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DreadPirateWes
02-24-2006, 05:33 AM
That was AWESOME. I wonder where you can buy one of those suckers? I swear I've seen that little truck before.

I've still got my old albums sitting around here somewhere. It's a fun toy, but that's about all it is--a conversation piece, something to bring to a party and amuse folks.

I WANT ONE!

80 percent of people who watched that had no idea what the black, flat round thing was that the truck went around. Makes me nostalgic.
gordon
02-24-2006, 11:16 AM
what are you talking about. people still buy records. i have about 100, most of them released in the last decade.
Gomer4_Pyle
02-24-2006, 11:29 AM
Its an old VW bus, you can still find them on some websites. But I have heard they will destroy your records.
serendipity13
02-24-2006, 11:51 AM
i thought it was really cool but if they do destroy your records, that's not cool
purpzey
02-24-2006, 12:15 PM
I do not believe they destroy the records. I saw a documentary of Hip-Hop DJs and record scroungers and one of them used it to test records.

A person must understand that records get damaged a tiny bit every time it's used by record player or whatever...eventually the grooves wear out.

That being said, it should take a LONG time, and it's possible but unlikely IMO that the VW-Bus Player shortens that length of time.
Gomer4_Pyle
02-24-2006, 06:29 PM
Bus player (http://secure.giantrobot.com/products.php?code=VK&catid=Z01)

I just going on what I have heard about them, all the sites I have looked at refer to them as vinyl killers.
purpzey
02-24-2006, 06:48 PM
Bus player (http://secure.giantrobot.com/products.php?code=VK&catid=Z01)

I just going on what I have heard about them, all the sites I have looked at refer to them as vinyl killers.

I'm not saying you're wrong neccessarily. But as I said, any needle is bad for the grooves. That, being said, I've never scene one of these things. . .I've never seen one in person.

But, I figure, if you scratch you records, and shit like that, this couldn't be too much worse...In most scratching the needle goes over and over the same spot...

You may be right though. . .
killer scott
02-24-2006, 11:03 PM
It's neato... and I'm nearly certain that well over 80% of people know what records are. IDK I'm 17 and I own a few.
gordon
02-26-2006, 08:34 PM
it isn't about the needle, it's about those motorized wheels skidding all over your record. i sure wouldn't actually use one of those for anything more than a party trick.
kkevvy
03-02-2006, 05:26 PM
I'm 16 and I own about 50 records. Mostly classic rock, and some Monty Python stuff. Instead record collection, anyone?