Old Guy - Turntable Experience

Posted by creativepart (A) on August 10, 2020 at 16:12:30

I'm 70. OKAY? I built my first stereo out of parts from Olsen Electronics and a portable record player back in 1966. My family had a Pilot console stereo when I brought home Sgt Peppers to devour with friends.

Handling records, setting up cartridges, messing with turntables it's second nature. I've been doing it since the early 70's - 50 years ago.

Reading posts by young folks just seriously getting into vinyl in the past decade really makes me glad for all this experience. I remember the first time I set up a cartridge. One that had not come pre-installed on my Dual TT. I feel for these new guys. Oh, it's true we didn't have YouTube videos, forums or any other way to know about how to do things other than what someone older and wiser than us showed us first hand. But we learned by trial and lots of error.

I enjoy being 70 - I like to tell people I'm 70 all the time - I feel it both confers on me some level of experience that says I know what I'm doing and at the same time excuses me from some of the mistakes I make. As in, "Sorry, I messed up, I'm 70."

Not sure what brought all this on today - I guess reading about "newbies" and their introductions to VINYL. Thanks for indulging the old guy.

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Topic - Old Guy - Turntable Experience - creativepart 16:12:30 08/10/20 (26)

Another old guy... - EdAInWestOC 06:40:03 08/21/20 (0)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - Bill Way 10:02:20 08/16/20 (0)

what constitutes a 'whippersnapper' then? - NuWave 14:49:35 08/11/20 (4)

Anyone under 70? - samstone 05:54:33 08/16/20 (3)

YIPPY! - NuWave 08:41:21 08/17/20 (2)

RE: YIPPY! - Jack D II 10:48:47 08/20/20 (1)

Good work! - NuWave 20:15:46 08/21/20 (0)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - Barry 13:09:27 08/11/20 (2)

curious question - NuWave 14:56:03 08/11/20 (1)

Nope. - Barry 19:21:15 08/11/20 (0)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 11:46:55 08/11/20 (2)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - creativepart 12:13:16 08/11/20 (1)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 11:24:58 08/12/20 (0)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - Munkie_NL 06:42:33 08/11/20 (0)

I'm younger than you but have been fooling with turntables... - ghost of olddude55 04:24:38 08/11/20 (2)

RE: I'm younger than you but have been fooling with turntables... - JonM 04:10:35 08/12/20 (1)

I remember those, too... - ghost of olddude55 09:24:00 08/12/20 (0)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - Opus 33 1/3 17:47:02 08/10/20 (0)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - John Elison 17:12:23 08/10/20 (5)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - Jeffrey Lee 16:21:44 08/20/20 (2)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - John Elison 07:16:13 08/22/20 (1)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - Jeffrey Lee 15:58:42 08/22/20 (0)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - Tre' 13:44:53 08/11/20 (1)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - John Elison 15:16:18 08/11/20 (0)

Welcome to the 'Old Guy Vinyl Club" /nt - Story 17:00:26 08/10/20 (0)

RE: Old Guy - Turntable Experience - Rockethead26 16:49:59 08/10/20 (0)

Old Guy - Turntable Experience

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