I thought I would do a follow-up to the Turntables & Vinyl post from a couple weeks ago since the turntable we bought was crap. We returned the first turntable we bought since it could not maintain the appropriate speed. I did some research and found that the audio-technica AT-LP60 was getting really good reviews for a reasonably priced turntable (only $99). I still didn’t want to spend too much as I still wasn’t sure how much I would listen to it.
I have to say it plays so much better than the original one we bought on a whim at the trendy clothes store that sales vinyl (I don’t want to advertise for them since their clothes are so overpriced). This turntable will automatically place the needle on the album for you which is good as my daughter was really nervous about doing it on the other turntable. I don’t think she wanted to scratch her new James Bay album (a picture disc at that).
Now that the we have a very good working turntable, we had to find some local record stores that sell vinyl. We have found 4 places so far in Charlotte and I am proud to say, we have been to all 4. We actually visited 3 of them on Saturday since they were all in close proximity to each other. The other one we went to last weekend.
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