clumsymonkey

The only way to side step cost is to go vintage but here you need to have knowledge to know what you are buying isn't worn out.  
The good news is that there is a lot of good secondhand equipment out there, it just takes patience, research and asking questions of people with the knowledge you need to work out how best to spend your money.
 
If you buy well and find it's not for you can get a good amount of your money back, but if you buy crap you can ruin your records and it will still be worthless crap that you can't get anything back for if you decide this isn't for you.
 
I don't know how many times I've said this but a decent turntable is an engineering masterpiece and unfortunately that costs, you are dealing with very tiny numbers both mechanically and electrically and that level of engineering has a cost.
 
With any analogue sound system there is mechanical contact with a perishable item which means there is a potential for damage
 
The major problem with all the cheap record wrecking crap that is on the market apart from the obvious is that vinyl has become a cash cow now and because of that companies that either don't know what they are doing or who should know better badge this crap and sell it on to people that don't know what they are buying. These things cost nothing to make with very very poor engineering and quality control but can be sold for $100 plus to people who find out too late what a steaming pile of dog turd they have spent their hard earned on.

Title says it all. $33 shipped each. Will not send both to someone. PM me.
Solddd

HEY
 

I have some sealed beanie babies if anyone is interested.

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Man, I've been doing things wrong this WHOLE time. 
I give in. Fuck it all. I'm selling everything.
 
 
You can have my splatter Too Weird Too Live, Too Rare To Die...but it's opened...

It's good to know there are still people out there into records for the right reason. Money.

crazy.exe

"And one penny."

Lmaorotfl. Great post!!

OK everyone, let's
 
ENJOY THE RIDE
 
in this thread

popcorn popcorn popcorn

Best Emo band song title. 

Ross reading this thread

LOL

LOLLL...oh no you should see the things I did in MS paint with my friends faces and lizards. This is a work of beauty...truly.

I made this for you guys to use whenever someone is being stupid. Sorry to steal your artistic thunder Meg. It's just an ability I have naturally.

Glad you chuckled! People think I get SUPER involved in what I'm saying or arguing, but I'm a pretty nonchalant guy. The words "cool" and "whatever" are spoken often by me. I think my mom smoked a LOT of weed when I was in the womb. Also the ages of 12-16 were very "calming" years for me.

I wish the same applied in youtube

I think we've established by the drawing above that she already draws better than Seth Macfarlane.