Debt and divorce should be included there.

Good point.  I got divorced.  No debt, but a massive drain on my savings.  
 
Now if I could only find chicks to impress with my stereo.  It used to work in the 70s.

paulo
Covered in dust and forgotten about within 3 months - calling it now ! 

Just wanted to say I've upgraded my cartridge/stylus and still buying lots of vinyl...  
 
LOVING IT! :)

smallstonefan
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Just wanted to say I've upgraded my cartridge/stylus and still buying lots of vinyl...  
 
LOVING IT! :)

If you get a chance, try to listen to something like a Tangerine Dream, or Klaus Schulze in those turntables ... they are incredible and sound even better than most CD's, although I think that the margin of difference is getting so thin these days ... 
 
I'm in the process of getting rid of most of my LP's, of which I still have over 1K of them, mostly imports and foreign stuff that is hard to get and not available. If I can find the CD for it, the LP is gone. All in all, they were lovely, but the weight has been very tough on me, without a house that I own and such. And moving those things is hard, and the poor LP's ended up getting some smudges and all that.
 
Btw, get the plastic sleeves for all LP's ... you can buy those sleeves by the hundred's and they are great at preventing the cardboard from getting moisture and then drying out and in time, getting brown as if they were dirty. The plastic helps keep moisture out of the albums as well.
 

Thanks for the suggestion! I just ordered Rubycon. I've heard of, but never heard this band.
 
Looking forward to it! :)

FYI - Rubycon will be VERY different than some of their other material that came later.  Lots of really good synth music to do acid to!  Phaedra is simliar.
 
My favorites are Melrose, Exit, Lily on the Beach, Goblin's Club, Optical Race, Rockoon and, probably, a few dozen others.  The Dream Mixes are very cool too.  There's "only" about 180 albums to choose from so, over 40 years worth of variety to choose from.  Heh...

smallstonefan
 
Just wanted to say I've upgraded my cartridge/stylus and still buying lots of vinyl...  
 LOVING IT! :)

 
I can remember getting into high end pickup cartridges. It is also the headshell and the tone arm too. An incredible combination was SME tome arm plus their headshell fitted with a Shure V15 Type III cartridge.  An SME arm will move when balanced from a puff of your air across the room.  I feel it does not come much better than this.  The elliptical stylus shape is also something too.  This is one of the finest cartridge designs ever made.  My Hi Fi friends were also into the Ortofon SL15Q which was a moving coil design. It had a very low output and needed a transformer (or active preamp) to get it a normal moving magnet level. It sounded amazing too.  A tad on the bright side but stunning none the less.  V15 is super smooth over the whole spectrum.  Can track at around 1.3 grams as well. DarkSide sounds sensational when playing back on the V15. 
 
All of these pickups were fed into quality RIAA equalisers and they do make a difference. Perfectly accurate curves being applied.  Super low noise with high variable output.  Transient response noticeable. Decent power supplies feeding the circuits. High headroom. We often bypassed any tone control and went direct form the RIAA preamp to our class A valve power amplifiers.
 
Some amazing vinyl to hear is the Sheffield Lab direct from studio to cutting lathe series that was done in the 70's and after. Dave Grusin's Discovered Again (1976) has to be heard to be believed. (Harvey Mason, Dave Grusin, Ron Carter, Lee Ritenour, Larry Bunker)  Without all the tape in between the end result is so transient and punchy it is scary how good the vinyl groove can sound. The noise floor is also incredible too.  Especially with the V15 as well. It has a fine transient response.  The transient edges are fast and clear. 
 

Thanks Craig - I just did a google search and checked Amazon ratings to choose - I should have asked here first! :)
 
I'll check this out when I get it and perhaps order another from your list...
 
Jeff - I'm not familiar with those artists but I will look into them! I also wish I knew the quality of the RIAA equalizer in my turntable - and that's assuming it has one!

Remember, you can always check out the albums on YouBoob first!
 

The first few notes of this album are awesome on shrooms! 
 
(Just sayin'...)

smallstonefan
Thanks for the suggestion! I just ordered Rubycon. I've heard of, but never heard this band.
 
Looking forward to it! :)

You want Phaedra and then Stratosfear.
 
After that, go through the tube and make your choices. Too good to fail!