I've had my JVC L-A10 for about 2 years now and have never replaced the stylus. I have no idea how old it is or how much use it has had before me. Always meant to get around to it at that time is now.

I'm looking for advice on which stylus to choose, it currently seems to have an Audio Technica AT-91 cartridge with an ATN-91 stylus (yellow).

My options are:

• ATN-91R for £21.99
• Aftermarket ATN-91E for €21.60 (plus importing)
• ATN-3600LE for £29.95

My vinyl collection is a mixed bag, some well looked after in great condition, others charity shop finds with plenty of wear.

My understanding is a spherical stylus like the ATN-91R would be more forgiving with the worn records but I've also seen people say the elliptical ones should get into the groove deeper and avoid the wear.

So what would I be better putting my money into?

Or should I go for a AT-VM95E for £40 and swap the whole cartridge?

Is there something else in a similar price range I've overlooked?

This feels insane. I might have a problem.

A very beautiful album but short length. Edit: loved the artwork.

A completely redundant remake of a classic album by a bitter and out-of-touch old man.

First time posting here and showing off the latest addition to my collection: the double 45rpm disc from Analogue Productions' Atlantic 75 series of Yes' CTTE, mastered by Kevin Gray.

Have to say I've heard a lot of versions of this album on vinyl and otherwise. I've listened to the UK original, the West German edition cut by Pfanz, the Chris Bellman remaster, the Steven Wilson version, the Barry Diament master on CD and a ripped SACD from Audio Fidelity mastered by Steve Hoffman. Aside from the SH SACD, no version quite cut it to what I wanted from this album. Until today.

To me, this is the best way to hear this quintessential album. Detailed, balanced, with lots of headroom (I mean, usually everything is just all over the place in this grand symphony of rock) and just the right amount of punch to it when needed. If I have but one "flaw" to point out is that - at least on my gear -, the vocals don't stand out as much as all the other instruments, but I wouldn't go so far as to call them buried or flat, just equally nestled in with all the others.

I'd say it's this one, then the SACD, then the Chris Bellman remaster, but I can see people prefering the latter, as it comes closer to the original UK's sound, but a bit better mastered, imo.

Recorded live at CBGBs in September 1984.

Do you all have a favorite boot? I stumble across them in record stores and atr shows every so often but have to really want more from the band to get one. This one was worth it.

You can hear it here -- https://youtu.be/y5khB5i21s8

Celtic Frost’s second full length, “To Mega Therion”. A masterpiece of extreme metal! This is an ‘86 US pressing on Combat with the green labels and the inner sleeve advertising the Celtic Frost/Helloween/Gravedigger tour that never happened.

Bought No Code awhile ago but haven't had the time to spin it until now. Such great, much memories

So this is the best haul I've seen in a decade or more.

I stopped at a junk shop out in the desert. Lots of tools, road signs, furniture, glass, pots, southwestern lawn art, etc. Lots of stuff in sad condition. This is not a curated antique market. An older lady runs the place, said she buys auction lots and resells them here. Inside was just piles of barely sorted everything, lots of shelves, and not far from the front door I spy records. I'm wary. They're stacked vertically and haphazardly. And I hate sand. It gets everywhere. She says these are $1 each, and has no idea what they are, so I get to sifting.

It's mostly hip hop and funk, but that ain't all. A bunch of it is VG+, in sleeves! Funkadelic, Mos Def, Sza, Kid Cudi, Earthgang, Bernard Wright, OutKast, Nas, Tribe Called Quest... There's a Cage the Elephant, Mac DeMarco, Fleet Foxes too, and a bunch of stuff I have no idea about.

But then I pulled out this. No protective sleeve, but I've got those, and it's pristine inside and out. No way does the Star Blazers soundtrack have any business sitting around a desert junk shop in excellent condition for $1.

I gave her $40 and didn't even bother counting how many I grabbed. No, I ain't saying where. I'm going back.

I've got Steely Dan's Aja going.

And a bit of cherry vanilla.

My dad gave me a CD copy of it for my 15th birthday and i was immediately obsessed with it. I was listening to it and 2112 on the bus once a week, playing it on my stereo in my room, asking my dad if we could listen to it on road trips, all of it. I found this first edition copy alongside a first edition of Wish You Were Here up in town a couple years ago and absolutely love it. Both are in great condition and sound absolutely beautiful, and i usually only break them out for special occasions since i ball up and cry whenever i listen to either.

Originally from 1962. My copy was made last year. Red vinyl, so classy

Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music
https://www.discogs.com/release/32197875-Ray-Charles-Modern-Sounds-In-Country-And-Western-Music

My Dying Bride - As the Flower Withers (1992, death/doom metal) Nine Inch Nails - Further Away (1994, industrial rock) A Perfect Circle - Mer de noms (2000, alternative rock)

I recently treated myself to a vinyl copy of one of my all-time favourite albums. I've wanted it for years and it makes me so happy.

Killer chaotic as fuck hardcore punk from Tampa, FL. This one came out in 2001 and is their only LP. They also put out a 7” EP and and a 7” split with Combatwoundedveteran. Singer went on to be in No Statik who also fuckin rip.

She had the record wrapped up for me to open, and the pack of smokes right on top. gotta say that i have the best of friends out in Cleveland. This wasn't the first time this year someone had a brand new record waiting for me when I arrived out there.