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CommentAuthorcoyote
- CommentTimeApr 8th 2008
I was looking through my collection of vinyl disc's the other day, I was thinking this is a waste of good music. As my old turntable is in dire need of repair and the cost of the spares and upgrades for an old, but good in it's day vinyl deck was ridiculous. After looking at some of the entry level decks I wasn't impressed by the price, or the reviews.
E bay to the rescue! I found a REGA 3 in good condition and saved about £250 against a new one. The rather poor REGA moving magnet cartridge was removed and my nearly new Denon DL304 moving coil was carefully fitted along with a new drive belt.
After resetting all the enjoyable things you need to do with record decks and connecting it up, I pulled out a favourite album, placed it on the mat and it was then the majic started. A good clean with a carbon fibre brush, carefully place the stylus, then the sound..................................Awwwwwwwwwwww, I was in ecstasy, I had forgotten the glowing sound, the width, depth, timing and the amazing realism of a great direct metal master recording of Dave Brubeck. I actually had tears in my eyes.
Digital is, or can be good, very good, but a well set up reasonably priced vinyl setup is so much more. If you ever get the chance to hear several thousand pounds worth of vinyl playing kit, you may never want to listen to digital ever again.
What about the pops and clicks I hear you all thinking. (If you get my meaning) Well there are none when everything is right, it's all to do with synergy, i.e. everything works with everything else in harmony if you get it right the annoying noises aren't there.
Using a vinyl audio setup is very ritualistic, one that I grew up with, and now I have it back again after many years, I think it will go to the grave with me. (Yeah, I know I'm an old sap!)
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CommentAuthorKrazyIvan
- CommentTimeApr 12th 2008
I never really got into vinyl. I caught the last train just before CD hit hard. I still have a few records at my parents house but they were played on their equipment so they never made the transition to my place.
Talking about analog, look what I bought a couple of weeks ago:
The Sony Deck at the top of the stack. My old JVC deck is getting tired and I still need one to transfer tapes to CD.
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CommentAuthorSpode
- CommentTimeApr 12th 2008
That brings back memories! As much as I enjoyed my stacking system, it took up SOOO much room.
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CommentAuthorBill
- CommentTimeApr 12th 2008
A friend of mine was big into vinyl, His front room was dedicated to his equipment and albums. I used to laugh at him for the extreme measures he would take to play an album. It was like a religious ceremony putting on an album. I stopped to visit the other day and he was playing Dark side of the moon off a digital master album and it was like being in the front row. I heard that same album the day he bought it. It was clear and clean, awesome comes to mind. It just goes to show that with the right care and attention anything can be preserved.
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CommentAuthorcoyote
- CommentTimeApr 15th 2008 edited
I actually still use cassettes occasionally and have only put the irreplaceable ones on to CD. I also have a real beast of a TEAC/TASCAM deck. All the levels and biases are adjustable by the thing generating a calibration tone. The biggest annoyance now is, no one makes and really decent metal type cassettes any more. The best I can get are TDK SA Chrome Setting types. Not bad when tweaked up, but you cant record at the nice high levels of metal. It has Dolby B, C and S. none of which I ever use, especially "C" as the compression makes it sound awful.
After a lot of searching I found a picture of it on a Japanese site, it's the same only in black. HERE
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