Vinyl

[RichardM]

My deck cost me around £400. That might seem a lot to some. That's not even entry level to others! I'm very happy with it but I reckon if I heard a £2000 deck mine would seem ordinary.

I've got an older model of https://www.project-audio.com/en/pro...but-carbon-dc/ It cost just over £100 20ish years ago, it's about £300 now and is considered good entry level.
I've never stopped buying vinyl but don't play it much. I rip it to flac and play from a server to various Bose speakers, using JRiver Media Centre to manage and stream the music https://www.jriver.com/

[Eric the Half a Bee]

I've got an older model of https://www.project-audio.com/en/pro...but-carbon-dc/ It cost just over £100 20ish years ago, it's about £300 now and is considered good entry level.
I've never stopped buying vinyl but don't play it much. I rip it to flac and play from a server to various Bose speakers, using JRiver Media Centre to manage and stream the music https://www.jriver.com/

That Jriver sounds interesting. All of my music is ripped as flac and I could consider doing the same with my vinyl. How does it work?

[RichardM]

That Jriver sounds interesting. All of my music is ripped as flac and I could consider doing the same with my vinyl. How does it work?

The Bose speakers are DLNA renderers and the JRiver media centre plays to them (it can be a DLNA, server, controller and renderer). JRiver catlogs the music files and builds a library, you can then build play lists, including smart lists e.g. Genre = Rock and not played for x months. You can then play the music using the JRiver Windows app, or their android app or other DLNA compliant apps. It also manages and plays videos and images and streams from the web.

There are versions that run on Linux, including Raspberry Pi, there is, or they are working on a Mac version. They also sell a NUC with software already installed.

It's a complex application and takes time to understand but I think it's worth it, I've been using it for years. It's continually developed and has a good community supporting via a forum. I would recommend downloading it and running the free trial to get used to it, but you need a techy aptitude to get the bet from it, otherwise it could be quite daunting.

[valleys caveman]

The Bose speakers are DLNA renderers and the JRiver media centre plays to them (it can be a DLNA, server, controller and renderer). JRiver catlogs the music files and builds a library, you can then build play lists, including smart lists e.g. Genre = Rock and not played for x months. You can then play the music using the JRiver Windows app, or their android app or other DLNA compliant apps. It also manages and plays videos and images and streams from the web.

There are versions that run on Linux, including Raspberry Pi, there is, or they are working on a Mac version. They also sell a NUC with software already installed.

It's a complex application and takes time to understand but I think it's worth it, I've been using it for years. It's continually developed and has a good community supporting via a forum. I would recommend downloading it and running the free trial to get used to it, but you need a techy aptitude to get the bet from it, otherwise it could be quite daunting.

*Throws Amstrad in the bin*