A Tour of My Vinyl Collection and Listening Room | Talking About Records
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2022
- A work-in-progress for the about the last 15 years - I'm excited to share a behind the scenes look at my personal vinyl record collection and listening room!
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Finally some 90’s music collection! So refreshing. Majority of others collections are like music has stopped at 1989.
Loving the channel. Great topics, keep them coming!!
You got it! Really appreciate the feedback
Popular/rock music died in the 80s, there is very little of any value later than the 70s
@@johnholmes912 depends what you like really
@@Callumh1113good music
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Truth is that vinyl production dwindled to a drip in the 90s, so there just isn't a lot of it out there....
Wow great video! Really nice to see your setup and collection. So many records man!! Haha, it’s impressive. The area looks so welcoming and relaxing. Thanks for sharing
Awesome record collection 🤘
Amazing !!!!!! Congrats for your huge collection and beautiful space !!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
That is very cool! Thanks to sharing your time showing your amazing collection
Very cool listening room. Love those shelves.
Just coming across your content and your passion for music is obvious in all of your videos. You spoke about your children and passing things on to them when that time comes. Unfortunately, that time came way too soon for me when my Dad passed two years ago but I inherited his equipment, collection and passion for music, and it made me so happy to see you trying to do the same. Listening to records is my greatest connection to him. Anyway, loving your content and keep up the amazing work!
That was so cool. Thank you for showing us your listening room. What a great place !
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the tour. Great setup. Very clean and organized.
Thanks for watching Jamie!
Thanks for sharing your space with us; very nice to see other peoples collections
Thanks for watching!
Loved the setup and organizing tips. Icing on the cake would be a phono pre amp, beautiful room and selection
What a beautiful music room! You have some awesome box sets as well. I love what you do for pictures. That looks really cool. Take care.
Thanks so much!
Awesome, what a great vintage turntable. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I really like your videos, and your collection is very close to my personal taste as well. Every random album you pull I'm like 'oh' and 'ahhh.' Very nice setup, very organized, looks like a fun room to hang out in and listen to music.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much!
Love the circle of sound!
Yes! It’s so damn cool. Couldn’t believe my parents dug that our their attic after 50 years!
Excellent room!! Thank you for sharing 👏
Thanks for watching!
I have the and older version of that Zenith with wheeled metal base, didn’t even know it came apart . Thanks for sharing.
Wow! Beautiful collection! Well organized and I’d never leave that room 😎
Thanks so much Steven!
Minor heart attacks till the time you mentioned PINK FLOYD... thank you for not killing me
Love the framed David Gilmour on your wall. One of my favorite albums.
Loved the dividers. It certainly works well for a vinyl collection
I think so too!
Love looking at other peoples listening areas..great way to get new ideas....thanks GI
Thanks for watching!
Love that turntable! Great video, salute.
Appreciate you watching!
Thank you for sharing this. I have that same Zenith turntable and speakers in my garage on a box. It worked well and then I accidentally broke the stylus and now have no idea about where to go/how to get it fixed.
You’re my hero! Awesome collection, accessible equipment, and sweet little listening room, with no snobbery whatsoever. Quite refreshing!
Appreciate that. I’m just a guy who likes to collect and listens to records. Keep it simple when I can. 👌🏼
@@NTXVinyl indeed! Couldn’t help but notice that Black Crowes “Three Snakes and a Charm” album just hanging out on the shelf..
great taste! Enjoy, and thanks again for the video.
Awesome style, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
We need a whole video on the Zenith turntable & those speakers! 😮
Great looking space!
Thanks so much!
Impressive collection and great camera work!
Thanks! I’ll tell my 11yr old son…he was filming it 👌🏼
Oh, love the Black Crowes and the Pearl Jam records!!
Greetings from Brazil. Thanks for the our! The collection is awesome. regards
Thanks for watching!
Great room and great collection. I saw a few very desirable LPs in your collection. It is nice to see that is clearly a music lover room.
Thanks so much!
Zenith! Microtouch 2G! Love it.
Very cool setup. My room is mostly geared toward vinyl too, but we'll play anything anyone wants to hear. I've got very few 8 tracks too, mostly just got a few albums I absolutely love.
Thanks for watching!
Amazing set up!
Thanks!
Fantastic. Really like your shelves! I want to move beyond my Ikea ones. Also great idea on the black bckground!
Thanks Brandon!
Thanks for the video. I am also an audiophile with a Music Hall turntable and love the Ortofon. I have the Bronze which is the best I've ever had. I used to play those beloved 8 tracks in my car.
Very cool! Thanks for watching!
Great collection, nice place to hang and some good advice for overall collecting enjoyment. Thanks! O ya, great camera man! Always share your passions with your kids.
Much appreciated!
Very nice music room ! Great Collection ! Greetings from Vienna, AT
Thank you very much!
Thanks for Jumpin' Jack Flash... 😄😄😄
Love your Record collection Dude ! Great Stuff !
thanks!
Very nice ! Just did my own updated record room tour ! Almost finished .. Iv'e been collecting for 50 years now, and I never got rid of very much at all ! Nice heavy vinyl racks, like the one I just boosted up. Alright.. I'm gonna watch now.. Cheers ! JT Jt's Record Room Vinyl Community.
Love it! Having a nice space makes all the difference.
@NTX Vinyl Sure does.. drug my feet on this for months.. got the cutsins up, and going to put a new desk in !
Cool setup!
Thanks so much!
My dad had a 8-track machine in his truck that he used to have when he first got it. Before cd's came out, he mostly has cassette tapes. I also had cassette tapes til I went to CD's {Have 100+ of those} til I got into Vinyl. You have a nice setup and wall of records nice to see love of the 90's but still appreciating the other genre's of music.
Thanks Lisa!
A great room and collection.
Thanks John!
Very cool music room !
Thanks Peter!
Great collection with some really nice audio equipment to play your media on, I wish I could have a dedicated listening room like you but here in the UK it’s mostly not possible unless your loaded as houses here are a lot smaller. But enjoy it all.
I hear you. We are in Texas, where….yeah most things are quite large, like homes
room tours are great. ur room is gtreat love ur collection a lover of music. thank u for sharing
from australia
love ur box sets srv wow we
Thanks for watching!
Cool! And good job Ben :)
Pretty new to your channel but sure am enjoying it. I grew up in Seattle and graduated in 1992, so your taste is my taste brother!
Oh....I can only imagine the stories you have, and the shows you saw!
Don't get me wrong, we had a GREAT scene in Dallas in the early to mid-90's but obviously pails in comparison to Seattle at that time.
thanks for sharing !
Thanks for watching! 🙌
Loved this Video 👍 Pearl Jam box sets look 😎
Thanks! Huge PJ fan. Search our channel and you’ll find my walk though of my entire PJ collection 🤘🏻
Really cool video thanks dude enjoyed that a lot - great collection and cool system(s). Those box sets - wow I love all those artists. Strongly agree about having a sub, I recently added a subwoofer to my music setup - and outside of an RCM it might just be the best upgrade I’ve ever made - absolute game changer! I went for a REL T9x and it is phenomenally good with music using the high level input - the kick of the drums and rumble of the bass is just incredible. Loved to see the soundtrack collection that was my obsession for the longest time I have some very rare ones from the 80s/90s but don’t buy too many these days tbh. I’m not really a 7” collector I just have around 50 and they’re just chucked in a box, but I’d like to get them in a cool case like you have there.
REL > SVS and thats not a knock on svs.
Nice tour! Love that vintage Zenith turntable and speakers! I loved seeing that stuff growing up. Friends of the family had nice audio gear back in the late 60s and early 70s. I used to sit transfixed staring at the stuff whenever we were visiting and such. About 2010 I was finally able to get some vintage gear I remember. Most of it I have given up or sold, but I still have some pieces I kept. I have a Marantz 2238b receiver and a Sansui 8080db receiver, which is my prized piece. I also have a Pioneer PL510A, a PL530 and a Denon DP47f all still in service today! The Pioneer turntables of old are built like brick houses. So what if I can't stick a $9000 tonearm on them, I don't need to. I also don't have that kind of cash flow.
I have a pretty fair collection myself, about 700 records (not nearly as big as yours, if it was I would need two apartments). I have my records sorted in similar fashion. Currently, I am wanting to build my jazz collection. I want at least a crate full. I only have about 6 or 7 jazz records right now. I also keep a database with info on my records and such just for fun. I never sell off records because I am very selective in what I pick up. I'm building a listening library as I am not a "collector".
I also liked seeing all those box sets. I can't afford any of the MoFi stuff. I have box sets from the early days though and they are fun and sound very good as well. That Dylan Biograph set is a gem in regards to sound quality.
Thanks for watching!
10k tone arm. Damm you could buy a a sme equipped turntable for 200canadian pesos in the early 70s
G.I. - loving the collection and setup... New to the channel, but I'll be watching! Man - I loved your framed Ohana PJ Bus poster so much I had to buy one for myself. Only one I could find was $250 on eBay, but worth it. Can't wait to get mine framed up. Watching your channel is going to be expensive. I keep coming across more vinyl "I have to have"... ughh.
Haha right on man! I'll try to go easy on you. Appreciate you watching.
I gave a 👍 for having Faith No More in your vinyl collrction. Tbh you could fill a whole section of your wall with all of Mike Pattons side projects and collaborations. Great video..
Yeah you could! That dude is prolific. Thx for watching!
NIce Music Room and music collection.
Really appreciate it!
Dig the room and those Zeppelin box sets. Man do I wish they would make a modern day stackable turntable. I’d be all over it. Enjoyed!
Thanks for watching 🤘🏻
I had a stackable turntable back in the day but now I would cringe putting anything on one but fairly worn, beat extra copies! Fun to use with old jukebox 45 records etc but that’s all I could tolerate these days! 😃
Beautiful room
Thanks so much!
Love those Polks RTI12 , they're beautiful
Thanks! An awesome friend gave them to me.
Thanks for the tour. My question has to do with the volume your family will tolerate since it looks like the room is open to the living area downstairs. My pet peeve with speakers is "the veil" that must be lifted to hear detail and soundstage and that comes down to volume. I use high efficiency vintage Frazier horn driven speakers almost exclusively and even these have to get to a certain volume to open up, though at low levels they are mighty enjoyable too. Again, thanks for bringing all of us together in a place that is not judgmental and feels very safe.
Correct. The room is completely open, so I do have to watch volume at times. But it goes both ways, when I am able to crank it up it fills the entire house. 😄
If you ever want to listen at rock concert volumes, bring some of those to my place!
Tripping Daisy!! 🤘🏼
Very cool setup. Makes sense. I do notice your chair is not facing the two speakers. I guess it makes it more casual listening. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Stumbled upon this today and I have to say I like your record divider idea and I loved the old Zenith record player. Similar to stuff I lusted after in junior high back in the sixties. :) Try moving your speakers out into the room a bit more, the sound will open up, although I understand you may not be able to with family considerations. Speaking of family, your son did a fantastic job filming you!
Cool man! Thanks for watching. Appreciate the feedback and suggestions
Great video
Thanks Greg!
Cool room 🙏
Thanks for watching!
That “On the Beach” 8-track is probably the only 8-track I’ve seen and thought “I want that!” Neil is the king
It’s the only 8-track I’ve ever purchased in my life!
@@NTXVinyl you did graphic design? Me too. Used to make concert posters. Now I mostly sell vinyl
@@thomasminarchickjr.7355 yeah I still do. I’ve designed pretty much everything for NTX - logos, tees, etc
@@NTXVinyl I’ve done a couple of things over the past 5 years, but took a break when my son was born. Just did another one for Guided By Voices though
Great content! Thanks for sharing. But with the quality of the turntable, do you think you deserve some equally good amplification and speakers?
K fine. I guess that will hold me over until I get invited over for a beer 😜
That was fantastic. Thanks!
Thanks man! 🙌
I usually tell people not to block the vents on amplifiers and or receivers. I'd put that cassette deck under that sweet Marantz stereo receiver. Nice set up. Appreciate the tour.
Right on! That's a good tip. May look into swapping my cassette deck to the bottom. I rarely use it anyways
Pearl Jam is so great ! Mike McCready is a guitar hero of mine.. when The 90's rolled around I was playing in a nice band, and it was such a musical renaissance.. reminded me of the great years of music in the late 60's through.. let's say.. 1974.
For sure! Great player and really nice guy. Had the pleasure of meeting him once.
@@NTXVinyl Wow ! Stone is no slouch as well.. Cool !
Nice video. Been wondering with vinyl boxes as I'm not big fan of them - not very "easy" to use. Saw this one youtube video where this man from Germany had all the vinyls out from the boxes - kind of liked that idea. Might not work with you though as have "few" boxes but for some who have less it can be handy. I hate the idea to move boxes that have no cover - but if vinyls are out and in plastics sleeve then you "save boxes"
Thank you for your informative and entertaining videos! It's fascinating to see the ratio of records to equipment different people have. If I may offer a suggestion... look out for a tube phono preamp.
Appreciate it! I’m certainly not a gear-head. I’ve always been curious about the tube preamps, what would that add to my set up? What is the main benefit of them?
@@NTXVinyl Everyone has their own tastes but for me tubes have a more realistic natural three dimensional sound. Project has a $500 tube preamp that might be a place to start.
Check out some inexpensive options from the cheap audio man, also from North Texas: ua-cam.com/video/j-30gLybvDA/v-deo.html
Very nice! Enjoyed watching! I didn’t see any CDs and was curious if you have any at all. I assume you DID have some CDs at some point.. Did you sell them at some point? Would be interested in hearing about what you collected and when and if/when you added or deleted any formats in your listening and collecting. Thanks!
I have actually held onto very few CDs. When streaming landed I abandoned them pretty quickly. Have steadily collected vinyl for 25 years, having ramped up drastically in the last 10 years or so.
That room is sick! The money in vinyl alone is off the charts! That Smashing Pumpkins box IS NOT cheap!!!!
Thanks so much!
If you upgrade to to black that turntable will blow you away it's amazing great room
Right on thanks! I’m sure one day an upgrade will be in the plans
Good tour and good collection for sure 🤘🏽. What are the legs you use for your kallax shelves to lift them up? Would you use them for a 5 x 5 or just the 2 x 2 or 2 x 4?
A 5x5 might be a little much. Just my guess. They are from IKEA as well
The IKEA legs are called Capita. I use them on my Kallax shelves as well. Nice to get everything up high and be able to clean underneath… plus you can run cables easier.
How are you able to ever leave this room??!! Amazing collection!
Haha! it's a struggle sometimes. Lots of hours spent in that room!
Beautiful and well organized listening space.
Great idea for dividers.
And I notice you didn’t center your chair between your speakers.
Thanks David!
and yeah...tons of people mentioned the seating arrangement. It works for me just fine. Very open room with only 2 walls so the music surrounds the entire space.
Very nice vinyl collection, video and gear. I would highly suggest you look into gear setup/listening position/speakers position if you want to get the best sound out of your system. Cheers!
Yeah, I've got things set up about the best I can based on the constraints of my room. Open to suggestions of course!
@@NTXVinyl you have a lot of room to play around, trust me ; ) I would suggest making your chair face the speakers forming an equilateral triangle, also try pulling the speakers away from the walls and corners/cabinets/boundaries at least 18" or more. Ron at new record day has a great video called LOTS that explains speaker and seating listening position very well ; )
Might play around with that. Thanks for the tips!
@@NTXVinyl Hope that helps! It can be amazing how much moving things around can improve sound : )
@@NTXVinyl Please do the suggestion, you will love it! If not a perfect triangle try as close as possible. Main thing to try is face the speakers and be as centered between them as possible (in a triangle of course). It will give you an amazing sound stage where the vocals will float dead center between the 2 speakers. Use your balance knob if your chair is not dead center.
I'm a huge Crowes fan too. The only thing I'm missing currently is By Your Side. I keep crossing my fingers for a reissue some day.
You and me both! I have an unofficial version of By Your Side which is ok, but it needs a legit repress for sure. I’m sure it’ll happen someday
@@NTXVinyl I even missed out on that unofficial one somehow, which I'm pretty mad about lol. But yeah, I'd love to see a repress.
Is that an acrylic mat on the turntable from your parents? Have you ever used cork? I'm thinking trying a cork mat for the new turntable I'm ordering.
Hello from Melbourne Australia. I have a collection of 650 lps, 200 7", 900 cds and about 20 box sets. Mostly 'eclectic' stuff but also have a generous collection of more classic rock, prog and jazz.
Very cool! Thanks for watching
Thank you :-)
You are welcome!
Nice video! What sleeves are you using for your records?
Thanks for the tour! Gives good context for your channel. And I gotta say, super cute to hear Ben tell you what you missed. Don’t know how hold he is, but he’s got some great cinematography skills!
Thanks so much! And Ben is gonna love your comment. Funny enough I ALMOST edit that part out...but just decided to roll with it. Didn't overthink it. I'd love to feature him in more videos, just gotta come up with excuses to include him.
Beautifully designed room ! - Kudos . --------- did I miss the 'classical music ' section ???
Thanks!
You did not. I don't own any classical music. Just not something I gravitate towards. Never have.
@@NTXVinyl We all like what we like --- but you reflect most Americans in that you're not much into blues , jazz or classical music - ( it's more the opposite in Europe ) - it's hard to believe you have not been moved by 'some' classical music -- maybe some day . --cheers !
So you buy multiple copies because you have two kids to pass lps along too? Now THAT is best excuse I heard yet to explain to a spouse why you need to pay $50 for multiple pressing!!! "Its for the kids honey!" LOL LOL Just kidding LOL...Love the vid my friend. Room tours are always my absolute favorites to watch as I love seeing the music worlds people create for themselves. You and the family take care and keep it spinning!!
Right?!?! Whatever it takes to justify the records! 😄
Appreciate you watching!
@@NTXVinyl LOL Indeed!
This video popped up on my recommended and I'm now hooked on your channel! That Gilmour signed record caught my eye 😍 would dream to have that. Is there a story behind it? Did you meet him? I have a few signed records that I'd love to get framed (two Coldplay signed by Guy ❤) but am afraid of them fading over the years. Is there anyway to prevent that? Would love to be able to frame them like you have yours!😋
Love to hear it! Appreciate you watching. I regret not mentioning some of my posters and those framed albums. I did not get the Gilmour LP signed personally, but I trust the person that gifted it to me, and they did get it signed by him.
@@NTXVinyl You're welcome! Keep up the good work ❤ ohh ok, still very special though 😍 it's my dream to see him live one day.
Are you not afraid the record fading in colour though next to sunlight like that?? I want to frame some of mine but don't want them to fade. Is there a secret I'm missing?😂
Please tell us about the record box with the custom GD steely inscribed with "North Texas Vinyl". SUPER SWEET !
Good eye! Those are custom crates I’ve had made. Have sold them in my shops on and off. Stain ‘em myself!
Superb listening room and record collection. Thanks for sharing 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🎉 🎉🎉🔊🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👏👏💯
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
Love the Pro-Ject turntable I recently just bought the same one you have. What preamp are you using with your system
don't have one! But i guess i should. Everyone keeps telling me I need one.
@@NTXVinyl nice collection!!, having seen you gear, the improvement with a nice preamp will be substancial compared with the marantz phono input, I can recommend the TUBE BOX S2 by Project. Everybody keep telling you that because they are right!.
@@hernancarrizo158 yep can second that recommendation - get one you won’t regret it!!
Very nice!……………👀😎👏👍👋✌️🇨🇦
#Enjoy
Jimmy Smith!!!
If you really want those Polks to sing you need a separate amp that pushes at least 200wpc @8ohms 300@4ohms.(at least) I had the RTiA9's and they were way power hungry and had the same driver configuration as yours. I was attempting to run them with a Denon receiver before I knew better and they never got to their potential.
Thanks for the tip! Is there a certain preamp you'd recommend?
Hi , Can I ask you what year and what country your Beatles blue box is from ? Thanks for sharing your collection 🙂
My pleasure! The Beatles box is 1978 UK version. www.discogs.com/release/2023842-The-Beatles-The-Beatles-Collection
Nice room, nice collection... if you vanture into Jazz, as you said you plan to, you soon going to be running out of space, though 😁
I know! Have to refrain quite often on jazz stuff.
You mentioned Tripping Daisy. What are your thoughts on DeLaughter's creation and music of Polyphonic Spree? Cheers!
Have been a fan of the Spree since day one. Was a pretty natural progression following Daisy. I was at the very first show the Spree ever performed in Dallas.
@@NTXVinyl awesome! must have been a great show! cheers!
Man I'd like to get on that level some day
Right on! One day/record at a time.
Your listening chair is not facing the speakers for imaging and sound stage listening?