Best record the vinyl soon..as you know. Life is very short. Did a lark DJ stint back in the 50's and imagine I can still feel the pulse of Ampex driven studio speakers experienced during after hours.
Jack --- On Wed, 11/11/09, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Tom C <[email protected]> > Subject: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 10:46 PM > OMG!... sorry for, the OT... > > I know my observations, forthcoming, are not scientific and > subjective > to the extreme... BUT... > > Like many, I got a CD player in the mid '80's and never > looked back. > The apparent 0 background noise, no clicking, pops, dust, > made me love > CD's. > > My son told me two months ago that he was interested in > vinyl records. > That's all it took to make me start looking around at > vintage gear. > I've kind of stagnated on a mid 90's Technics all-purpose > AV receiver, > quite well spec'd and all, with either Bose Acoustimass > speakers > and/or whatever is installed in the ceiling of our home. > > I started out planning on giving him my early '80's > Kenwood > 30W/channel system, amp, tuner, EQ, and getting a mint > Technics TT and > a better than average cartridge. He would choose the > loudspeakers. > > Well I went a small bit crazy. He also was interested > in > reel-to-reel, something I always wanted, but I opted for > cassette back > in earlier years for $ reason and because I could make a > tape and play > it in the car. So I bought him a mint TEAC 3340S > 4-track. My Kenwood > system, quite nice, but all I could afford at 21 yrs. old, > does not > accomodate the necessary tape inputs/outputs, dubbing, > etc., and has > no speaker A/B for a possible sub-woofer. So onto > look at more amps. > > I bought him a nice used Denon 50W/channel receiver & > perfect Pioneer > CD changer for $150. Then I saw a Kenwood KA-3500 > 40W/channel > integrated amp and got it for $31. I subsequently saw > a 65W/channel > late '70's Pioneer integrated amp & tuner in mint > condition with the > silver fronts, wood sides, Blue Fluoro meters, and analog > tuning for > $260 + shipping. He liked it the best out of the bunch, and > we got it. > > He had picked out some PSB (Canadian-made) speakers which > are quite > good (also my pick of the affordable ones we demo'd) and > which are due > to arrive. Meanwhile I found a pair of mid '80's > B&W English-made > speakers for $100 and bought them undemo'd on a whim. > > I've sat here most of the day listening to some vintage > LP'S (OK, 99% > Beatles with a little Nat King Cole, Chicago, Heart, Macca, > and > classical thrown in). This is with a $31 amp, a > vintage turntable and > a cheap Audio-Technica cartridge, and a 25 year old pair of > speakers. > > I may never buy another CD again. The amount of > musical detail I can > hear and the dynamics of the music (can't describe it any > better) are > just superb. It sounds like real music and real > voices. > > Likely the Pioneer turntable/cartridge and JBL tower > speakers I could > afford when I was much younger were not as good as what I'm > listening > to at the moment. Just the musicality of what I'm > hearing on 20-30 > year old gear and on equally old vinyl LP's is astounding > (I purchased > 214, played only once LP's + a 50w/ch Technics receiver, > cassette > deck, a 2nd pretty good TT, and speakers (worthless), for > $250). It > was worth 2x-3x more than that for the LP's alone. > What I'm hearing > is really better than what I hear on CD or iPod. > > Simply amazed... not over-imbibed, just astounded. I > got my hearing back. > > In between all that I found a '80's Pioneer 100W/channel > amp, tuner, > EQ, and timer for $95 in like new condition, which I got > solely for > the EQ & timer. > > (I'm not going to tell you this led to me getting a mint > Denon amp & > mint B&W speakers for myself... now looking for the > right TT & tuner). > > It's not bad, living vicariously through your children. > > Tom > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
