[Uncle Bob] Crazy about vinyl? Here are some useful ideas

Vinyl actually sounds richer than digital you probably have the fitting gear. But it’s an costly and addictive interest.

MANILA, Philippines – So, you may have a everlasting BPO job, you hire or co-rent a apartment unit in Makati or Manila Bay and you’ve got spare money on the finish of the month.

One Sunday, you go to Legazpi Village and see younger adults such as you testing the vinyl – vinyl is at all times singular – by flipping the highest of the album in the direction of themselves to take a look at titles to purchase. It’s known as crate digging.

Pretend you have already got a vinyl-ready audio system.

Taylor Swift or jazz legend John Coltrane? Ah, everybody has Taylor however Coltrane is a cool cat and his face on an album cowl will look nice in selfies.

The used Coltrane prices P2,000 however you possibly can get well it by simply having free pantry espresso for per week as a substitute of going to an artisanal , single supply cafe with tattooed baristas.

But you don’t have a vinyl-ready audio system, so cease daydreaming and let’s backtrack.

To play vinyl, you want this stuff:

1. A turntable with a cartridge and needle or stylus that “reads” the grooves on a file, so to talk.
2. A phono-ready amplifier which can increase the sign from the stylus.
3. Speakers to play  the music on the quantity you need and are managed by the amplifier

Don’t even attempt to combine and match differrent audio manufacturers for those who’re a beginner. You will inevitably make errors and waste cash.

I’ve lengthy revered a UK model known as Rega, which caters to each newcomers and veteran audiophiles.

I contacted Rega Philippines to get an concept of the price of a starter system. 

It so occurs that they’ve a limited-edition, yellow-dominated turntable named after the nice artist Juvenal Sanso. 

The design is derived from his work “Impact of Creation.”

Rega advised me the worth.

“Hi, Roberto! The turntable is ₱65,000. You could choose to get the whole system, together with turntable, amplifier, and audio system, for ₱125,000 with free speaker stands and cables,” Rega stated.

Go for the total package deal. It’s just about plug and play.

I’ve collected vinyl records and compact discs for greater than 40 years. Vinyl actually sounds richer than digital you probably have the fitting gear. But it’s an costly and addictive interest.

If you don’t have the cash for vinyl or produce other priorities, subscribe to Spotify in your cell phone and hearken to music by earphones or headphones.

Better but, purchase a wi-fi speaker like JBL. You can play Spotify through Bluetooth on the speaker. Some of them sound fairly good, delivering punchy bass (low notes).

Even for those who finally change to vinyl, Spotify will allow you to audition albums and decide actually good records.

That’s all from Uncle Bob, your audiophile tito. – Rappler.com

Roberto Coloma, higher often called Bobby, retired in 2022 after 40 years as a overseas correspondent. He began his profession as editor-in-chief of the Philippine Collegian, the coed newspaper of the University of the Philippines.