| Turntables [message #66600] |
Thu, 10 March 2011 07:47  |
audioaudio90
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Registered: October 2010
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If you own a turntable, where did you find it? Is it new or a refurbished old one?
I think I'm going to start looking around garage sales and see if I can find one.
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| Re: Turntables [message #66604 is a reply to message #66603] |
Thu, 10 March 2011 13:42  |
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Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001
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I had one of the Technics direct-drive tables and an Audio Technica AT20SL cartridge back in the early 1980's. I really liked it, sounded great and never needed any service. Set the anti-skate and tracking force once and never fooled with it again. But I sort of let that go when CDs started becoming popular.
Thankfully, I was always very meticulous with my vinyl albums, handling them well, storing them properly and cleaning them before use. I never played them on a mediocre quality table and the needle and tracking weight were always right. So I kept my record condition in good shape, and even after I stopped playing them, I kept them stored them carefully.
In 2000 or so, I wanted to get a new table and a friend turned me on to the Regas. I was still kind of partial to the Technics tables, but the Rega was one of the nicer ones and the price was right. So I snatched it up.
I have several of the old half-speed masters and they really sound wonderful. The "garden variety" store bought vinyl albums aren't all that special but the half-speed masters are. They aren't as effortless as CDs in that you have to go through the cleaning ritual and all that. But there's something nostalgic about vinyl records, and again, the half-speed masters sound incredible.
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| Re: Turntables [message #66720 is a reply to message #66604] |
Sun, 20 March 2011 19:59 |
Bill Epstein
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Location: Smoky Mts. USA
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| Wayne Parham wrote on Thu, 10 March 2011 14:42 |
I have several of the old half-speed masters and they really sound wonderful. The "garden variety" store bought vinyl albums aren't all that special but the half-speed masters are. They aren't as effortless as CDs in that you have to go through the cleaning ritual and all that. But there's something nostalgic about vinyl records, and again, the half-speed masters sound incredible.
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I think the "garden variety" albums are all very special because there's just a diferent feeling from the CDs. It's not just the jacket, or liner notes,or brushing the needle before applying Stylast; the additional ambient information on vinyl including the odd click or pop makes it more involving. Perhaps that's only true of us oldsters that grew up with it.
Another point that rewards vinyl listeners is that changes in components have bigger rewards than digital. There just isn't as much difference between CD players as cartridges or phono stages. When I first acquired Dr. John "Gumbo"
I was disappointed how muffled his voice and piano were in the mix with the Technics SL-1210, Benz Ace and Nova Phonomena (that's some pretty fine $2300 bucks of equipment!). Played it again tonight with VPI HW-19 MK IV, Soundsmith re-tipped Aurum Beta S and Steve Browns new phonostage: night and day difference. The voice is right out front and over his remarkable piano and had me waaay inside the music.
And, of course, when you have 4Pi Speakers all those changes get show-cased!
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| Re: Turntables [message #67428 is a reply to message #67404] |
Thu, 05 May 2011 02:29 |
Adveser
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Registered: July 2009
Location: USA
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I used to use milk crates. I would find it very hard to believe that these high-dollar stands could isolate noise better than than that. If you filled them up with insulation, they would be very hard to beat.
http://adveser.webs.com/
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