SME series V arm

The VPI Super Scoutmaster with VPi JMW arm

The Rega RP1

The Spiral Groove SG 1 with Graham Phantom arm

And for my money, the ultimate Big Daddy 'table and the best sounding LP player in the world, The Kronos Turntable, big brother of the Kronos Sparta. Here with Graham Phantom arm

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So priceless. OMG our innovations come at a fast pace. Kids react to VCR player, VHS format. [View all] madfloridian Mar 2015 OP

I used to use record player descriptions when doing demos of wheel throwing for pottery. Starry Messenger Mar 2015 #1

lol madfloridian Mar 2015 #34

It made me feel old and dated. .. FloriTexan Mar 2015 #2

The 8-track. yallerdawg Mar 2015 #3

One of the Tom Petty CD's has a pause in it where Tom comes on and says some thing like, brewens Mar 2015 #4

Makes one feel old, huh? ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #5

I remember my first typewriter. I was so proud. madfloridian Mar 2015 #8

I just put on CD a bunch of 78 rpm records. Archae Mar 2015 #6

Remember film strips and spirit copies? Downwinder Mar 2015 #7

Oh, Yeah. madfloridian Mar 2015 #9

Yes! bvf Mar 2015 #11

Had forgotten we called them the ditto machines. lol madfloridian Mar 2015 #22

Rotary phones Chellee Mar 2015 #10

when I was their age pstokely Mar 2015 #12

No offense to the primitives, but why would you make this. Savannahmann Mar 2015 #13

A couple of those kids were very cool JBoy Mar 2015 #14

heck, I remember thinking the VCR was cool Skittles Mar 2015 #15

I remember when we got our first VCR. madfloridian Mar 2015 #16

Rec, Kick. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 #17

You must have some high quality tapes, have some poorly mastered DVDs, and blu-ray must not be in TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #18

I knows what I sees and that's what I sees. YMMV. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2015 #20

Definitely, since I'd say the difference from a DVD to a blu is substantial TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #24

reminds me of explaining what "you sound like a broken record" means to my kid phantom power Mar 2015 #19

These kids are adorable. PassingFair Mar 2015 #21

Come for the old tech, stay for the old lyrics Bosonic Mar 2015 #23

The modern day turntable is alive and well, thankee. hifiguy Mar 2015 #25

It's still the only medium that actually produces an actual sound arcane1 Mar 2015 #27

The very best digital is now the equal of LP hifiguy Mar 2015 #28

I honestly did not realize how advanced turntables had become. madfloridian Mar 2015 #33

I wonder how many would know what a 5.25" floppy disk was. valerief Mar 2015 #26

Ha. One summer we teachers had to take one of those home to practice on. madfloridian Mar 2015 #30

Makes me want to pull out my old Macintosh and mess with HyperCard. nt valerief Mar 2015 #31

The first DVD players were introduced in 1997 Spider Jerusalem Mar 2015 #29

Just blows my mind. madfloridian Mar 2015 #32

Heh, reminds me of my friends reaction to a rotary phone. Lancero Mar 2015 #35

You should read post#10 madfloridian Mar 2015 #36