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Don't collect formats, collect muisc

1,000 classical records, inherited? First off you do not appear to know what the records are. So the music on them may or may not appeal to you. Further the performances may or may not appeal to you. Thirdly the recordings may be good or not. And the physical condition of the discs is always open to question until you hear them.

The only way that you are going to find out is to listen to them. I will guarantee that you will like only a proportion at best from a collection chosen by someone else. That is even if you had a turntable and listened to them all you will return to listen again to only a number of them.

You may also want to take account of your future interest in expanding such a collection when new (in all senses) classical vinyl records are rarely made. Classical recordings have been virtually 100% digital for the past couple of decades or more. So any further interest by you in this medium for this genre will be restricted to used records made in the last century.

As for the investment in equipment if you are interested in good sound quality for classical music then my experience is that you will need some pretty decent gear. Probably in excess of $1K ( new prices) and better if you can spend more. This is a genre where tonal inaccuracy and dynamic compression are very audible and IMO most budget equipment will sound like it is budget equipment.

Classical records typically have a wider dynamic range than e.g. rock discs and hence clicks and pops are more prominent. If you are unused to the medium then they will be even more disturbing to you than to a seasoned vinyl listener. All of this makes a record cleaning machine a likely essential purchase too ( will reduce pops etc. but not get rid of them all).

In truth LP classical music can sound wonderful. But I wouldn't rely on it as a foregone conclusion. I have a wonderful LP replay system and many thousands of discs. However I still mostly listen to digital sources.

Do you know anyone with a vinyl replay system where you could have a listen and see how it may suit you before committing any money?


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