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Can you buy "new" record players??? Talking about my Mother playing records during the holidays made me think about the stacks of records we have in storage

I would like to start this generation listening to these bastions of music. The singers from my childhood could really sing well. They where not some propped up famous person that was more image than talent. I know they had an image created too but they could sing. Many of today's famous singers really do not have very good voices.
 
I'm not sure who makes them but yes you can still buy them. Saw one at Canadian Tire a year ago,wood case looked like an antique,was @$200 though
 
An alternative would be to look for the songs or albums in digital format on the 'net for no cost or a reasonable cost and download them.

It's AMAZING what's out there, no need for a $$$ new record player from "The Land of Almost Right", and you can play them anywhere on a variety of devices.

I have even found recordings that are on phono cylinders from the beginning of the century on the 'net.
 
Yes. Can still buy a turntable from most major brands (Sony, Sharp, etc...), priced reasonably. Can also buy very very expensive ones for DJ's.
Also, if interested in preserving the music, there are vinyl to MP3 conversion players.
 
Records and players it seems are making a comeback and most stores usually carry at least on kind or another. Not many people pitched their LP's when cd's came along and are looking to start playing them again. Not hard to find players at all.
 
Bob a big part of what I am wanting is to play the actual records from my youth. I know the sound quality would not be as good as the digital stuff but a skipping, scratched record that my sister an I scratched fifty years ago is what I want to relive.

I wonder if there are restored record players out there??? Maybe good ones that are in someone's estate or some thing. I remember Mom's old one was an RCA player. She used it until the speakers quit. I just talked to her and she still has the records she used to play. she currently does not have a working record player. She does have one from my Great Aunt. It does not work but maybe I can hire someone to repair it.
 
I am only 30 but have a few hundred records I've accumulated over the last 15 years. I've had a few cheap old record players and would replace them when they died. I paid anywhere from $10 to $20 for most of them, as much as $50 or $60 for the last one that I had shipped in. This fall I was needing to replace our old player again, it still ran but would cut in and out, and the arm had some issues with the remains of a changer system. I ended up buying an Audio Technica LP-60 which was about $90 brand new. I plugged it into an old Radio Shack stereo amplifier and it is by far the best sounding and most dependable player I have ever had. I would recommend it very highly. There are "all in one" units with a turntable plus tape, CD and radio but I have not found one with a good reputation online, and the ones I have seen in person at yard sales and such are pretty cheaply made. The LP-60 is also nice because it is automatic, you just put the record on the table and close the lid, then push the start button. My sister could never get the idea of how to set the needle down gently, and she has no trouble with the new machine. I am sure there are nice refurbished older players out there too, but I don't know much about it.
Zach
 
Look on Ebay.

New ones, and hundreds of classic used ones!

To me, playing them on an old tube type would be the ultimate nostalgic experience!
 
yes, i bought that one at canadian tire and they have them again this year. a nostalgia thing. i play records on my harmon/karden stereo i bought new in 1981 for 2146.00. still have the bill of sale . it has a dual #522 turntable. when i bought the system the salesman said it would last all my life.
 
A company called Crosley makes a fair priced unit which I have, about 2 yrs old now, has a good record player, CD, AM/FM radio (not too good of a receiver) and even a tape player. It is a model CR66 Rochester and was a gift so I don't really know what it cost. I can burn CDs from a record which I have done often. It even has a remote controller. I must admit the procedure to burn CDs could be improved but it works fine and the actual record player component works great and sounds good. I have a ton of albums and old 8 tracks too, even have an old 8 track player in the house but have found that nearly all the old tapes break at the tape joint when played after 30-40 years.
Anyway, albums are making a comeback in popularity and some new music is now available on vinyl.
 
Walley World has a bunch listed
We have one of the Crosley's with the wood finish, cd recorder AM FM, casette tape player and turn table
Got it a few yrs ago as we have 4-500 albums around here
Have copied most to cd's so we can listen to them in the truck as well
but play the records in house
It records all the scratches and skips too
The sound is good considering it's an all in one unit, better than our old big consoul one my parents had, but not as nice as the Technic componet 300 watt one I had as teen
It's nice because it's very portable even if its a bigger than the old compact record players with one speaker
record player
 
Just saw several models for sale at Walmart last week.I was very surprised,for I thought they had gone the way of the dinosaur,8 track......
 
Someday my kids will most likely be selling my Rockola 25 anniversary model juke box at my estate auction. It plays 45 and has a tube amp. Still works.

I also have a complete sound system, with turn table, both cassette and 6 inch open reel to reel tape player. Pioneer amp, alteck speakers. All still work. Sound system dates back to Mid 70's. I put all my records and tapes in totes in the basement.

Perhaps my grand kids will discover records and open reel tapes. I'll give it to them.
link to pics of rockola.
 
The sound of the record is what people are after. Think of it as you having a nice new tractor but still wanting to drive to old 4020.
 
I still have my Garrard turntable from the mid 60s, bought when I was stationed overseas. Was state of the art back then...also have countless records from back then.
 
The new record players you can buy, ala Crosley and that bunch, are absolutely plows when it comes to playing records. The cartridges and needles are not compliant and are death on records. They are Chinese plastic junk. Best to find a genuine antique from the golden days of records, the 1960's and 1970's and have them rebuilt. I am listening to my 1960 Magnavox Imperial as we speak. I run a 300 disc CD changer thru the tape input, it has AM-FM stereo and a 4 speed record changer. Nothing built today compares to one of the older console stereos, especially tube units. I have six of them and am still impressed with how they sound. I do my own restoration and repair work on them, and parts are at least semi-available. Some of the better solid state units sound good as well. Although not as valuable and with little collector appeal, solid state consoles can be found fairly cheaply at this point. Magnavox, Zenith, RCA, are good brands to consider.
 
JD,

Buy an iON converter! It's a turn table you hook to your computer and then you can play/record the songs and save them as a digital file.

We converted all of LP's, so now the songs are in our iTunes playlists. Took me sometime to get 'er done. But really glad we did it.

Then you can just sit at your 'puter and play great tunes whilst perusing YT. :)

Merry Christmas to you and your family!
 
Good for you! I found after getting hearing aids digital music is just different. Sounds nothing like a fading in n out AM radio.
 
wildcat445 you just might have saved an old stereo . Been cleaning out mom's house and brought our old (1960's) stereo here , stored in out building . Don't know if it all works but the FM worked some inside of an all steel building. I gave it away one time but is still here , was going to take to the burn pile after I pulled the speakers, turntable and reciever. Anybody interested, Northern Indiana, can store for a while. Also about 200 pounds of records, some 78's, 33s, and 45s. Will help load. joe
 
Can you???????????????? I absolutely cannot believe the quality available in today's market and for little of nothing. Check out Audio-technica Model AT-LP60 Stereo Turntable for starters. I think I paid 50 buck for it in the box and it will blow your mind.

NOOOOOOOO way could I have afforded anything that nice when vinyl was king. One thing for sure what was available was far more expensive.
 
Be sure and check the customer reviews before you buy
a turntable. Some are good and some are junk. I bought
one that was junk. Most will hook to the computer with
USB or to an amp with RCA cables.
Records to DVD
 
It is flat out amazing!!!! how much music is in a groove;
when played thru a modern surround stereo system and a good turntable.
There's music there, that you never heard before.
 
I'm using grandmas old Westinghouse right now. They were pretty strict Mennonite - no pants for the ladies or cards. This record player was the exception for some reason. Still works as new.
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