Best with your component search and matching, David. Jack
--- On Thu, 11/12/09, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David J Brooks <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 9:44 AM > 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. > -- 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.
