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Time for the next part of the “Vinyl records: Collecting 101″ series.

Today I’ll concentrate on the aspects of buying a vinyl record…
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It’s time for another whopper post. This time I’ll try to introduce you to the wonderful world of vinyl record collecting.

As this subject is quite a comprehensive one, it looks like I won’t be able to include every important aspect in a single post. That’s why I’ll divide it to seperate parts, which I’ll be posting in the following days in a consecutive (I hope) manner.

On a side note: consider these series of posts as sets of handful tips or a “beginner’s guide”, dedicated for the most part to people who are new to this topic, but I can’t promise that vinyl veterans won’t find anything interesting for themselves.

The question for today’s part is: “What kinds of vinyl records are there anyway?”
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OK, this won’t exactly be a “part 2″ of my previous post, that’s why I call it a supplement. I simply thought about some things related to the subject, which I forgot to write about. I won’t lie to you, this will mostly be another set of vintage audio gear benefits… simply couldn’t think of any downsides which I haven’t already mentioned before. Let’s continue…
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So, you probably have heard of vintage wine, vintage salami and so forth. In the High Fidelity world exists also a “vintage” term, most commonly known as vintage HiFi. So, what does it mean ? Well, as the “vintage” word implies, it generally means older HiFi equipment, be it turntables, amplifiers and other audio gear and in some cases even old TV sets and VCR’s also count.

Vintage video ain’t exactly my region of interest (well maybe except LD’s, but as far as I know people don’t put the “vintage” tag on this technology yet), so I’ll mostly stick to the vintage audio part of old HiFi…
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I know for a fact that not many people acknowledge this fact, but for me and many others the answer is YES! Sound quality DOES in most cases also depend on the factor of where was the record manufactured. And by using the term “record” I don’t mean only LP’s and vinyl singles. It’s the same with CD’s, cassettes, LD’s (LD = LaserDisc) and probably also SACD’s and (nowadays pretty rare) pre-recorded tape reels. I don’t know if this is also a fact for video cassettes (either VHS, SVHS, Beta or other standards), DVD’s or the (supposedly deemed “dead”) DVD-A’s…
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