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Sony to press vinyl again ...
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Hardly anyone (except died-in-the-wool vinylphiles) would see it in the turntable section.Al ears said:
I felt the news deserved a bigger audience than the already converted.
Admittedly I don't browse just one 'niche' sub-forum but - instead - look at all active topics (all fora) in one hit ...
https://www.whathifi.com/forum/active
... that way it's easier to see potential duplications. However I understand that some people only want to see vinyl related subjects in their own 'proper' sub-section. So sorry to them but I was sort of making up for the fact that - when first posted - WHF? hadn't yet featured it in their own news section. I'll not do it again
Edit: Now changed to appear in Turntable and LPs sub-forum.
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Ok shoot the cynic...but I can't view this as anything but Sony/BMG hoping to cash-in on a fad. Though presumably they expect it to be a pretty long term fad: investing in a vinyl pressing plant is not cheap.
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Favourably reviewed a year ago ...Al ears said:
http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/news/article/sony-ps-hx500/23881
Excellent user feedback on JL website and amazon, Richer Sounds etc.
If I had any LPs left I think i'd buy one given it's only £275. (Luckly I sold the last and best 100 or so LPs a few years ago to avoid the temptation of getting back into it again
No regrets.)
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Fair enough. There seems to be a few issued now for the purpose of ripping to hi-res including a new one from Pro-ject... Killing the hand that feeds it????chebby said:Favourably reviewed a year ago ...Al ears said:
http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/news/article/sony-ps-hx500/23881
Excellent user feedback on JL website and amazon, Richer Sounds etc.
If I had any LPs left I think i'd buy one given it's only £275. (Luckly I sold the last and best 100 or so LPs a few years ago to avoid the temptation of getting back into it again
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Yup, I was alluding to a proper table, not one that rips.
Sony seem to be covering a whole multitude of sins. Let's hope they put more thought and effort into their vinyl than 'that' turntable.
Sony seem to be covering a whole multitude of sins. Let's hope they put more thought and effort into their vinyl than 'that' turntable.
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@Chebby
"Apparently it also performs well as just a turntable. (Again, I am only going by user feedback and favourable reviews from two different magazines rather than your - presumably - personal experience."
I don't doubt it's a good performer for the price (or don't question those who've left a review). Don't have any personal experience of this table, just pointing out a pertinent point that Sony are pandering to more than one format, dressed in a vinyl frock.
Unless this table is equal or better than a dedicated £200-odd spinner my view won't change.
"Apparently it also performs well as just a turntable. (Again, I am only going by user feedback and favourable reviews from two different magazines rather than your - presumably - personal experience."
I don't doubt it's a good performer for the price (or don't question those who've left a review). Don't have any personal experience of this table, just pointing out a pertinent point that Sony are pandering to more than one format, dressed in a vinyl frock.
Unless this table is equal or better than a dedicated £200-odd spinner my view won't change.
According to the article I read, it's their Japanese operation that's going to be pressing records, at least to start with. It sounds as though they're going to recommission their Japanese presses, which pressed some pretty damned fine records back in the day, so there's hope for quality. But it might only be reaching the Japanese market to start with, and the first issues are going to be reissues of Japanese songs. Could be a while before your favourite old CBS records are available again .... although aren't lots of them available already?Al ears said:
Confused of Clapham south.
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Given the poor quality pressings being spat out for the beardy, Crosley using, hipster generation, anything that sounds okay AND doesn't use a ceramic stylus (eek!) is a ' good thing'.
Given that hipsters can afford £4.50 for a bowl of cereal, you'd think they could splash out £200 for a deck that won't kill their vinyl within weeks.
Given that hipsters can afford £4.50 for a bowl of cereal, you'd think they could splash out £200 for a deck that won't kill their vinyl within weeks.
Strange how things go full circle. I can remember that Sony used to own a huge record pressing facility in the city where I was born: Haarlem in the Netherlands. Currently it's know as Record Industry. It was opened in 1958 by Artone, taken over by CBS in the 1960s and incorperated by Sony in 1988 when they took over CBS/Columbia. The plant was closed in 1998 due to the lack of sales of vinyl records.
In 1998 it was taken over by a new company, Record Industry, who mainly pressed records for dance music. Now they waiting times of 10-12 weeks if you want your record pressed. According to Wikipedia (in Dutch) all the pressing machines are over 30 years old now. I wonder if the pressing plant in Japan uses mothballed equipment. That would make sense.
In 1998 it was taken over by a new company, Record Industry, who mainly pressed records for dance music. Now they waiting times of 10-12 weeks if you want your record pressed. According to Wikipedia (in Dutch) all the pressing machines are over 30 years old now. I wonder if the pressing plant in Japan uses mothballed equipment. That would make sense.
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