Summer is the ideal time to roll up our sleeves and start here and there renovating a room, furniture or just putting something together ourselves. Musical souls, lovers of nostalgia and old gramophone records can relax and make a table out of gramophone records for their special corner.
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The vinyl record market is experiencing its second spring, its renewed youth. There is almost no musician who would not release his album on a 180-gram record. The attics were emptied, the old shops came to life a little and the nostalgics came into their own. Well, even those who didn't grow up with vinyl records. Anyone who has ever skimmed through a record, picked it out, then pulled it out of the cover and put a needle on it, knows what a drag it is.
The gramophone was the most widely used mechanical device for playing music between 1870 and 1980. Although vinyl records and the gramophone have been overtaken by time, this medium of sound still has many followers today. For all you nostalgics who miss that signature crackling noise, as romantic as a crackling fire, here's the Newblack Louise, a portable analog smartphone speaker that mimics the sound of a record player.
Dust off your vinyl records, because turntables are making a comeback. In recent times, modern versions of turntables have mushroomed. The Slovenians also brought theirs with the MAG-LEV Audio floating record player, and we were also impressed by the RokBlok, a device that allows you to listen to records without a record player. Love is also a different turntable from the ones we know. It is said to be the first smart record player that brings the "comfort" of CDs.
Are you interested in which are the best turntables under €500 (2019)? We've picked out a few turntables that won't break the bank and still sound fantastic.
Paul Mawhinney, a former record store owner in Pittsburgh, has been collecting records for more than 40 years, and by last year had accumulated about three million records. Among them, many that were just crowding the shelves and could not find buyers even at ridiculously low prices. Although it is an heirloom in dire need of a digital record, Paul did not find a buyer for a long time. Until the music omnibus was bought by bus magnate Zero Freitas.
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The Bank of England recently put a £5 note into circulation, which would be nothing special if it wasn't made of plastic. The advantage of money printed on polymer is that it is more durable and, among other things, withstands washing in a washing machine and burns only with difficulty. The British quickly discovered other functions of the new money. Due to its durability, it can serve not only as a means of payment, but also as a gramophone needle! Who is the better DJ? Elizabeth II. or Winston Churchill? Listen and rate!
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The vinyl or gramophone record is the predecessor of the CD, which, with its arrival on the music market, plunged the gramophone record into oblivion for a while. Later, the so-called vinyl records regained their popularity, as they have a special emotional value in addition to being useful for true music lovers. All music lovers know that the sound is the most beautiful on vinyl records, but we have highlighted the most beautiful turntables.
Some time ago we got the world's first floating record player, but now there is a new innovation in the field of vinyl records. turntables. It goes by the name RokBlok and means a whole new way of playing sound from this analog audio carrier. If you haven't been able to do much with vinyl without a turntable, RokBlok allows you to play the sound from the record wherever you are, regardless of whether you have a turntable or not. It is the smallest music player in the world, which plays the sound from the vinyl by circulating the record.