I listened to music yesterday. Have you ever owned one of these?

@TheHorse (220127)
Walnut Creek, California
April 14, 2017 11:22am CST
Yeppers, I listened to some vinyl yesterday. Pat Metheny. Grateful dead. Even a little Bach. There's nothing quite like the sound of a record, even if you have to listen through some pops and ticks now and then. Did you ever own one of these? Do you still? I know JJ does. I assume FourWalls does. Do you know what it's called? How do you listen to most of your music these days? I either play it through my kitchen radio, my fancy stereo, or my computer with headphones.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Apr 17
Yep, still got a turntable.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
Do you still have your old LPs? I never got rid of mine.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Apr 17
@TheHorse I kept the ones that mattered. A lot went because of moving. Only a few 45s remain. All the extended play 33 singles from the 80s.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
@JohnRoberts I wish I'd kept my 45s from childhood days.
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@andriaperry (117138)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 Apr 17
I have this cheap little radio/CD player in this office, sometimes I will listen to the radio or play a CD, for the most part I listen to music in the car. Yes, I grew up with a turntable and records. When I discovered Kiss when I was under 10 years old, My parents wondered who`s child I was. My mother was classical to soft rock, my dad was all the way country.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
Kiss--Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame, Baybee!
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Apr 17
@TheHorse My kids loved Kiss and I actually painted my son face as one of them for Halloween one year. His father thought it was another kid in the neighborhood as he didn't see him when he went out trick or treating.
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@celticeagle (168171)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Apr 17
I have a little kiddy one I found at a yard sale. I wanted one to listen one last time to my old vinyls. They are shot due to the needle I had, or actually mom had, back when I was a teen. They are old cause that was fifty years ago.
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@celticeagle (168171)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Apr 17
@TheHorse .....What does a sylus and a record player have in common?
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
Ah, you can buy a new stylus on the internet.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
16 Apr 17
@celticeagle I never heard of a sylus. What is it?
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• Valdosta, Georgia
14 Apr 17
I listen to music either on my computer, the radio or on my phone. =)
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• Valdosta, Georgia
15 Apr 17
@TheHorse No I wish! I love to sing so I miss having a stereo...kids come first now a days so I just make do with what I have. =)
@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
No big ol' stereo in your house?
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 Apr 17
Yuppers, I used one for years; up until 1985 @TheHorse . I still have boxes of vinyl records that I have willed to @JolietJake . Some which are worth some money; just in case he doesn't like the genre like Elvis Presley.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
Oh, I have An Elvis Christmas. That's about it for Elvis. I have it on CD, though.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Apr 17
@nanette64 I am with you and more, I go back to the 50's.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
14 Apr 17
@TheHorse Some I have go back to the 60's. Geez, I'm oldern' dirt.
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@JudyEv (341826)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr 17
We have one of these. Isn't it just called a record-player? I keep meaning to dust it off and play some of our LPs but I haven't done it yet.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
Technically, its a turntable. A record player has an amplifier and speakers as well. But that could vary by country. I'd have to read some old British reviews of turntables to find out for sure.
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@JudyEv (341826)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Apr 17
@TheHorse No, that would be right. It's just a turntable.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Apr 17
I had one niw I listen on my computer ;
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
Computer? The humanity! Actually, I do a lot of listening on my computer too. It's right here.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
15 Apr 17
Was suppose to purchase a vinyl player last Christmas. Held out because I wasn't happy with the reviews that I was reading about the brand of player that I was suppose to buy. Right now, saw a company that refurbishes old vinyl players adn the reviews on their refurbished players are always good. Usually, listen to music in Spotify or in my radio.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
15 Apr 17
@TheHorse I'll remember that. Was planning to buy the Motorino III but reviews weren't so good.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
A late '70s Pioneer or Techincs belt-drive should be good enough if it's fully functional.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
15 Apr 17
@TheHorse These days I am listening on my computer with headphones.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
16 Apr 17
@TheHorse The one I was using had some clarity issues.So I got an iBall over the ear headphone with Mic.( Fluid20 USB).
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Apr 17
@silvermist Sounds good. I don't know the brand. Do you use the mic for Skype?
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
I'm doing that right now. What brand of headphones are you using?
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• United States
15 Apr 17
We have one, my husband has several hundred 33s, mostly country, that he's had for hundreds of year (joke) but I hate when he plays them as they are scratched and they give me a headache.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
Ah, to me, the scratches on my old records are part of the music. I know when they're coming.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Apr 17
@TheHorse That is funny.
@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
14 Apr 17
My mom still has hers. I mostly listen to the radio and cds i made
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
Do you listen mostly through headphones? Gotta have good speakers if you listen "in the room"!
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Apr 17
@TheHorse Good speakers and the volume on high. I miss those days. I cannot remember things that happen now a days but when the oldies come on I remember the words for everything. My daughter loves all the oldies too and she is in her 40's. She always loved them as she heard them play all the time from me.
@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
14 Apr 17
@TheHorse no by my cd player.
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@Deepizzaguy (104008)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Apr 17
My relatives and myself used to own a record player many years ago.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Apr 17
@Deepizzaguy Does it use cassettes? Or is it digital?
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
You don't have one any more?
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@Deepizzaguy (104008)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Apr 17
@TheHorse Not any more. Now I have a audio tape recorder.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Apr 17
I miss my vinyl. Wish I'd never sold it.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
It's coming back. You can still get vinyl at places like Amoeba.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Apr 17
@TheHorse - I'd have to get a turntable, etc, too.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Apr 17
@JolietJake - That's true.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Apr 17
Yes I've owned one of those, played many Beatles an Elvis records among others.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Apr 17
Sounds like fun! When I was growing up, reel to reel tape decks were giving way to cassettes, but records were what most people listened to.
@MandaLee (3764)
• United States
14 Apr 17
@TheHorse I have the John Denver and the Muppets Christmas album on vinyl. I stream my music on my computer these days.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Apr 17
I listen to YouTube a lot when I'm on my computer.
@FourWalls (68918)
• United States
15 Apr 17
Toy cars? Sure, I've had some. Of course I still have one. Two, actually...never know when one will break down!
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
I have a nice green Land Rover. It's still in the package. Now my 8-year-old buddy wants one, of course.
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• Eugene, Oregon
15 Apr 17
That is a nice turntable. I still have one that I bought that will play the vinyl or I can put the album on my computer too. I still have at least 200 vinyl albums.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Apr 17
I think that's about how many I have. Even the scratches and ticks bring back memories!
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Apr 17
I had many of those. It was called a victrola. Kids now a days would not know what it is. I listen to music in my car, on my phone and on the television. Usually when I am on here I have the oldies station on and it makes me happy as so many memories of the 50's and 60's I love.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 Apr 17
@TheHorse Those are all after my best era.
@Meramar (2695)
14 Apr 17
My parents had a vinyl player at home and I had some vinyls too, from Madonna, Boy George and Michael Jackson. Actually, I mostly listen to music on my laptop on YouTube. Yesterday, I listened to Mozarts' Don Giovanni. I really loved the vinyls.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
My parents old tube console actually sounded great! I think it was the tubes that made it sound so good. But they traded it in for a "modern" stereo at some point.
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Apr 17
@Meramar Yep, a lot of throw-away stuff out there now. CDs were funny. I remember that everyone was surprised by how terrible the early ones sounded. Oops!
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@Meramar (2695)
14 Apr 17
@TheHorse Time changed, I remember when the cd's were coming out as something new. The generation like our parents new how to convert oldern items to a new one. The were more practical and curious. Nowadays, it's easier to throw things away and to buy new articles. Who still repairs a clock, a radio or a car on his or her own?
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15 Apr 17
I have one of these . I love finding old records !
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@TheHorse (220127)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Apr 17
Are there used record stores in your area?