Trawling the classifieds …
Reddit has some actively youthful members interacting directly with people in their eighties (and not just in audio terms) which makes for some interesting arguments. As Chris notes, TikTok has a hifi culture too; not one that looks like this one but a hifi culture nonetheless.
The desire among a decent slice of younger people to own something in a world where they rent everything else is a gift to music labels and publishers so I have no doubt they will conspire to fuck it absolutely.
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I still haven’t got the hang of reddit yet, the layout and format does my swede in.
Lots of good (and some very weird) stuff on there though.
Chortle / wisdom 
Honestly thought the Tiktok reference was a joke - you mean it’s not just schoolkids dancing and minor royalty fapping to 'em now…?
TikTok is scarily enormous. Think of a subculture and it’s there.
No joke, tiktok now has a fuckton of stuff on it. Even my dad is now using it for DIY stuff like repairing my mum’s car which he is refusing to let die with dignity.
Pretty sure I read somewhere that tiktok is now the main source of news/politics for under 25’s
I think this whole modern hunt for “the sound” is really just a new version of an old human thing. With records, there’s searching, learning, and often listening to the whole statement. With streaming, it’s more like skimming — ten seconds here, save the track, move on. It can feel like a cheapening to me. A bit like saying, I like the Mona Lisa’s eyes, but the mouth doesn’t do much for me so ta ta.
That said, I’m not pretending I’m above it. I use streaming all the time but not for actually listening more for reference. It’s convenient, and it’s seductive. There’s always the sense that the next click might be the one that really hits. I do think something psychological is going on. We’ve become very good at chasing little flashes of feeling and then moving straight on an instant shazzam of dopamine please! .
Vinyl delivers it in a different way, not in some heroic way, just by how it works. It costs more, it asks more, and it makes you sit with something. Sometimes long enough for it to open up, sometimes long enough to change your mind, and sometimes long enough to realise you’re wrong about it. In the end you’re left with something tangible, not just the memory of having searched.
I’m not anti-convenience. But I do think it’s hard to fall in love conveniently. Falling for anything usually involves a bit of obsession and a bit of irrationality. Music certainly does. Even when artists talk about ideas or concepts, it nearly always ends up peppered with feelings / atmosphere etc.
So maybe the records that end up mattering most aren’t the easy wins. Maybe they’re the ones that ask for a bit of attention and patience, at a time when we’re encouraged to give less of both. And maybe that isn’t such a bad trade, even if it doesn’t always feel comfortable while you’re in it.
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I regularly use the ‘random item in your collection’ button in Discogs.
I often stream it rather than than get the record out but it does open up my record collection.
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Could somebody buy something and post a picture of it soon?
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We need a ‘I hate the records I’ve collected and can no longer bear to listen to them’ thread 
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OK- I’m pleased to say that the PU8 is now a permanent resident chez Fun
I’ll repurpose the SME309 for the AVID and sell the M2 at some point.
Also, these live here now too;
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I know threads drift from time to time, but it’s looking a bit daft just as it’s ticked over to a new section.
Top man
Collector’s Melancholy Corner.
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Never got the great love for the AE1, didn’t get on with the originals at all.
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Completely fair- it’s a very marmite device. I just love that they go like the clappers and make music from my misspent youth sound how I want it to. These Anniversary ones still do that while being a fraction more forgiving and going a bit deeper than the originals. They, the Supernait 3 and a Node ICON will form the core of my next bedroom system* and I will be content to listen to it for hours.
*and a turntable obvs. Not sure which one yet.
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I always liked the way they needed an amplifier at least eight times the size and weight of the speakers, thus rendering the idea of them being a small speaker entirely ludicrous. We clearly need more ludicrous in the world. And indeed in this thread.
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A nice PT Anni with HR-100 arm would go nice with that setup 
I have never heard the PU8 but the PU7 was a formidable tonearm, and if it is following in it’s footsteps I am sure it will serve you well.
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You almost certainly aren’t wrong but as I already have four turntables, it feels like overdoing it slightly. It’ll most likely be the Planar 10 but, depending on what happens downstairs, the AVID might end up in that role instead. First world problem anyway.
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It’s outstanding- it gets the Gyro very close to the Vertere in truth. It’s flawlessly made too.
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