Rega RP3 arrived for birthday

[Woodchippie]

My Kids and partners, and my wife have bought me a Rega RP3 for my 50th birthday.

So pleased, all I need now is some vinyl and time to listen to it.

I am looking at Amazon for new vinyl, any suggestions for good sites?

 

[stevebrock]

Excellent the RP3 is a great TT

I am sure if you have been following this part of the forum you will have lots of insight in to vinyl & TTs.

diversevinyl.co.uk is quite good I have been lucky with ebay too!

how about your local used record shops?

 

[stevebrock]

BTW you have the Brio R - it has a great phono stage and a DAC as well -all in all a lovely system.

 

[mitch65]

My Kids and partners, and my wife have bought me a Rega RP3 for my 50th birthday.

So pleased, all I need now is some vinyl and time to listen to it.

I am looking at Amazon for new vinyl, any suggestions for good sites?

I've got a couple of years before I hit 50 and I hope my wife and kids are as generous, well done and happy listening :dance:

I tend to get my vinyl either locally or via amazon as they package so well.

 

[DIB]

3 years to me reaching the big 60, I'm thinking of dropping Michell Gyrodek SE into every possible conversation to plant the seed

.

 

[stevebrock]

Vinyl and TTs getting lots of new fans these days!

I love vinyl, its ace - its just such a lovely sound!

Loving my RP6, its blowing me away

 

[Woodchippie]

Excellent the RP3 is a great TT

I am sure if you have been following this part of the forum you will have lots of insight in to vinyl & TTs.

diversevinyl.co.uk is quite good I have been lucky with ebay too!

how about your local used record shops?

I have a local record shop which sells secondhand and new, £2.50 for many secondhand ones. Rapture Evesham.

i will have to keep checking there stock.

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

My Kids and partners, and my wife have bought me a Rega RP3 for my 50th birthday.

So pleased, all I need now is some vinyl and time to listen to it.

I am looking at Amazon for new vinyl, any suggestions for good sites?

CONGRETS !!!

You have a wonderfull FAMILY! :clap: :clap: :clap:

And enjoy your new toy!

:cheers:

 

[toyota man]

3 years to me reaching the big 60, I'm thinking of dropping Michell Gyrodek SE into every possible conversation to plant the seed

.

Good luck with that one

 

[DIB]

3 years to me reaching the big 60, I'm thinking of dropping Michell Gyrodek SE into every possible conversation to plant the seed

.

Good luck with that one

I'm not holding my breath.

.

 

[Marvindodgers]

Nice birthday present. There are plenty of sites online for new vinyl - Amazon, DiverseVinyl and so on. I've always bought plenty of second hand vinyl off of eBay. I've found that in general people are pretty fair at describing the state of the record in the listing (well put it this way, I've never bought one that didn't play or just needed a little cleaning). Charity shops still have some great bargains to be discovered. Of course there could well be some great independent record shops near you as well.

Enjoy.

 

[GeoffreyW]

Audio Affair in Birmingham have a good selection of audiophile pressings.

 

[p_m_brown]

I've bought loads off eBay and Amazon, but another great site is an online store called what records.

 

[Woodchippie]

Thanks guys for the responses, I have had some vinyl turn up from ebay, Amazon, and my local record store. I'll check out the online sites that you've

recommended.

I have ordered some cleaning fluid to give some of them a good clean, but on the whole there pretty good, secondhand.

I must say that I have come to the conclusion that I might have been wasting my time with CDs for the last 30 years.

The sound from vinyl is so rich with everything, it's a job to explain, but I could listen for hours. I am so pleased and wish I had done it sooner, but who knows, Perhaps now is just the right time for me.

 

[stevebrock]

The sound from vinyl is so rich with everything, it's a job to explain, but I could listen for hours. I am so pleased and wish I had done it sooner, but who knows, Perhaps now is just the right time for me.

good init !My DAC has not been on for a week - been playing vinyl all day today!

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Thanks guys for the responses, I have had some vinyl turn up from ebay, Amazon, and my local record store. I'll check out the online sites that you've

recommended.

I have ordered some cleaning fluid to give some of them a good clean, but on the whole there pretty good, secondhand.

I must say that I have come to the conclusion that I might have been wasting my time with CDs for the last 30 years.

The sound from vinyl is so rich with everything, it's a job to explain, but I could listen for hours. I am so pleased and wish I had done it sooner, but who knows, Perhaps now is just the right time for me.

Welcome to the Party!!!

Just seat down and enjoy your records. I clean every record, even the new one, some time they come charged with electrostatic and a good clean resolve the problem.

:cheers:

 

[stevebrock]

I have ordered some cleaning fluid to give some of them a good clean, but on the whole there pretty good, secondhand.

Get a Knosti and make up your own cleaning fluid - I use 80% distilled water 20% Isopropyl Alcohol and a few drops of dishwasher rinse aid - 500ml fills the Knosti up - its cheap so I just chuck it out after cleaning 4-5 records.Then i put my clean records in a Nagaoka Anti Static Sleeves, if the outer jacket needs a repair then a Pritt Stick does an excellent job!

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

I have ordered some cleaning fluid to give some of them a good clean, but on the whole there pretty good, secondhand.

Get a Knosti and make up your own cleaning fluid - I use 80% distilled water 20% Isopropyl Alcohol and a few drops of dishwasher rinse aid - 500ml fills the Knosti up - its cheap so I just chuck it out after cleaning 4-5 records.Then i put my clean records in a Nagaoka Anti Static Sleeves, if the outer jacket needs a repair then a Pritt Stick does an excellent job!

You don't need the dishwasher, the Isopropyl alcohol do all the cleaning, just add ILFORD Ilfotol wetting agent to eleminate the static, some of the clicks and pops are Static electricity!

70% distiled water

20% Isopropyl alcohol

10% Ilfotol wetting agent

:cheers:

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

And kleenex hand towels to dry them out!

 

[stevebrock]

10% Ilfotol wetting agent

dishwasher rinse aid does the same job - it is a surfacant

isopropyl alcohol serves to aid drying negating the need for drying - kleenex are not lint free are they - thats bad news fella!

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

10% Ilfotol wetting agent

dishwasher rinse aid does the same job - it is a surfacant

isopropyl alcohol serves to aid drying negating the need for drying - kleenex are not lint free are they - thats bad news fella!

The wetting agent is used in film with several purposes, one of them is to eleminate electrostatic from the film!

Regardering the kleenex hand towels they are clean, with no dross, and mine dont leave nothing behind.

and how to you dry yours?

 

[stevebrock]

they just air dry in the Knosti drying rack, the isopropyl speeds up the drying about 8-10 mins with no residue left!

I guess we all have our own cleaning regime that gets the same results!

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

they just air dry in the Knosti drying rack, the isopropyl speeds up the drying about 8-10 mins with no residue left!

I guess we all have our own cleaning regime that gets the same results!

http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=44

:cheers:

 

[stevebrock]

they just air dry in the Knosti drying rack, the isopropyl speeds up the drying about 8-10 mins with no residue left!

I guess we all have our own cleaning regime that gets the same results!

http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=44

:cheers:

mmmmm maybe i should get some then, i bet it is 10 x the price of dishwasher rinse aid LOL

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

they just air dry in the Knosti drying rack, the isopropyl speeds up the drying about 8-10 mins with no residue left!

I guess we all have our own cleaning regime that gets the same results!

http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=44

:cheers:

mmmmm maybe i should get some then, i bet it is 10 x the price of dishwasher rinse aid LOL

yes it is! But then again, the isopropyl alcohol will not eleminate all the static, and the Ilfotol will!

The Isopropyl alcohol is a cleanig agent.