Gents,

I have finally got off my lazy ass and procured my fathers record player from my moms basement. It's in good shape with some newer parts, comes with an old-school good condition Onkyo receiver and 2 nice big speakers. So....I have some crates of records (some good shit) and I want some more.

The questions I pose is this:

-Where are the good stores in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs?
-Anyone know of any good online stores to purchase from?
-Places to buy replacement parts and the like?

I've done some internet searching (!) but I would rather defer to the Council of the Music Mystics that dwell within these walls.

Thanks in advance.

Laurie's Planet of Sound, 4600 block of Lincoln. Just, whatever you do, do not bring in any 10,000 Maniacs CD's for trade in or you will be unceremoniously flung into traffic.

http://lauriesplanetofsound.com/

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Thanks, TS, I will def. check that place out.

Algonquin Records in Des Plaines has been there for decades.

http://algonquinrecords.com/

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

My turntable has long since bit the dust. I have a box full of old LPs in the basement, most of which have only been played a few times. I would record them onto cassettes as soon as I got them. Many of them have only been played once. I haven't looked at them in years. I probably haven't heard an LP played in over twenty years.

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I've found it easier to order vinyl online.

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"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

I see. Now which websites would you recommend?

I'm sure you were going to answer that question in your post but accidentally hit submit before you finished........right?

I'm not sure what genres you are into, but I have stumbled upon some rare shit here

http://www.vinylexchange.co.uk/


amazon page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=A1F83G8C2ARO7P&sellerID=AYPBD4F8PQAYS

ebay: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Vinyl-Exchange-Manchester

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I would gladly take some of those off your hands.

I've ordered through musicstack.com. Never had an issue with them and was always able to find what I wanted.

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Dusty Groove in Wicker is pretty good too.

http://www.dustygroove.com/

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1926-1931-1934-1942-1944-1946-1964-1967-1982-2006-2011

Thanks, I will give it a look.

Man, I got my big ole beanbag chair and m just waiting to drink some scotch and jam to some to some real uncompressed tunes.

Does this guy have me on ignore?

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1926-1931-1934-1942-1944-1946-1964-1967-1982-2006-2011

Oh stop!

I got your recommendation, Apologist! And I will look into it!

Would you like to come over and share the beanbag with me?!

nah, it's really no big deal at all. I just found it odd that you had replied to seemingly everyone else. Hope that stuff helps you.

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vinyl is so cool. but my wife won't let me take the 4-foot high Infinity speakers out of the attic.

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I'm a bigfan of Reckless in Chicago. They've got 3 locations throughout the city, and you can see what each store has in stock online. I think their prices are pretty decent overall.

http://www.reckless.com/

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yeah...
Reckless on Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park, Vintage Vinyl in Evanston, Beverly Records at 116th and Western Ave., and Amazon.com

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@audioidkid

Ha,ha your p_whipped!















so am I!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

This.

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I will make a point to visit these bastions of musical goodness....

Anyone know an actual brick and mortar place to find spare parts and other such old-school stuff?

I'd just call these places and ask. but, you can usually find needles, etc...at Best Buy.

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@audioidkid

Best Buy? Really? Cool.

Maybe one day I will package up my turntable and head up to your humble abode in the sky where we can listen to true lossless audio and turn our noses up at those 128kbps MP3 listening peasants.

We can share our FLAC....
By the way, I've found through experimentation that 192-224 bit mp3s sound better to me than 320.

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Is that with CD's that you've ripped onto your hard-drive? And what was the audio equipment setup?

Primarily mp3's I create of original material. I use my Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) - Sonar 8.5. I'll be upgrading to Sonar X1 shortly.

If I rip a CD, which is extremely rare these day, it'll be 224 and I use Windows Media Player.

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Ah, gotcha. Why do you feel that 192-224 sounds better than 320kbps?

not a big fan of Laurie's...not big enough and not a very big selection overall

as DB said, Reckless
Lakeview preferred, Wicker is OK, never been to Loop

Dusty Groove is great, and a great place to buy online as well....great shipping and prices are fair
Jazz Record Mart is great too

Well, it just does to me for newer music since most of it has been recorded well. 320 samples more of the audio and reshapes it more than 192, so it should sound better but, I'm just not hearing it via earbuds. On a good system, you'll probably pick up more of a difference.
Older stuff is probably best at 320 (pre-loudness wars).

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