Pluggers by Rick McKee for September 13, 2024

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    BadCreaturesBecomeDems  3 months ago

    I have a record player and it will burn the music to a CD. I don’t have any way to play a cd except in the DVD player. I used to take my tunes with me on a memory stick, but that old car stereo is gone and the new one is easy: I just tell it to play my playlist that is somewhere out there in cyberspace.

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    ctolson  3 months ago

    Vinyl is making a comeback. Unfortunately, quality turntables aren’t. Victims of ‘Made in China’.

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    david_42  3 months ago

    After 36 years in IT and constant noise, I really value silence.

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    Irish53  3 months ago

    You can get good quality turntables made in the US, but they will be more expensive. I bought one. Worth every penny too.

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    dbrucepm  3 months ago

    I still have a lot of vinyls and several turntables to play them on. I even have a bunch of 78s and 45s. I dig them out when I’m feeling nostalgic. Same with my 8 track tapes and cassettes.

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    William Robbins Premium Member 3 months ago

    I have a turntable but the records are in a box somewhere buried in storage.

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    kaycstamper  3 months ago

    Funny, I JUST got rid of my records for that reason!

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    Inahastation(eye nuh ha station)  3 months ago

    Excellent choice of album!

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    DaBump Premium Member 3 months ago

    Got a record player or two, just never have the time to hook it up and convert the records to digital.

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    geneking7320  3 months ago

    I wonder what percentage of the readers recognize the album cover.

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    juicebruce  3 months ago

    So buy a turntable tis not hard to do ;-)

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    Robert Nowall Premium Member 3 months ago

    My old record player is behind boxes and such I’m too lazy and tired to move. My slightly newer record player (and dubber-onto-CD-er) is buried under more debris. I have no place to put a new-new turntable and / or speakers.

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    KEA  3 months ago

    There are lots of great turntables both new and pre-owned to be had. That’s just silly. (’course one would also need an amp, or receiver … a nice pair of bookshelf speakers or towers or a really good pair of headphones…)

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    John Wiley Premium Member 3 months ago

    Nope. Still use my mid-eighties Technics SL-1200 direct drive.

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    I Go Pogo   3 months ago

    Still working with a late 70’s Denon turntable. My claim to being a plugger stems from actually seeing Pink Floyd perform the album live back on June 9, 1975. Still have the ticket stub.

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    phritzg Premium Member 3 months ago

    I still have all my LP’s, and I can play them on my Garrard DD75 turntable from the late 1970’s (made in England). Guess I’m not a plugger.

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    Strawberry King  3 months ago

    Great album. One of the very best.

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    SofaKing Premium Member 3 months ago

    My son acted like he discovered Pink Floyd while in college in 2005. “Dad, have you heard of them?”

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    kathleenhicks62  3 months ago

    You rush to a thrift store, they have players usually or a yard sale.

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    Spiny Norman Premium Member 3 months ago

    I had over 350 albums and as many CD’s (many dupes in the “new” format). I uploaded them all to Apple Music and now can carry it all in my pocket to listen to them anytime, often in a lossless or Dolby Atmos format. I sold them all and really don’t miss dedicating all that space and equipment to it. And a pair Sonos speakers fills the room very nicely with what ever I choose. Although I can’t quite rattle the walls with volume (yet).

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    anomalous4  3 months ago

    I have a box of old VHS tapes & one of cassettes, & nothing to play them on…close enough?

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    TLH1310 Premium Member 3 months ago

    15 yrs ago, when cleaning out Dad’s garage after he passed, I ‘almost’ threw out his stereo system. Turntable, 8-track, cassette, and AM/FM radio. It’s sitting in my basement work area, working just as well as it did 50 yrs ago.

    Happy 89th birthday Dad.

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    martinman8  3 months ago

    yea they are still available, but if you get a turntable make sure it is a direct drive. not a belt.

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    Zen-of-Zinfandel  3 months ago

    Plugger can hear the sound of the ringing cash register, should he sell his records?

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    sousamannd  3 months ago

    48 years teaching music – and now… Silence is Golden!

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    eddi-TBH  3 months ago

    At least there are still turntables out there. VCRs for those old tapes is a bigger problem.

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    pangrrl Premium Member 3 months ago

    You all know you can stream all this stuff via Apple Music and other platforms?

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    millersdiveservice  3 months ago

    Nice album choice….Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd

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    majobis.  3 months ago

    Pink Floyd the Wall..

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