yay: My USB speakers arrived
boo: They're usb-POWERED, not usb speakers. Still got to plug them in to analog audio
yay: Of course my old X200 has a line out/headphone jack
boo: Jack is busted, makes no electrical connection.
Bleh. 
@RL_Dane
I got a mid-grade soundbar super-cheap because they didn't have the power cord. I just ordered a replacement and voila!
Then when I got a record player, it's able to act as a bluetooth speaker too. So now I have two mid-grade speakers. :)
Man, I don't think I've played a record in at least 20 years. Maybe 25+
Kinda miss it. I miss the beautiful sleeve art, and the very delicate, tactile feel of landing on that groove. My 2-3 LPs* were some of my most prized possessions as a child.
* Thriller, Michael Jackson, and a couple LPs by a band named "Triumph" that I got solely because the cover art was pretty. I was maybe six ;)
Have I mentioned that my long-term memory is kinda scary good? %D
@RL_Dane
Records are cool now again, have you heard? XD
Some recent albums have sold over 100k records in the first week.
I actually was planning to get a turntable before I heard that, but it has made it easier to get into the hobby that I'm not alone. Also makes me feel less unique for doing it, though. :P
@benjaminhollon @RL_Dane My family has a record player and perhaps 20 records (thanks grandparents C: for most of them). Most of them are old Christmas-related vinyls but we have a few recent ones too.
@benjaminhollon @RL_Dane One of the things I like about music via vinyl records is it feels a lot more natural – 'human-compatible', I like to say. You don't interact with a single screen or computer to get it working. If you want to listen to something else you get up and physically change the record. Records can be passed down to children or given away (physically, not as a virtual asset).
And your records don't disappear if they get pulled from the store and there are no changes or updates 😀
I'd love to see more mechanical controls become the norm.
Screens are cheap, but that doesn't mean everything has to have one!
@RL_Dane @benjaminhollon Oh absolutely. More robust, manual and "hackable" to list a few advantages.
@golemwire @RL_Dane
Speaking of "hackable" I thought of a way to turn my record player into an alarm clock: use one of those electrical sockets on a timer to plug it in! Then when it turns on in the morning it starts playing whatever record I queued up the night before.
@golemwire @RL_Dane
Haven't tried it yet, but it's a cool idea. :)
@benjaminhollon @RL_Dane On a more computerized device, you couldn't do that unless the feature was built-in :( Here's to DIY!