I’d love for Sony to re-release those but they would absolutely cost $2000.

I have zero concerns about this thing damaging records. It’s running a perfectly decent AT cart.

Yes, there are people that unironically believe this.

I’d wager it’s going to be a novel portable deck with LP-60-level quality, and that is just fine for what it is.

I imagine it will be just fine. None of AT’s tables are junk-level.

MateStation X, what a name lmao

If you care about the condition of your vinyl DO NOT USE THIS PIECE OF SHIT. The original model ate the grooves in records before. I can’t imaging they’ve made it any better. Use at you own risk. New vinyl is to damn expensive.

Does this have anti skip like my old portable CD player?

That’s so strange - yesterday I was trying to buy one of the originals on eBay

oh, skip it…

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Personally, I shudder at the thought of good vinyl being ruined by this cheap junk. I wouldn't recommend ANYONE buy one of these, other than for the novelty.

Let me just say this about vinyl:

Some purists will insist that vinyl gives you better sound quality than CD or digital formats. This has been thoroughly debunked. It does sound DIFFERENT, and some people like those differences. But CDs and/or digital will have a higher dynamic range and more bass response, among other things.

That being said, there is a lot to say for vinyl. A well pressed and well mastered recording will sound INCREDIBLE on even a modestly priced table (say $500-$900)...and people "grok" how records work a lot more than how a CD or digital file is decoded. It's pretty straightforward...better turntables have more stability, better control over the speed, a better stylus that sits deeper in the grooves, etc. Each upgrade you make has a marked improvement in the sound.

Conversely, upgrading CD or digital playback is pretty much a "black box" to anyone without a deep understanding of electronics and digital audio. Try explaining to a friend how an outboard DAC works, or why a multibit DAC will usually sound better than a delta/sigma DAC. Yeaaaaaah...about that....

One other thing going for vinyl is that it is, BY FAR, the most stable format for long term storage. You can buy albums from the 50s (or even earlier!) that will sound as good today as the day they were pressed. The same can not be said for CDs, which degrade over time. (try playing a CD made in the mid 80s...you might get lucky, but most will be unplayable after 15-20 years), and we don't even know how other digital storage formats will hold up long term. I wouldn't bet money on a SSD or flash drive being usable in 20 years! (tape backup is pretty stable, and there are more exotic digital storage methods available, but none commonly in use that will hold up over extended time).

Finally, there is something to be said for OWNING a copy of the music you love...as well as the physical format itself. LARGE cover art, liner notes, photos, etc...all of these things contribute to the experience of enjoying the music, and many have mourned the loss when moving from the rather large album covers on vinyl to the dinky (in comparison) art on a CD case....and all of those little "extras" got stripped out along the way as well.

All of that being said, there is no need to be snobby about the hobby, or to make it into something it's not. I seriously enjoy putting a record on from time to time, but I also enjoy plenty of streamed music too. As long as you are enjoying THE MUSIC, you are "doing it right"!

And sometimes, the label insists on overly compressing the CD and digital formats, while allowing the artist to have uncompressed audio on vinyl. Red Hot Chile Peppers is a perfect example. Go listen to just about any of their albums on CD, then listen on vinyl. In the end, it's all about how well the album is mixed and if compression is (over) used.

It's $200, not outrageously expensive. So the former sounds pretty likely.

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I thought I was on r/vinyljerk for a sec lmao

Making physical grooves in a platter is considered highest fidelity?

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You think they’re insufferable, wait until you meet a “cinemaphile”.

Fuji stopped making the film I used :(

To quote Tom Waits, " I wax poetic

While she's waxin' her legs"

It's silly because in some cases the album is mixed differently for vinyl because you can't go as hard on the bass iirc.

My first love will always be the girl from the cover of Whipped Cream and Other Delights

The AT3600L is a fine cart and won’t “damage” your records. It’s not the best, but it’s far from being “bad”. It’s the stock cart on Rega P1 & P2.

Vinyl records are a fun way to discover music for me, and this thing will be great for previewing old $2 records (which, I’m sure have never had a bad stylus dropped on them…) at local stores without hogging the preview table.

https://www.sageaudio.com/blog/mixing/whats-the-difference-between-distortion-and-saturation.php

TLDR; push a strong signal that surpasses the machines limitations will result in a slightly distorted sound with added harmonics which gives it a characteristically unique sound.