Impulse buy of the day

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 02/28/2016 at 21:43 • Filed to: Audiositelock

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Not totally an impulse, but we definitely didn’t plan on coming home with another turntable. My girlfriend and I had been talking about how our system is now probably better than the trusty audio-technica, and it’s integrated cartridge and needle. So today we were walking around Chinatown and decided to go into an awesome antique/barber/coffee shop and poke around. There were shelves of amps, speakers and turntables, but this one caught my girlfriends attention. We auditioned it, the owner tried three different needles and gave us the one that sounded best, and after a tour of his workshop downstairs with more audio equipment I’ve ever seen in one place, we were on our way with a new/old Pioneer PL15R

I barely read up on it, but it sounded lovely through the old Harman/Kardon amp and Energy speakers he had set up, so we went for it. I mean the point was to give us the ability to get a better cartridge/needle anyways, not too get anything crazy nice. Sure, I bet we could’ve had a better deal off craigslist, but I like this guys shop a lot, and he seems like a good guy to be on good terms with. Plus he warranties all his old equipment and will do repairs too.

Some other cool things from the shop

We’ll see how it sounds at home when we finally get the TV a wall mount and can arrange the components properly

Chariotoflove > gmctavish needs more space 02/28/2016 at 21:52

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Oh man! A true time machine. I could get lost in there for hours. Takes me back. Hey, what kind of records do you spin?

gmctavish needs more space > Chariotoflove 02/28/2016 at 21:55

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The newer stuff we’ve got includes Tame Impala, Glass Animals, Haim, Lucius, Gogol Bordello, older stuff includes Supertramp, Elton John, David Bowie, Queen, Beatles, and tons of thrift shop randoms

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > gmctavish needs more space 02/28/2016 at 21:59

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I should get a record player given that I have a stack of a few records somewhere. Included in this is the Episode IV Star Wars soundtrack and a Journey album.

gmctavish needs more space > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 02/28/2016 at 22:00

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Not bad at all, one of my favourites is the album of James Bond themes. It’s popular at parties.

Chariotoflove > gmctavish needs more space 02/28/2016 at 22:01

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Sweet collection. Tame Impala came out on vinyl?

I still have the very first I ever got: The Monkees greatest I ordered away for by calling the number on the tv. And the special pressing of The Cars Heartbeat City I won off the radio by being 9th caller, and Hard Days Night (their best album; don’t care what anyone else says), and ...

gmctavish needs more space > Chariotoflove 02/28/2016 at 22:08

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Thanks! Yeah, got Currents from a London Drugs of all places. It was either that, or Midnight Marauders by a Tribe Called Quest. I didn't expect to see either of those there. Oh nice!

Chariotoflove > gmctavish needs more space 02/28/2016 at 22:22

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As Calvin said, “There’s treasure everywhere!”

Agrajag > gmctavish needs more space 02/28/2016 at 23:22

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Man I wish there was a store like this near me. You find something good at fleamarkets and garage sales every once and awhile, but that is a crap shoot.

gmctavish needs more space > Agrajag 02/28/2016 at 23:31

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Yeah we're lucky with the amount of vintage shops that seem to be around