Does anyone else here collect vinyl records?

I still have my collection from the 70s & 80s, and I don’t listen as often, but my AIWA turntable still works.

I have about 2000 LP’s. I play em on a VPI turntable through a McIntosh amp and pre amp. Speakers are Electro Voice century III.

I've been collecting records since I was a kid,never stopped,even when it wasn't cool.
I became a radio DJ in 1987 and got lots of free promos that way.
I have lost huge collections a few times due to life stuff,stupid people and poor choices.
Not sure how many thousand I've got,but it's an unhealthy ammount.I see a few purges in my near future,especially with the prices being what they are lately...Much of the fun has been sucked out of the hobby for me,but I still find gems here and there...
My favorite TT is the Techniques T1200 sitting in the garage in need of repair.I use a few crummy USB models around the house along with a newer Audio Technica through a cheap Optimus amp but through spiffy Auratone monitors.My PA runs 2 800 watt Carvin (or Crown?) amps through an array of speakers,mainly JBL's.I almost never play vinyl out (apart from my radio show) unless I'm showing off.
I mainly buy used CD's lately cos they are so abundant,cheap and durable.I'm sure they outnumber my vinyl stacks at this point.

Just yesterday I got a stack of postcards from 1959,Portugal which are also 78rpm records.For a dollar,buried in a box of junk at a library sale.Made my day,haha.I like weird cultural ephemera like that. Thanks for asking.

Twice in the past for various reasons I have given away my Vinyl collection. The first time would have been when they would now be quite valuable - early Rolling Stones, The Who etc etc, all 60's stuff. Now I just have CD's and a collection of music cassettes.

Now I do a stint on the tills at an Oxfam Book and Music Shop, in the Vinyl, CD, DVD, Sci-fi section. A little paradise where I can listen to some good sounds on a pretty good system that can play all sorts of media.

A few photos......


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And the singles......


Some of the more valuable are locked up behind glass.

I have maybe 100 or so. I am kind of picky about the ones I get.
Thrift stores always have them but they are junk no one wants like Andy Williams, 101 strings, or those sh*tty firestone christmas albums.

Turntable is an Audio Technica AT-LP120XUSB that I bought in 2017 IIRC.

{@anthony453] yes i have some forty five vinyls of songs i like and have collected from second hand shops and charity shops . alas i am like you have no longer a player and since i got a computer i watch and listen too music on you tube and spotify so they the records are in a box redundant

Yup, glad you're enjoying them - I have a nice Rotel turntable and a nice system - CD has great range, but Vinyl has a crunchy quality to it - I like both.. since I have albums I bought in the 70s -90s (maybe 300) including classical, that still sound great.

My father had a large collection of records for a long time. In my teenage years, they gradually became my collection.

Hi, I bought a rare 2X vinyl just today, so will need to acquire a record player(s) again.

I have an old school Optonica RP-4705 turntable, Ortofon cartridge, and a rebuilt Sherwood CP-602 amp. I bought these in high school. I have a pretty good collection of 70's-80's records and have bought a few new Lps to replace some damaged ones. Love the sound. And some of the old records go for $100+. If you look around, you can find some decent equipment at a good price. Lots of online discussion too. I listen to my vinyl quite often. Both new and old artists.

I still have all my albums and 45's I bought in the sixties and seventies.

I think vinyl collections are cool and having a turntable to listen to them (hopefully you find one that is a good price) is really cool. But I'm personally not interested in cluttering up my house with a collection or in collecting in general. I'm pretty content with my Spotify and electronic playlists.

I still have all of mine from way back in the day.

I have a lot of vynil stickers....

Yep lots

I gave up listening to vinyl years ago as it was so much trouble and they are damaged so easily

I don't collect; why do you? Is it just the novelty?

No but one of my neighbors does.

I have my original old ones and occasionally have gone to the ol' vinyl store.

Yes...I do. I have over 400 albums so far. Most are original labels also. I don't play them much anymore but preserve my most prized ones with anti-static sleeves and plastic covers.