Lord Reith wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:43 am
Proving the dictum I usually stick to that one should never throw anything away, I didn't use it for ten years until I got rid of it, and then immediately needed it. It would have been very useful for ripping vinyl. I've tried connecting to my computer but they spew out too much interference for a turntable and I get lots of background noise.
Yes, it unfortunately probably takes some fairly costly gear, and a lot of practice, to do really proper needledrops. That's probably the main reason why I never got into it. Although that might have changed if '08 had not come along. I had developed an extremely nice cd/dvd based system by then, but had also developed enough knowledge about bootlegs, and their procurement, that I pretty much decided to stick with digital for the time being.
That said I do just wish I had gotten more into lp's when I was younger, but with the limited funds I had I generally stuck with a cheaper cassette based collection. And then later I unfortunately thought companies, as a whole, would do a much better job at releasing and improving upon older releases, via cd's, which of course turned out to be very hit and miss. I'm just extremely glad that so many people did take it upon themselves to undertake so many great needledrop projects. When I got my first few Beatleg cds, of the Beatles first UK releases back in the early 2000's, I was amazed at how good they were. I had no idea they could be done so flawlessly. Guess that's what comes of getting into computers relatively late as well, ha, ha.
I also just recently remembered that I've got to get my hands on some more Music (Digital) cdr's while there are any left to buy. I took a look last night, and was relieved to find that there still seems to be a decent supply of inkjet printable Mam-a cdr's still out there, which have been my go to. It's been so long since I had burned any that I completely forgot about the fact that I need the special Music cdr's, not the pc ones. Almost had a heart attack until I figured out there is still a decent amount still out there, which surprised me a bit. The silver ones are fairly decently priced, but the gold archive ones seem to have gone up, since I bought some several years back. However, no one has listed any of the gold ones as Music/Digital Audio discs, but that could just be an oversight, since most suppliers seem to be pretty lazy about providing much product info. Glad I made both silver and gold archive duplicates of my entire original bootleg collection many years back. But with all the different great releases on here I'll being needing to do quite a few more.
Thanks LR, and all others who have done such great video work as well. Those were never my forte before, but I am definitely putting together a small but well loved collection now thanks to you folks. Keep up the great work.