Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wouldn't be the LUG if a thread didn't meander across many maybe unrelated topics I suppose! On Friday, December 5, 2014, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > I gave up high end stereo systems a decade ago, and have no wish to return > into that particular pool! I am quite happy with Itunes as of now. I have > given away to my friends around 1000 cassettes, am in the process of > copying a similar number of CDs to hard drives (a fair proportion are > bootlegs, otherwise I would not bother) before disposal, and distributing > over 5000 books to school/college/club libraries. I have decided that my > overstuffed house can do without these, as they just seem to take up space > and serve little other purpose other than a sense of ownership. Far better > they go out into the wide world and are enjoyed by others! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Wilbur Norman <coupdefoudrellc at > gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > I do not know where you live but many cities (especially if they are > > college towns) have buy/sell CD stores that also deal in vinyl. > > > > If your records are in normal, well-played but very good condition they > > don't bring more than a few bucks each (if that.) > > > > If they are immaculate with like-new covers it can often be a different > > story for albums seen as ground-breaking or important for any number of > > reasons (cover art, 1st album, etc.) There are also arcane issues like an > > original release vs. a popular album released again (kinda like a book in > > its 1st vs. later editions). It can get complicated. > > > > Best to find a shop you think you an trust or put them on-line for local > > sale only (shipping is a hassle for breakables.) > > > > Alternately, despite your comment, get a good turntable and enjoy them. I > > have a pretty high-end stereo system and when I compare even master-disc > > CDs to records in great condition the records have a luxuriance of sound > > that is unbeatable. Records, as you well know, are a commitment, however, > > in terms of keeping them clean, getting up to stop the player after each > > album, etc.! > > > > Wilbur > > > > ************ > > > > On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > > > I have a lot of jazz & rock vinyl albums, which I just dusted off last > > > week. I am definitely not going to invest in a high quality turntable. > Do > > > any of you have any idea if there are any reliable ways of selling > them? > > > Cheers > > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at > > > gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> My typing mistake Jayanand. Sorry Howard and Esther. > > >> > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> Geoff > > >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > >> > > >> On 5 December 2014 at 13:13, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > > >> gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Howard Cummer, not Cummings > > >>> Cheers > > >>> Jayanand > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Geoff Hopkinson < > hopsternew at gmail.com <javascript:;>> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> "Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:.........As > for the M8, I'm > > not > > >>>> sure > > >>>> that info was available to those of us not well connected to Leica: > > not > > >>>> widely announced for what I recall. Glad to hear > > >>>> it: Means my M240 may have a useful life longer than 3-5 years, > though > > >> my > > >>>> desire for the next best from Leica may not last that long :-)" > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi Bob, I just read the public statement by Stefan Daniel at the > time > > >> on > > >>>> the L Camera Forum. Their archives are searchable. This was nearly 2 > > >> 1/2 > > >>>> years ago. As far as I know the numbers actually involved were small > > >> and > > >>> I > > >>>> have seen nothing new on anyone affected over the last 2 years or > so. > > >>>> A couple of the very senior people there are members who post very > > >>>> occasionally in response to any development like that. Seems like a > > >> good > > >>>> idea when any issue becomes magnified by the magic of the internet > ;-) > > >> to > > >>>> respond with the facts or their solution. They have a social media > > >> person > > >>>> too and they do follow that forum and the RF one I think, where > those > > >>>> conversations on Leica sometimes develop. > > >>>> > > >>>> I remember that Howard Cummings was one of our folks who had a > screen > > >>>> problem. Perhaps there were others. > > >>>> > > >>>> Cheers > > >>>> Geoff > > >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Leica Users Group. > > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >>> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman