Recently I bought my first ever vinyl record because it was a very pretty 10th anniversary release of one of my fav albums that came with a poster and stuff. I've never paid any attention to vinyl and record players before so I wasn't sure how to go about getting a record player. I swooped a crosley cruiser up off of mercari since it looked nice and I could afford it. I read that because theyre cheaper theyre not high quality, but I don't consider myself to be an audiophile at all so i thought I wouldn't mind. But like, turns out theyre REALLY bad. I was expecting it to be okay just not ~~ crisp ~~ and ~~ clear ~~ but it's like the equivalent of listening to music through cheap earbuds that arent even in your ears, you have them on max volume laying next to you and you hear them dissonantly playing in the background.
So, now I'm on the hunt for a new record player. But I don't really know much about record players and all Ive seen online has been crosley cruisers or $500+ players that audiophiles will say is the only real way to listen to music. I just want something inbetween
So if anyone else here listens to vinyl, what record player(s) do you use? I want to broaden my horizon so I can research more brands and models. If you have any recs for middle-of-the-road players that aren't too fancy but at least don't totally majorly suck, thatd be nice. I swear Im usually not very picky about audio quality, the crosley cruiser is just like...real bad
So, now I'm on the hunt for a new record player. But I don't really know much about record players and all Ive seen online has been crosley cruisers or $500+ players that audiophiles will say is the only real way to listen to music. I just want something inbetween
So if anyone else here listens to vinyl, what record player(s) do you use? I want to broaden my horizon so I can research more brands and models. If you have any recs for middle-of-the-road players that aren't too fancy but at least don't totally majorly suck, thatd be nice. I swear Im usually not very picky about audio quality, the crosley cruiser is just like...real bad