I. MERRY CHRISTMAS, ME
So I made a brief, small mention of this in my previous episode blog (EP23,
yes, same blog, talking about MY BARBIE DOLL FOR A GIRL FRIEND),
mentioning the fact, I had purchased (online) a brand-new, never -opened
AUDIO TECHNICA LP-120 TURNTABLE/RECORD PLAYER ($403 CAD)
as (yes) my "MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MYSELF!" Christmas present.
What started out as a simple search for a "casual listening" record player,
to make use of my small, building vinyl/record collection (started 2014),
eventually became more and more complex, needless to say, upon all the
Amazon and Youtube reviews, I had seen/absorbed through, in my search.
In the end, it was the Audio Technica LP-120, I chose as *the one* for me.
II. DJ DVSNGH?
So yeah, I bought myself a turntable, and not just any, simpleton turntable,
that can just 'play music', this thing here was made for actual 'DJ' purpose,
hence why I paid quite the hefty price for it ($403, need I remind again),
and yeah, it probably mighta been smarter (for me, economically speaking)
had I gotten the 'one step lower' model (of this very same turntable, the
AUDIO TECHNICA LP-60) meant only for playing music, and JUST THAT,
seeing as I have NO PLANS on ever becoming a Deejay (DJ DVSNGH?)
But the thought came to me, if I ever was in the mood to try (deejaying),
it be nice to have a turntable that gives me *the option* of doing such things,
cause if I were to try that on a 'non-DJ' turntable, hey, I might break it.
III. REVERSE RECORD PLAYING
So, when looking for the right turntable/record player that was 'for me', yeah,
I wanted one that *special features*, to say the least, and one of which was
a record player that could play records in reverse (backwards), and upon
searching and searching, for a turntable that can do that, options were slim,
and yeah, came to (later) find out, only 'DJ' turntables had that function,
and that those cost quite a bit more than simple, casual (non-DJ) turntables.
Now if I really, so-badly wanted to hear songs played backwards/reverse,
I'm sure I could find ways WITHOUT SPENDING A PENNY, let alone,
40'300 of them (oh, that's exactly how much pennies in $403, just sayin),
but, hey, I wanted to see this happen 'PHYSICALLY' as the record spins.
IV. WE FOUND LOVE (IN REVERSE)
So yeah, "We Found Love" (song) by Rihanna, no doubt one of my all-time,
and SERIOUSLY, I mean ALL-TIME favorite songs (I'm talking, TOP 5 here),
andso I literally just found TODAY (minutes ago), when played backwards,
"We Found Love (In A Hopeless Place)" reads "I Love You, Satan", LOL,
and be it the fact it's RIHANNA, who has countless videos (on Youtube)
by people, linking her with SATAN/LUCIFER/THE DEVIL, through both
her music/lyrics/imagery, so yeah, that shit I find HIGHLY ENTERTAINING.
And btw, speaking of "We Found Love", I infact bought the 12" (inch)
vinyl/record of that one song (on its way, to my mailbox, as we speak)
so I can play on my (also, soon-to-arrive) turntable, lol, how sweet is that.
V. VINYL SINGLES
So I just wanted to make mention quick, of what other records, I bought
to coincide with the GRAND (PRESENT) OPENING of my record player,
one of which was, as already mentioned, "We Found Love" (by Rihanna),
I also went and bought "My Sacrifice" (7 inch vinyl) by Creed, "Get Up!"
(12 inch) by Korn & Skrillex, "Take A Picture" (7 inch) by Filter, "Rooftops"
(7 inch) by Lostprophets, "Pure Shores" (12 inch) by All Saints (R.I.P.),
"Don't You Worry Child" (12 inch) by Swedish House Mafia, and lastly,
"Nothing Compares 2 U" (12 inch) by Sinead O'Connor (NO JOKING!),
all (vinyl) singles, btw, of songs (of the last 20 years) very dear to me,
which I plan to do reviews of, and speak more into, later in the month.
VI. AUDIO TECHNICA LP-120 (IN DETAIL)
So I thought I go into detail as far as the Audio Technica LP-120 goes,
and what cool 'specs' it has, in addition to, as already mentioned before,
it can play records backwards (for purposes of finding hidden messages),
another cool feature it has, is that it has a "pitch control" (lever), so yeah,
you can raise/lower the tempo of a song, which can be real useful, say, lol,
I was ON DRUGS or DRUNK, and wanted something to mess around with.
Another feature it has, and one of its key selling points, is its USB hub/plug,
so you connect it to your comp, and rip your vinyls, and make MP3 copies,
tho, I don't really need the feature, since I have GIGS UPON GIGS of mp3s,
but it feels good in knowing, I got a turntable, with "futuristic features".
VII. TECHNICS 1200
So what's also awesome bout my turntable is that it's not necessarily a
"knockoff", so to say, but moreso a 'tribute' to a very, very famous turntable
called the "Technics (brand) 1200", introduced in 1972 (from what I read),
and seeing as they (Technics) made the (corporate) decision to stop making
(brand-new) turntables, not exactly sure what the exact story, but yeah,
Audio Technica, brand thats been around for awhile, not long as Technics,
obviously, but they decided to make a turntable nearly IDENTICAL to it,
not sure why they weren't sued for it, I'm guessing, they bought rights to it,
and this is supposedly the more, modern-day improved version of it.
So I like that my turntable resembles not just your average, generic "TT".
VIII. SHIT BRANDS
So I wanted to make note that, early in my turntable/record player search,
I had come across some of the more "affordable branded" turntable models,
and yeah, those they looked pretty sic from the promo/display pictures,
including features like built-in speakers, headphone jacks, strobe lights,
alotta cool features you don't get in the more "premium branded" models,
having read many reviews these cheaper brand (Crosley, Jensen) models,
yeah, turns out they give poor audio quality, and can damage your records,
seein as they use poor quality, building materials (hence the nice price tag).
I was very much tempted to buy one of these (cheaper model) turntables,
just to save a few $$$, but glad I didn't, and went with a quality player.
IX. LOW-SELF ESTEEM
So I'm not gonna hide the fact, my (uh) LOW-SELF ESTEEM (that's right),
hahaha, played a SIGNIFICANT FACTOR, in my purchase making
of this turntable, and yeah, part of buying EXPENSIVE SHIT is not only
the whole "quality" aspect of it, but yeah, there's some people out there
who are, well, quite DOWN ON LIFE (and themselves and blah blah blah),
yeah, that sorta thing can really affect people in the financial department,
whether it thru fancy cars, shiny bling, or (idunno) having THE latest phone,
they buy shit as means to BOOST THEMSELVES (and/or to SHOW OFF).
My point being, I bought this turntable as means to BOOST MYSELF,
and hope GIRLS MIGHT WANT ME since I got a DJ TURNTABLE.
X. LAST CHRISTMAS
And finally, I should mention about LAST CHRISTMAS (2013), and yeah,
a TRAINWRECK of a Christmas it was (plagued by DEPRESSION, yep),
and that I didn't really buy myself anything for Christmas, if of course,
minus out the 5 BOTTLES OF HARD LIQUOR I bought (to drink alone!),
so yeah, it was a VOW to myself, not to have a repeat of LAST XMAS,
and if it meant doing WHATEVER (and fucking myself over financially,
which I just did btw, sad to say) to make myself "anticipate" Christmas,
since what I want MOST IN LIFE (A GIRL FRIEND, a HUMAN ONE, btw)
obviously wasn't gonna come to me THIS (2014) HOLIDAY SEASON,
yeah, I decided to do WHATEVER, to help boost MY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
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