I mentioned last week that I was considering buying a turntable to connect to the new Home Theatre System, so that I could get my vinyl collection out of hibernation. It’s been several years since I played any of it. I think the last time would have been back when we were in Gillingham and that was 2004, so it’s over twenty years!
There are very many turntables out there for various price points, but I didn’t want to go too crazy right now, so I opted for an Audio-Technica LP140XP. It’s a DJ deck, which I’m not going to be suing it as, but I was keen to get a direct drive turntable, as they’re more durable, and no worry about belt replacements at any time. I am quite happy with it, although I will probably upgrade the supplied cartridge to something like an Ortofon 2M Red in the future.
I’ve been sorting through my old albums. I have several crates of 45s in the garage loft, which I haven’t got out as yet, although I will do at some point.
I am planning to get some new storage for these albums, but right now, they’re still in cardboard boxes.
I’m not going to go completely analog, as I have some CDs left, even after the big clearout I had when moving back to the UK several years ago. I also pay for streaming services, which I fully intend to keep subscribed to.
Anyway, for now, at least, I’m having fun rediscovering many old albums that I had forgotten about down the years.