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Don't buy new.

Check out your local thrift stores and see what's on tap.

I bet you find something that never made it's way to CD or streaming.

Happy hunting.

What turntable did you buy?

https://www.stereophile.com/content/techdas-air-force-zero-turntable

"As cool as it is to watch that thing spin, the sound quality isn't as good as CD or streaming.
Listening to sounds I know well it feels a little hallow."

Something probably isn't right then. When I play a record it sounds as good as the same album on CD, played through the same amplifier and speakers. The only noticeable difference is an occasional click/pop from the record.

For starters, you have to make sure you're comparing apples to apples, i.e., you have to be using the same amplifier and speakers for both CD/streaming and your record player. If you're already doing that and the record still sounds hollow in comparison to the CD (which is what I assume you meant to type; "hallow" means holy/sacred/consecrated, as in, "hallowed ground"), that seems to indicate a lack of bass response, and possibly a lack of lower midrange response too. That can be caused by a phono preamp that doesn't have a proper RIAA equalization curve.

Another possibility is that the digital versions you're listening to have been "brickwalled" (which is very common for newer music, or older music that's been "remastered" at some point since the 1990s), whereas it's less common for a vinyl record master to be brickwalled. You may be misinterpreting a lack of the brickwalling that you're accustomed to as a "hollow" sound, even though music isn't supposed to be brickwalled, but rather, it's supposed to have a lot of dynamic range.

I only have 2 mainstream records: AC/DC - Back in Black and AC/DC - Power Up. In the case of Back in Black I bought a first pressing, so it definitely isn't brickwalled, and my Back in Black CD is the original pressing too, so it isn't brickwalled either. If not for the occasional click/pop from the record, I doubt I could tell the difference between the record and CD in a blind listening test. The Power Up record sounds the same as the CD too. It's a fairly new recording (released about 3 years ago), so it's closer to being brickwalled than non-remastered Back in Black is, but it's not as bad as most modern recordings are. Both the record and CD seem to be mastered the same way (not counting the changes they make for the record due to nature of record grooves, which are corrected during playback by a phono preamp with a proper RIAA equalization curve).

You lousy kids, turn off that darn record player, all that racket at all hours of the day, playing your rocking rolling foolishness… and stay outta my apple tree.


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As others have said, go to the used vinyl shops and you’ll soon be an addict.

I have a bunch of turn tables but this is my favorite.

https://ibb.co/D59zp4J

It’s a technics 1200 DJ table.

Also, listening to big albums is not satisfying in my opinion. Having to flip the record or playing the second one really breaks the flow.

I much rather listen to seamless mp3 streams without hassle

Did you expect the sound of a record player to be better than CD or streaming?