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I was buying the CD player 2 with the cassette deck 2 for 5$ each but some old mom grabbed it randomly while I had pulled it from the shelf and ran to the checkout and bought it. I was flabbergasted that someone would do that at a thrift store.
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Whatever my sega dreamcast has much higher fidelity when playing pink floyd lp's. I've heard of the PS cd player/audiophilia thing and yes, they are stupid.
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Whodat Smith-Jones posted:Seen this table posted a few times on Craigslist Crap turntable for the price. That's a high price for that table and even at the normal price I'd go for something better.
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Hey.. so the right channel periodically goes out on my marantz 2230 on the phono stage. I'll unplug the right channel out cable, plug it back in and wiggle it, and it will work. Think its the TT, cable, or receiver? If I plug my laptop into aux in sometimes the same right channel is fuzzy unless I wiggle the cable in the laptop and it fixes it.
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Dec 7, 2011 05:18
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crazyfish posted:The number one problem I've seen with old Marantz receivers is some combo of corroded/dirty pots and the speaker relay. Both can be fixed with some deoxit, but the speaker relay is kind of tricky. You have to take the cover off the relay and get at the contacts with some very fine sandpaper. It's a little tricky, but it made my 2240 perform beautifully afterward. I've never done the deoxit thing, link or explanation for both of those?
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Dec 8, 2011 22:29
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Are you talking about the Debut III (link was deleted)? What would you recommend "at the normal price?" It was the 1.2.
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Dec 15, 2011 18:05
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Someone called and is selling a Linn LP12 for 500, mid 80's model with no suspension but included is a new suspension package, no arm but everything else. Thoughts? I need 45.. I should just get a 1200.
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Dec 19, 2011 20:52
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Ghumbs posted:How much are you looking to spend on a tonearm? The thing is I'd have to buy a power supply that can do 33/45 which is like 2-300 then a tonearm which will probably be another 2-400 and that's well above anything I need or care about. Its a deal for a LP12 but I don't think I'm the guy who needs an LP12. I should just buy a 1200mk2 because I'm a punk record hermit.
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Dec 20, 2011 05:16
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Ron Burgundy posted:I still feel that turntables that can't at least do 33/45 right out of the box are essentially feature crippled. I also think having to switch the belt from one step to the next just to play a 45 is the biggest pile of poo poo ever. There's DIY turntables where you hit a button and it flashes the motor with the right wave through audio waveforms or some poo poo, a dude did it on a 50$ budget with motorcycle parts.
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Dec 20, 2011 06:27
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Goldmund posted:Merry Christmas to me! Yay! If it hasn't been serviced in a while you'll probably want to recap it and replace the power button switch because it is a PITA to replace but I love my 2230 to death.
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Picked up a technics sld202 for 5$ randomly helping a friend buy a table on craigslist, replacing my ancient piece of poo poo toshiba. Great shape altho cosmetically a bit ugly, spent 20 minutes tearing it apart and cleaning it, looks new!
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Jan 23, 2012 03:53
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aricoarena posted:Is it bad to leave a record spinning after its finished playing? I looking to get a new turntable that might not have auto return and sometimes I fall asleep, or I'm reading, basically Im lazy as hell. Is it bad for the needle to keep spinning on that last loop? Yeah, but it happens. My SLD202 has auto return but only works half the time.
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primitive posted:So I'm having a strange problem with zeroing / tracking with my SL-1200. That's messed up. You can balance the tonearm and set the antiskate if you don't have the little finger-lift attached? I mean, you can definitely use the table without it, but that little part would never effect things that much. Can you take a few pictures of the tonearm, lift/lever and headshell/cart? The weight of that little lift is so unnoticeable you shouldn't really have to rotate the counterweight more than a hair unless I'm thinking of the wrong thing. My experience with those orts is that they're "brighter" in that they sound very clean and loud, noticeably so more than other carts I've used. I like em, you get used to it, eventually switched back to grado's. Whodat Smith-Jones posted:I'm wondering if I've done enough damage to my stylus where it would need to be replaced. First off, I have a Dual 1246 automatic belt drive. Not sure how standard this is with other automatics, but there's a start/stop switch and an up/down switch for the tonearm. Flipping the start switch while the tonearm switch is in the "down" position will move the tonearm to the starting location for a 12" (or 7" if you have the 45 option on), and the arm will drop. Flipping the start switch while the tonearm switch is in the "up" position will move the arm over the starting location until you flip the tonearm switch to the "down" position. Yes damaged stylus can hurt your records, if you're a cheapo (like me) you can try sighting your needle and making sure its not obviously skewed in any direction but yeah its probably screwed up. That little tiny needle rides in grooves you can't even see and chances its blunted or not happy are high. In my reply I've just guilted myself into replacing my own stylus now because I know its actually a little abused...
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Dang those are beauts, congrats
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I don't clean my records. I'm too loving lazy. How do you have the time to listen to them if you're cleaning them? I have a lot of records  I mean, I buy records from everywhere under piles of poo poo and I can see they are dirty. If they're hosed I won't play them but once in a while I'll find a cool record with a wash of 2 decades of some hoarder's bile on it and rinse it in the sink keeping water away from the center label, but that's it.
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Yep. Your receiver looks old and grimy. Get some pipe cleaners or some cheap small stiff brushes from the hardware store and buy DeOxit. 5oz of 5% deoxit is 10$ on amazon The two pack of deoxit/deoxit gold at radio shack is 15$.. but it is only 1/2oz each... 15$/oz compared to 2$/oz on amazon... DeOxit Gold is apparently tuned for gold plated connectors. I don't think its necessary, the contact cleaner is all you care about and brushing the crud off.
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I'd spring for the ball rather than trying to wonkily balance three feet. Don't believe the audiophile hype. Cheap is your friend.
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nrr posted:Crosspostin, cos maybe you vintage guys will have a bit more knowledge about this. http://www.classic-audio.com/marantz/1070.html Its nice. Ask what he's done to it, if the lamps and caps have been replaced its a great unit. If he just "got it working" then 50$ sounds fine. It boils down to what you're willing to pay for and he said to make an offer, so offer something you're comfortable parting with. If he knows you're thrifting junk receivers I don't think he's going to be insulted giving him a non-audiophile offer. Its not an audiophile receiver anyways.
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nrr posted:Cool, thanks for all the advice guys! Looks like I got real lucky, cos the guy called me back, told me he managed to fix up the Yamaha, and then told me I could just have the Marantz anyway and all he wanted was $20! I asked him if he was sure, and he seems super cool with it, so I guess I'll just wait and see what kind of condition it's in when he drops it off tomorrow. Either way it looks like a pretty damned good deal to me. There you go, nice. If the Marantz needs work its probably just the caps which you can do yourself. I keep forgetting to look these up but does anyone know the hi-fi tonearm resetters, I think Rega might have made them, anyways its just a spring in a little plastic housing that kicks the tonearm back to the start on non-auto tables and its approved by dumb hifi magazines. Probably from the 80s or 90s? Maybe earlier. FOUND IT. This isn't the one I originally saw, my boss has one on his nicer table, but they work great. http://www.thequp.com Don't buy this one, 60$ is a scam but he said he got it for ~15$. Thorens made the original QUP I guess, there's an Audio Technica one (6006a) but they are going for 170 on ebay. drat I guess this was harder than I thought. If anyone finds a cheap source please post it. Not an Anthem fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Jun 9, 2012 |
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Coca Koala posted:I'm in Rochester NY; I swung by the main record place yesterday to see if they sold vintage turntables, but didn't have any luck. After your suggestion, though, I searched for vintage audio stores in the area and found this place, so I'll check them out on Monday and hopefully they'll be able to help me. Ha! Used to live there. Dunno what record stores are still around but Rochester and surrounding areas have HUGE vinyl junkies everywhere. Look on craigslist in the city and surrounding areas all the way out to buffalo, its all really close driving distance and every goddamn house in western new york is brimming with great vintage vinyl. If you don't see what you like put an ad up, wanted: used record player, 40$. If you're looking for a nice one at a pricepoint or a specific one mention it.
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It takes 1/2hr per record side alone and the insane cost of wood glue. You could yknow, wash your records for a lot less. I have somewhere near 3,000 records. That's a lot of time and glue. If you give them a nice clean brushing before playing as you take em out that's a lot easier to roll with.
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Dumbledore 64 posted:So I've been using the stock rubber turntable mat with my turntable for years. Recently I've gotten the urge to do some upgrades, so I got what seems to be a universally acclaimed mat. The Herbie's Way Excellent II mat: http://herbiesaudiolab.net/ttmat.htm That stuff won't change your setup. What needed upgrading? If you have cash to burn you can always get new speakers or something.
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He basically made a donut mold and poured JB Weld in it, and sold it for 30$. Its stupid. I get what the point of record clamps and such are but if you are going to start investing in lunacy make it yourself or don't pay 100$ for fictitious upgrades. Put that 100$ in a jar towards a fancier stylus or something.
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pork never goes bad posted:Did you do these tests blind, or knowing which was which? Hahaha right. The only thing that matters. People, if you want to make claims, do so but have someone set up a real test. Its like that speaker wire test where someone cabled up six different stereos with things like monster cables, bare coat hangers, radio shack wire, and 5,000$/ft cable. No one could tell which was which. The litmus test for me is "does it cost money." If the answer is yes, its bullshit. If you just want to spend the money on things to spend the money, fine.. but its not worthwhile. You can spend it elsewhere, and actively buying this stuff only encourages the whole sham audiophile community. Sincerely, a cheap jerk.
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The first part was about how in adequately controlled double blind tests most people can't tell gently caress all from anything. The second part was that I am personally a cheap jerk and my litmus test is if it costs over the threshold of what I'm willing to spend it is worthless, which I don't think is actually that ridiculous. I don't have a super nice setup. I have a pair of speakers I built myself, my parents pair of polk 5jr's, an inexpensive auto turntable, grado green cart, and a marantz 2230 I found in the trash and fixed up. I have worked in a shop where we built 1-8,000$ mono or stereo tube systems, so I've been exposed to the crazier things, as well as building expensive custom speakers (based on simple 200-300$ german drivers that can't be beat). Why do you need oxygen-free copper as opposed to regular? If you double blinded it, you wouldn't notice the difference, hell you wouldn't notice the difference between the two cables in 20 years by visual inspection. I just think its important to balance fanatical audiophilia tendencies with rationality aka "will this actually make a real difference."
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Post pictures. On my current project the previous owner "soldered" something and when I examined it the connection was just a wire wrapped loosely to its connection, they had no idea that wasn't "soldering."
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metaxus posted:I complained a little while ago about the my Pro-ject RPM1 running slowly, and had an idea the other day on how to "fix" it. Recalling you're a pretty big geek (positive way) have you seen the Altmann DIY turntable? This is like a much fancier/cooler version.
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izationalizer posted:I also have a "spare" McIntosh MC2125 amp, a Marantz SD9000 cassette deck, and a Thorens TD 145 turntable in the closet. I have a hard time parting with this stuff, even when money is as tight as it is now. Sell me the 145. I need a real turntable. You have a lot of nice things  Those MC30s  jesus christ
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Hi I did something stupid I saw a Braun PS550 on ebay for 17$ and bid sniped it at 50$. The only thing wrong was one of the hinge pieces was missing, something I can make myself. It was described as 100% working order but I haven't tested it because I need either a 5 pin DIN to RCA/ground or just solder in a connector. Unfortunately the seller sells bicycles on ebay and shipped it without much thought. Luckily they removed the platter and stuff and mostly secured it but pieces broke off the lid and now I have a lid that will probably never work. I have no idea if I can find PS550 lids for anywhere near cheap especially in america On the upside this is loving beautiful  Sorry for cell phone quality. Cover off  Bork cover  Anyways I need a replacement stylus, its a shure m95g, I was thinking a pfanstiehl, I dunno who else sells m95 replacements? Does anyone know 5 pin DIN pinout for phono if I want to solder in RCA? Not an Anthem fucked around with this message at 16:02 on May 22, 2013 |
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Excellent thanks. Posting on Radio Museum/Audio Karma/Vinyl Engine for lid replacements.
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Unplug the left and then right cables- are you getting mono over both or mono over right, or what? It could be an issue with the cabling from turntable to preamp, the preamp, or the cabling from the preamp to the receiver. What's your receiver and what's the preamp? If your antiskate is set too far on either side you'll probably get wonky sound in either channel, antiskate keeps the cart traveling in the center of the record groove. Turning it to either 0 or 3 will have it riding on one side of the groove, either left or right.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Crossposting myself from the NMD vinyl thread: Yeah you'll be fine ryangs posted:The old fogey at the stereo shop also schooled me about playing with the dustcover off. I had no idea that could make such a dramatic difference. Kids, take your dustcovers completely off the turntable when you're playing. Same with slipmats: I had one on just for decoration. YMMV here, but if you've got a slipmat sitting on top of your platter just for looks, experiment with removing it. If you listen to every old guy with a soap box at a used audio store you will be raving about the illuminati and "FLEA-BAY" in short time. Some people don't have dustcovers. Some do. Some people have 300,000$ turntables, some have free turntables. Do whatever works for you. Slipmats, as in non-rubber mats, are more a DJ thing than a casual/"AUDIOPHILE" thing. peskyplumber posted:What difference does playing without the dust cover make? I figured it would be better for the records if you just kept it on all the time. Same difference spending 8,000$ on cable "lifts" makes. Subjective things that only you can tell. Electric Bugaloo posted:He simply wasn't a fan of the "West Coast" sound... Sounds like a fun adventure. I love meeting local yokels, I went to Ikea this past Sunday and who do I see setting up a garage sale a block from me? David "Springa" Spring, he's been in Chicago for ages and I always see him around but now I live next to him. He's off his rocker though. Alienwarez posted:I've been collecting LP records in preparation for having enough disposable income to buy some entry level equipment, and now that I'm at that point it's time for me to ask about some poo poo that has probably been discussed many times in the thread. Just to let you know you sound like you're already committed to spending a thousand dollars or so. You could just as easily buy a used automatic turntable for 30-75$, buy a new cart/stylus for it (~50$), buy whatever used amp with a phono stage comes your way (30-100$) and plug a pair of headphones into it. You will be very happy with that, I guarantee, until you figure out if you're a weird audiophile or not, whether you're an audio hoarder, or you just want to post on Head-Fi all day about boring kits. If you want a barebones setup you will need: 1) A turntable. If you buy it new make sure it comes with a NEW, UNPLAYED cart. A cartridge is the whole housing that encompasses the needle and four interconnects to the tonearm, that'll probably already be set up or the store will set it up if you buy it new. A needle is just the actual "needle" that sits in the groove ususally connected to some plastic housing/gizmo that aligns it into the cartridge. A headshell is the housing that the cartridge mounts into, its just a thing that holds the cart in alignment on the tonearm. You may need to buy a cartridge. If you're buying used, you NEED a replacement needle for your cartridge (post the cartridge here we'll help) or a new cartridge, which is usually the easier and just as cheap solution. The headshell comes on the turntable (usually, you won't have to worry about this). 2) An amp. Don't get a headphone amp if you're new. Or ever, but that's me. (edit- if you're totally serious about only doing headphones, build your own headphone amp, its really easy, or buy an inexpensive micro amp)Get an amp, literally any amp, that has regular RCA jacks on the front/back that are labeled "PHONO." Before you buy this, 100% make sure the amp does the following: 1) Plugs in to a power source, turns on, and all its buttons that you will use will work. 2) Powers speakers, a pair, and can play them loud enough that you become annoyed. 3) When you plug a turntable in to the "PHONO" stage and put a record on, the record is played as loud as the other functions of the amp (ie radio, if it has one, or at least as loud as it may annoy you). If the turntable has a ground, its nice if the amp has a ground connect on the back, but you can also connect the ground to the chassis. 4) Has a headphone jack, since you listen to headphones. Some will be 1/8" jacks, some will be 1/4", but you can get 50 cent adapters to fix that. Not a big deal. Amps are usually not pretty, and they usually do not fit your decor, just get a cheap amp that sounds good to you to start. 3) Speakers. Two of them because your audio source is stereo, regular unpowered whatever speakers. Plug em in to your amp and play some music through them, turn them up as loud as it takes to annoy you. Do you hear anything that doesn't sound like the music you want to hear? Then don't buy them. You can buy 3,000$ (or 15,000$) speakers that will introduce sound you do not want to hear so just get a cheap pair of speakers that WORK (ie are in sound condition) and that audibly/psychologically sound "right" to you. I seriously recommend listening to like 5-10 speaker pairs before even committing to a pair, just to realize speakers sound different. You can do that for 150$, seriously, or you could get all new kit and blow a couple grand and also be really happy. To add myself, my Braun PS550 is having its power board worked on and I will own the prettiest motherfucking turntable ever. Not an Anthem fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Jul 30, 2013 |
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Paperweight posted:Up or down doesn't matter. On the turntable or completely removed from the turntable is what makes a difference. The thin plastic cover is amazingly good at picking up vibrations in the air and transferring them to the turntable itself. Just tap on it while playing a record. You can hear it through the speakers. Audiophile bullshit, if you're worried about "vibrations in the air" you are off your rocker. If you tap on the cover while playing a record it might skip because you're hitting your turntable, it has nothing to do with the dust cover. Anti static spray: http://www.musicdirect.com/p-7383-nordost-eco-3-anti-static-spray.aspx "Lowers noise floor! Sound stage! (insert drivel)" Ground your turntable, problem solved. If you get lots of dust trying cleaning your apartment more often. If you have gross records, clean them.
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Dogen posted:They make some insane claims but anti static spray does help prevent dust build up. The fluid in wet cleaning kits usually has some anti static stuff in it (I've never used the spray, myself). Antistatic sprays or additives do actually do something, just not for audio or audio cables.
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Butt Soup Barnes posted:So apparently a new radio station is broadcasting from a once defunct station like 1,000 feet from my house. I now get today's best pop hits through my Pioneer SX-780 when I'm using the aux input. I don't have an antenna or anything installed it just comes in, and not on any other input except aux. Does anyone know if this can be fixed? What are you playing through the aux in?
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Electric Bugaloo posted:It's probably a computer or a smartphone/MP3 player connected to a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable. Could be ground loop interference, where you have a powered audio source on a different ground level as your amp, I *think* plugging both sources into the same surge protector might fix this? People always say those ferrite cable clamps from radio shack help with RF but I don't know if that's fluff or not. Longview put it much better.
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BANME, nice find!! I just picked up a Sansui QRX-3500. I'd have no use for quad, but its a decent amp.
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How would I go about finding a dust cover replacement for my braun ps 550? I'm monitoring eBay Germany but are there collector forums I could hit?
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Blistex posted:Finding an intact dust cover (the most likely thing to break on a turntable) is like some sort of grail quest. I dunno why I didn't think of this before but I have pieces of a correct Braun PS 550 cover. I think I can just 3D print at work the mechanical part that connects to the springs and all, the part that always breaks, and just beef it up a bit, and in the print account for attaching a really simple acrylic box that fits the table.
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