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Headphones are connected, but the MBA cannot see them as an audio output/input device.

Any ideas?

I don't want to be the 'have you turned if off and on again guy', however, have you tried deleting the bluetooth pairing and then re-pairing? I've got a pair of Sony WH-CF500 and had to do that with them to solve some connection issues this week on all of my Apple stuff.

Yeah, the grading is the annoying bit, I know what picky nerds vinyl people are. Will try on here first, ta.

I was worried about that when I first started selling on Discogs, however, I've been grading conservatively and had no complaints so far*

*I will of course now get some.

2nd hand classical music - pound for pound easily the best value for money.

That and Jazz Fusion. I've been hoovering up the later with the occasional of the former lately.

+1 to that. I have a similar era AKAI AA1030 and that needed all the pots and switches nuking with de-oxidiser. Volume is slowly starting to drop on the right channel from the phono inputs, so it'll be time for a re-cap soon.

HMV are doing Maisha - There is a Place for £11.50 on vinyl in a flash sale today.
https://hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/there-is-a-place

Does anyone bother haggling at record fairs? We have a local monthly one in my area. One vendor usually turns up with a fair amount of records, none of them priced. I usually avoid his stall. Out of interest I asked for prices this time on three records that I internally valued at £40-50 total tops , for him to quote £110. For one of the records, he spent a fair amount of time on Discogs trying to work out a price, only to quote £40 over what the record is currently go for on there.

Is the vendor wanting me to haggle, not interested in actually selling his records, or just hoping to catch out the un-informed?

one of my favourites, VDS, on Columbia Road.

One of my favourites too.

But would you be shooting more if it were cheaper? 💁 🤔 🙂

I know directed at someone else, but I would be, I think. Shame Kodak seems to want to kill colour film photography with short term cash grabs instead of creating something that's sustainable.

Import duty allowance is £135, below which there is no duty and no fee from the importer.

It depends. The seller is supposed to collect VAT below £135, which of course most won't. Discogs randomly adds VAT every now and again onto purchase prices. I've got records in my cart from a few Japanese sellers, and Discogs is only collecting VAT from the ones charging in Euro's or USD, not in Yen, for some reason.

Has anyone replaced the cable on their headphones? I have a pair of OG Grado SR60, where the cable failed last year after 20-30 years of use. It seems reasonably easy to repair, however, I'm not sure of what cable would be suitable? It won't be a disaster if I mess up, as I replaced them with a pair of SR80x at the time.

Grado, starting with SR60x and upwards depending on budget. Super comfy and low impedance, so iPhones will drive them without issue. I'd recommend listening to a pair first though, their in-house sound isn't for everyone.

Maybe I'm lucky/unlucky, but I never really get that difference in sound that you talk about between analogue and digital formats.
I can notice the difference in some recordings for sure - the mono 60's vinyl pressings of a bunch of Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk stuff I have is very different to the Stereo CDs I have of them; but then that's the difference between 60s mono mastering (for vinyl) vs modern stereo mastering, rather than an analogue/digital difference.

At least for older recordings, what I do like about vinyl is the sense of history when putting on a 60 year old record, which you can't get elsewhere. I don't care much for modern vinyl re-issues (unless the originals are insanely expensive) for this reason.

I'm lucky in that I'm into Jazz Fusion from the 70s/80s at the moment, the genre that collectors and purists forgot and/or hated. You can almost pick up the entire used vinyl discography for some artists for less than one premium new vinyl release.

I never really brought into vinyl sounding better/different than CDs, as much as I never really brought into the reverse in the 90s. As @Airhead implies, it's really in the mastering, and if it's shittily mastered, then it's likely to be the same across all formats (eg the KOKOROKO album from last year).

If you're happy with streaming, then obvs that's perfectly fine. If you want to collect, then both CDs and vinyl are fine. The advantages of vinyl in that regard is that it's a larger object to interact with; but then it's also a downside when you're trying to store them.

The bonus of CDs currently is the low price if you're a #buyer, both for equipment the and the media themselves. People have been literally giving the stuff away, although that is starting to change, given the way prices have been going.

Why?

CDs have become what vinyl was in the 90s.

I think that’s me out at those prices, I presume the other majors will follow suit.

Will be interesting to see what the indies can/will do. I brought the (great) Contour album on Touching Bass for £15 in January, I hope we can continue to get vinyl at cheaper prices. Otherwise I hope they embrace CD as an affordable, and readily available, physical format.

Some interesting pricing for the Total Refreshment Centre comp on Blue Note out today. £25 at Juno, £30 at Phonica, £35 at Amazon, £40 at HMV. Are we looking at £30+ for single albums on Universal now? Hate to think what future Tone Poets are going to be priced at.

I’ve been thinking of picking up a bunch of resealable sleeves for Discogs sales as they’re cheap. However the last time I encountered one (in a shop) I couldn’t get the record back into the sleeve without the sticky on the flap sticking on the record. Am I just being crap/user error?

No need to spend on turntable with a Planar 3.

Cambridge Audio, Denon, Marantz and Yamaha all do amps for roughly £300-£400 on Richer Sounds, which will all be fine. The Marantz PM6007 at £369 is pretty good, as it's got a bunch of digital in's and a sub-woofer out, should you ever want go that route.

Dali, Mission, Wharfedale, Klipsch etc all do speakers for £300 or below that should be fine. Then with the rest of your budget, get some speaker stands (if needed) and some nice headphones (I like Grado SR60/SR80, other opinions are available).

It also ticks the (in my case) the senior 50+ going out experience. Bonus combo points if I've picked up a bottle of wine and some Japanese jazz from Idle Moments beforehand.

I like Brilliant Corners; they've got the listening bar archetype - McIntosh amps with four vintage Kilpschorns. Plus, they do a great vegan (and non-vegan for the heathens) Japanese tasting menu.

Cafe Artum here in Brum are trying to do a listening bar on a smaller scale.

It does.

Just had our car updated to include CarPlay, and have no issues with iOS 16.3

What are people using for digitising their vinyl? I have a bunch of stuff that isn't available on streaming. I'm using a Griffin imic that I've had for a while, with the results being 'ok'. Are some of the more modern devices from companies like Behringer (UFO202/UCA222) going to be noticeably better?

That's interesting pricing. £52 on Amazon, where it's listing Taken Away as a box set with a bonus album. Still too rich for my blood.