On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
I never gave up on my turntable, still have one here. It should need a new needle, just need to figure out the model # etc and a place to buy. The Source sells a trun table that can DL the Vynal onto the computer and or ipod. Might just get one. I'll have to see if having USB 1.1 is a limiter. Lat i checked at the source is it does not work on a Mac, or at least did not at the time. I have firewire and USB 2 on this. Dave > > --- 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
