Didn't know where to post this but I need someone or some site that has a sort of record player expertise or owns one cause I need some questions answered.

Thanks

What is a Record Player?

1) you are too young for retro junk :rolleyes:

2) moved to chit chat.

my parents have one and i seen it work but besides knowing what it is i dont know much about them

A popular form of playing music before the invention of cds. Record players were popular from the 50s-80s. The records were much larger in size than cds. It's hard to explain how they work because I don't know what the thing you put on the record to make it spin is called. I was only born in 1991 however I know about record players because my dad still has a record player from when he was growing up and it's in the basement in my home. As a child i've seen him put it on to show me and my younger bro what they were like. Also cds weren't invented until 1985 believe it or not. A lot of 1984 and before records were converted into cds in the 80s and 90s.

Basically, you buy a record, which is just a vinyl disc with tiny grooves on it, and place it on the turntable. You put the arm with the needle down at the beginning of the record and the needle travels in the groove and hits tiny bumps, which vibrates the needle. These vibrations (which is the song basically) are transmitted to the amplifier (whether internal or an external receiver) and transmitted through the speakers. You can actually hear the song faintly if you put your ear up to the needle while the record's spinning with the needle on it...I remember discovering this when I was really young and being totally enthralled by it :)

BTW, music that was recorded during the record's days sounds so much better on vinyl then it does on CD, there's a lot more warmth to the sound and cd's just can't reproduce that. I've got some Black Sabbath, The Doors, Pink Floyd, and other classic rock on vinyl (from my dad), and it sounds great.

That goes the other way though too, current releases are sometimes avalaible on vinyl and there have been recent vinyl reissues of titles from the last few years. These albums aren't avaliable in most chain stores but they are avalible in specialty stores.

I don't know alot of technical aspects of record players and turntables but I know they are still being manufactured and sold and many used record stores also sell used turntables and record players.

Cds are a minority in my music collection, I mostly use my mp3 player when I'm traveling around and a record player at home. I'm looking to at some point upgrade to a highend turntable. I also still have a tape walkman and portable walkman sized tape recorder. I have a love and enjoyment for audio equipment, espeiclally the older kinds.

Until recentley I've largely been buying used vinyl but latley I have been buying a lot of new vinyl reissues of old titles and vinyl pressings of current and recent titles.

Cds by and large look the same to me due to how they are made and packaged and digitizing makes alot of music sound over bright and sometimes sterile. There are well produced cds but I see at large alot of shoddy product out there.

In my experience too even when I handle cds properly they do not age well. If you don't play cds for a long period of time they can grow mold. It's a disposable medium, and made that way so you keep having to be re-buying them. They're also a pain to sort and store, I find.

Records, altough larger lend themselves nicely to being stored in crates and boxes compactly and I find them easy to sort and store, that's my perosnal experience. It's a bit different for everybody. Everybody has different tastes, needs and living conditions.

Umm. I sent you a message beatlenik. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have a surprising wealth of knowledge about these "record players" as you call them. :-)

What is it that you need to know? I've dealt with wax cylinders from the late 1800's to grammaphones to 78's to 33 1/3's to 45's. Heck, whilst the other little kiddies had a SINGLE record player to listen to their little records on, I'd fire up a 1956 100 record jukebox and have to pay a freakin' nickel to hear the record I just put in! Course I'd just go in to the coin compartment and get my nickel back. ;-)

I know how to work record players, as well. I was just listening to Queen the other day. What's your question? :)

I love Listening to the old record Players when I have a time my dad has alot of old Record Players :) I like to listen to the Beach Boys and grease and other old Music I love to listening.

My question is that I'm kinda new to these, but I have a new crosley record player and I'm wondering, when you play a record the song is like playing one key higher than the regular key is that supposed to happen or what?

Maybe you have it on the wrong setting. I don't have the same one, so I'm not exactly sure.

It's on the right setting. It sounds like what you'd hear on a CD but a key higher.

My Zenith turntable (1979 model) goes a step lower. Haven't looked into fixing it. Perhaps a fancy receiver would have a pitch control on it.

Some turntables (cause they're used by DJ's) have a pitch bend switch or pitch variable dial on them. It helps for music segues. Usually placing the switch or dial in the middle gives you the actual pitch of the song.

Standard record players don't tend to have that feature.

I enjoy the Beach Boys too, TMNT. I have a few of their albums on vinyl, my favorite one I have is called Ten Years of Harmony that has the best from their 1970 - 1980 albums and a few rare tracks and versions of songs. I also have a good greatest hits album from the mid 70's that has mostly stuff from Pet Sounds and the late 60's period.

If anyone's interested, Technics are usually the best turntables you can buy as far as overall pitch control and sound quality. Get ready to spend over a grand for a pair though...

I haven't quite figured it out yet, but everyone thanks for your help so far.

We had one in our house until it was replaced with the DVD Player in 2000...

I am not too young for RetroJunk

I just never saw one when I was young.

it was sarcasm and a pun in regards to another thread on here