You can call me a vinyl junky because I still love to play records inspite of the CDs, DVDs and MP3/iPod’s around us. With the nostalgia of LPs I inherited from my father and the ones I bought during my first employment, I cannot just throw them away. For years, I kept my LPs with no turntable to play since my audio gear was carted away by a burglar years ago. The only time I can listen to LPs is - when I’m on vacation in our ancestral home in Kuguita, Mambajao, Camiguin (see the picture included in Ivan Henares’ blog)
My interest in pursuing turntables revived when I come across an article from Beat Reviews, a Singaporean hi-fi magazine, written by Gary Leonard Koh, CEO of Genesis Loudspeakers (http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com). The conclusion of his article "LPs vs SACDs" is - LPs are much better than SACDs! But that was before he discovered Black CDs. I believe him is because he’s an authority but there’s no substitute with first-hand experience. (more…)
