[Zappa-List] Re: Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
Thank you for the information, oh my brothers. Ebay is the place. There is even an ebay shop called "phonopreamps.com." I can't wait to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark in the full, rich sound of vinyl, oh my brothers! Thanks again... stoned regards, grey_hipster p.s. At a yard sale for a buck, I pick up a cassette of "The Turtles Collection - 20 Golden Hits." Made in Italy. Excellent sound quality for a tape. I had forgotten how really good the Turtles were, oh my brothers. Especially the haunting "You Told Me" took me back to times and places when life was more mysterious and vital. Three cheers for the Turtles! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] Re: Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
I must confess that at this point I'm feeling a might bit stupid for my earlier, glib response. I guess I think strictly in lay terms. lol Mark Markhothem wrote: >You can purchase a phono pre-amp for moving magnet cartridges from >Recoton at places like buy.com for less than $30. Please understand >that at $30 it will be very listenable thriough your aux input on your >receiver but will not sound like a $300 - several thousand $ phono >stage designed for preamplifiers without phono sections (like your >receiver). Vinyl records are encoded with what is called a RIAA curve >alowing for low frequencies through high frequencies to be etched >(stamped) into the small groove. The phono pre-amp decodes this >curve! The accuracy of this decoding varies greatly between phono >preamps. Very acurate (+/- .1 dB or less) usually sound better than >less accurate (+/- .5dB). The ear detects miilibells of difference in >frequency as comppared to needing decibles for volume (loudness). >Anyway hope this helps. A $30 unit will work and you will be able to >listen to your vinyl but it does sound better with better equipment. > >Mark > > >--- In Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Greetings, oh my brothers, >>After listening to music by way of boomboxes and headphones for the >>past few years, I decided to buy, finally, a decent am/fm stereo >>receiver for my 50th birthday. I got one at Radio Shack. A >>Sherwood RX-4103. 105 watts/channel RMS with .03% THD. A receiver >>like this would've cost four or five hundred bucks 25 years ago. I >>paid $100. I hooked up my old but trusty JBL L100 speakers, my >>cassette/CD player boombox, and my VCR and DVD players. What a >>sound, oh my brothers! Clean..powerful...The more I increased the >>volume, the better the sound! Then I hooked up my good Pioneer >>manual turntable to the AUX inputs. (There aren't any phono >> >> >inputs, > > >>but I didn't think it would matter...Those of you in-the-know are >>laughing now!!) I put on a record, set the tone arm gently on the >>beginning of the recordand got NOTHING, unless I turned the >>volume all the way up. Then I got a tinny, faraway sound... >> >> >Dammit, > > >>I wanted to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark with >>some VOLUME...I didn't panic...I went to Sherwood's website and >>clicked the "questions and answers" link. There, lo and behold, >> >> >the > > >>very first question was "Why won't my turntable work??" Sherwood's >>answer was simple. All I needed was a "phono pre-amplifier >>available at most electronics shops for $20-$30." Hahahaha...Radio >>Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City don't have them and didn't even >>know what they were. I did a Google search for "phono pre- >>amplifiers." hahaha...I found one as big as my receiver for 300 >>dollars...I found a few schematicsI found things that looked >>like junk, and pre-amps for turntables with moving-coil cartridges, >>which I don't haveLOLCan any of you give me some advice or >>information, oh my brothers?? I own over 300 record albums in >>excellent condition, many of them imports...I'm sick and disgusted >>and infuriated...I thank you in advance, oh me brothers... >> >>very stoned regards, grey_hipster >> >> > > > > > > >For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or >http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/c9hWNA/3MnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[Zappa-List] Re: Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
You can purchase a phono pre-amp for moving magnet cartridges from Recoton at places like buy.com for less than $30. Please understand that at $30 it will be very listenable thriough your aux input on your receiver but will not sound like a $300 - several thousand $ phono stage designed for preamplifiers without phono sections (like your receiver). Vinyl records are encoded with what is called a RIAA curve alowing for low frequencies through high frequencies to be etched (stamped) into the small groove. The phono pre-amp decodes this curve! The accuracy of this decoding varies greatly between phono preamps. Very acurate (+/- .1 dB or less) usually sound better than less accurate (+/- .5dB). The ear detects miilibells of difference in frequency as comppared to needing decibles for volume (loudness). Anyway hope this helps. A $30 unit will work and you will be able to listen to your vinyl but it does sound better with better equipment. Mark --- In Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, oh my brothers, > After listening to music by way of boomboxes and headphones for the > past few years, I decided to buy, finally, a decent am/fm stereo > receiver for my 50th birthday. I got one at Radio Shack. A > Sherwood RX-4103. 105 watts/channel RMS with .03% THD. A receiver > like this would've cost four or five hundred bucks 25 years ago. I > paid $100. I hooked up my old but trusty JBL L100 speakers, my > cassette/CD player boombox, and my VCR and DVD players. What a > sound, oh my brothers! Clean..powerful...The more I increased the > volume, the better the sound! Then I hooked up my good Pioneer > manual turntable to the AUX inputs. (There aren't any phono inputs, > but I didn't think it would matter...Those of you in-the-know are > laughing now!!) I put on a record, set the tone arm gently on the > beginning of the recordand got NOTHING, unless I turned the > volume all the way up. Then I got a tinny, faraway sound... Dammit, > I wanted to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark with > some VOLUME...I didn't panic...I went to Sherwood's website and > clicked the "questions and answers" link. There, lo and behold, the > very first question was "Why won't my turntable work??" Sherwood's > answer was simple. All I needed was a "phono pre-amplifier > available at most electronics shops for $20-$30." Hahahaha...Radio > Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City don't have them and didn't even > know what they were. I did a Google search for "phono pre- > amplifiers." hahaha...I found one as big as my receiver for 300 > dollars...I found a few schematicsI found things that looked > like junk, and pre-amps for turntables with moving-coil cartridges, > which I don't haveLOLCan any of you give me some advice or > information, oh my brothers?? I own over 300 record albums in > excellent condition, many of them imports...I'm sick and disgusted > and infuriated...I thank you in advance, oh me brothers... > > very stoned regards, grey_hipster Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/c9hWNA/3MnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
