Who has an active turntable? [Archive]

hotwheelman

09-27-2005, 06:15 PM

I have one in use that I picked up from doro last year. It came equipped with a sonus cartridge, I just wish I had a few more carts to roll in and out to play around with. I have been finding quite a bit of new material to play around with for around 25 to 50 cents a piece, the collection is starting to grow again.

Ricardo

09-27-2005, 06:15 PM

Nope....don't think I have seen a Long Play for at least 15 years....

stevemol

09-27-2005, 06:20 PM

Remember Radio Shack?

42-7012 Fully automatic belt-drive turntable w/pre-amp (in case your new A/V doesn't have the magnetic inputs anymore) $99.99

13-1334 Curtis Nostalgic Turntable includes CD player, AM/FM (probably looks better than it sounds) $99.99

42-7013 Direct Drive Manual Turntable by Accurian $149.99

No, I don't work at Radio Shack - I've just enjoyed my 42-7013 for a while now...

Roy Munson

09-27-2005, 07:34 PM

I have an AR XB with a Shure V 15 III that I bought new in the 70's..I only listen to it occasionally.

tonyv1

09-27-2005, 08:14 PM

I have a Dual CS-741Q TT with a Shure V15xVR cartridge. I play LPs every weekend for about 2-3 hours. I use an external DAC with upsampling for CDs and it can't create the space and openess of analog. Playing SACDs comes close, though.

Spawndn72

09-27-2005, 08:23 PM

I have a Dual 704 that I like alot. I have been spinning vinyl as more of a fad type thing as of late. The main thing I like about vinyl is the hunt for good, used, cheap stuff.

TroyD

09-27-2005, 10:10 PM

I have a Fisher Price that I got from Russ. Once I taped a penny to the headshell, I was in bidness.

Doo-dah, doo-dah

BDT

steveinaz

09-27-2005, 11:13 PM

My last turntable was a Yamaha PF-800 w/ortofon cartridge, that was 1987.

fireshoes

09-27-2005, 11:21 PM

I actually wanted to vote for "More than once in a while, but less than most of the time."

I'm using a Pioneer PLL800 I got from dorokusai with a Goldring 1042 cartridge from madmax.

shack

09-27-2005, 11:27 PM

I have a TURNTABLE but I RARELY listen to it.

dorokusai

09-27-2005, 11:28 PM

Vinyl? LOL

cfrizz

09-27-2005, 11:35 PM

I have one, maybe play it once every 3 yrs or so. Which always prompts me to go out & get whatever I played on it in a cd version!

ledhed

09-27-2005, 11:37 PM

I have a Pioneer PL-530 with a Shure V15 type IV cart. I like it but, it isn't hooked up in my room due to space constraints and the cables aren't long enough for the HT

ESavinon

09-28-2005, 12:33 AM

I have a Denon DL59L with a Shure V15 type 5,
A Bang & Olufsen Beogram TX2 Linear Tracking tt with a B&O MMC2 cartridge,
and a Mitsubshi LT10 linear tracking turntable with a mitsubishi cartridge.

polkatese

09-28-2005, 12:40 AM

I have a nice Technics ML1200 with a nice AT cartridge. I haven't hooked it up in, well, at least 4 years.

unc2701

09-28-2005, 11:03 AM

I have two pioneers (PL-5something for my rig; front loading PL-86 for the woman's) and a technics 1200 for abuse. I rotated through a few nicer ones (Pro-ject, rega, etc), but I didn't trust the guys renting my house with them, so decided to hold off on a nice TT until I had the space to put it in my main rig. Since I've got about 1200 albums I'll probably be sticking to the vinyl for awhile.

Willow

09-28-2005, 12:49 PM

I want a TT badly, maybe I'll ask one for Xmas, I have 2 boxes of vinyl I want to play.

ward91

09-28-2005, 12:57 PM

lp's spond better than my cdplayer

mhardy6647

09-28-2005, 02:25 PM

Several... the most commonly used one is a bang & olufsen TX-2 tangential with MMC-4 cartridge on the living room system (EICO HF-81 and, usually, the Cornwalls).

No tt in the family room with the Monitor 7A's... it's an SAF thing.

Soccerplyr

09-28-2005, 03:06 PM

I have a Dual 604 with a Pickering XV-15. Love it, but haven't used it much of late. Having issues that seem to be common with Dual tables. Getting very low sound from the right channel. Have tried several "quick" fixes but have n't had any luck. I need to re-wire the tone arm and I'm not sure I trust myself to do it. When it worked, I'd listen to and album almost daily.

I too love the hunt for the great LP score. Finding a great album for $.75 when it should cost 20 times that price is great. Mostly buy 80's era music, Talking Heads, Police, Clash, Elvis Cosello, Oingo Boingo etc.

Thinking about a upgrade to a Music Hall MMF-2.1. Maybe Santa will bring me one (in my 30's and my parents still like to give me gifts from Santa).

tonyv1

09-28-2005, 08:03 PM

Hey Soccerplyr have you tried Cow Music in OB? Right across the street from Hodad's! I'm usually in there once a month. They also sell plastic album covers.

Crazed

09-28-2005, 08:46 PM

MMF-5 with a Goldring 1042. LPs from my High School and College days enhanced with thrift store finds (love the price, hate the cleaning).

As with CDs, a decent system makes the crap recordings sound more like crap, but the great recordings sound even better.

hyghwayman

07-03-2007, 12:45 PM

42-7013 Direct Drive Manual Turntable by Accurian

I just got this as a gift from my neighbor brand new in the box.
How does it sound compaired to other brands and is there anything I need to look out for when using this with my 7.1 receiver?

This is the first TT I have ever owned!

Thanks,
hyghwayman

Fireman32

07-03-2007, 01:10 PM

Wow old thread that was brought back up. I have a AR TT that i will be upgradign to a VPI Mark III.

ben62670

07-03-2007, 01:20 PM

My records are dirty! I don't want to ruin them, so I have to wait

engtaz

07-03-2007, 02:15 PM

When you go to Philly have a cleaning party Ben?

Phil Dawson

07-03-2007, 04:30 PM

I just set up my system after selling our house (the system had to go down because it made the liv room look too small) and building a new one. I set up my Techniques 1200 with a Shure V15 type 3 and it sounds good. I had almost forgotten that LPs can sound as good or better that CDs.
Phil

billbillw

07-03-2007, 05:13 PM

Finally settled on the VPI after trying out 4 other decks over the last year+. Hoarded about 750 albums over the same timeframe and I'm still working my way through cleaning and listening to all of them.
I voted for "most of the time", but its really about 50% of the time. CDs and SACDs still make up a majority of my collection and I love them, but the older stuff on vinyl is just magic.

VXR8

07-03-2007, 05:44 PM

Yep - got a Kenwood, which was part of a system deal back in 1986. Used it as recent as yesterday. Always looking on eBay Oz too - would like to acquire a linear Technics or something else similar - wish we had Audiogon or Craiglist in Oz, as you get some good stuff on that over there.

Just gonna spin Tears For Fears, The Hurting on vinyl right now - ciao!

madmax

07-03-2007, 05:57 PM

krabby5

07-03-2007, 06:01 PM

I haven't listened to vinyl since around 1980...I had a ton of cassettes until around 1992...then made the switch to cds (about 400)....

now all of my cds are in my 60 gb iPod...

for me, convenience greatly outweighs quality...

billbillw

07-03-2007, 11:22 PM

What I learned along the way is that a ton of music exists that I didn't know about. Its easy to find a box of records for nothing and I always find a few real keepers.
madmax

That's 90% of the reason I got into vinyl. I love picking up a box of mystery albums and thumbin' through them. You never know what you are going to find!

I didn't realize this was an ancient thread when I posted earlier. Kinda funny seeing some of the folks post 2 years ago that have now converted into true vinyl luvers (Troy, UNC,...)

rskarvan

07-04-2007, 06:01 AM

I miss the art-work of a full size album. Some of those old YES albums were absolutely gorgeous. I just don't get the same feeling from a little CD.

Spacedeckman

07-04-2007, 12:49 PM

When I started this thread I think I was spinning vinyl maybe 60% to 70% of the time. Shortly afterwards I disconnected the CD player and have been 100% vinyl since. What I learned along the way is that a ton of music exists that I didn't know about. Its easy to find a box of records for nothing and I always find a few real keepers.
madmax

I'm 70-80% normally, but have been 100% for the past few months. Moved, and haven't opened my box of CDs yet. That Sutherland is a religion, I keep hauling out old stuff I haven't listened to for years.

I haven't had much luck finding boxes of LPs anymore. :( They all seemed to dry up around here about 3-4 years ago. Most of the thrift stores even ditched their record areas or shrunk them to match incoming inventory, usually comprised of old folks cheesy stuff.

Mark

George Grand

07-05-2007, 08:13 AM

I have one album I play with. I use the Herb Alpert "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" to gratify myself.

skipf

07-05-2007, 09:01 AM

Currently using an AR-XA with a Shure M91-ED. Looking to upgrade as soon as I can get the bucks together. I'm probably 50/50 vinyl/cd, but the vinyl absolutely smokes the cd's for sound quality.

miner

07-05-2007, 03:14 PM

Added a Rega P5/Exact cartridge/TT PSU to my rig. I listen to vinyl about 20% of the time (20% LP; 35% CD; 45% iPod). The vinyl is definitely the better sounding media.

zombie boy 2000

07-05-2007, 03:19 PM

I agree...
It's just that blasted subsonic rumble which keeps me from spinning records all the time. I can't get rid of it completely and it scares the bejeezus out of me.

janmike

07-05-2007, 03:23 PM

Lots of albums but an old Dual TT. Have not hooked it up even after the wife hounding me for years. I would like one of those new ones one day.

danger boy

07-05-2007, 03:31 PM

I agree...
It's just that blasted subsonic rumble which keeps me from spinning records all the time. I can't get rid of it completely and it scares the bejeezus out of me.

i know what you mean.. but some receivers/pre amp's are better at it. i hooked up my TT to a Luxman R-3055 receiver recently before I sold it.. and the subsonic rumble was really bad.. i switched on the rumble filter and it took about 80% of it out.. it was ok after that.

Then I hooked up the TT to my Kenwood/NAD seperates and almost no subsonic rumble without any kind of filter turned on.. so it's weird when it rears it's ugly head.

skipf

07-05-2007, 05:58 PM

Those getting rumble, are you using a direct drive TT? Belt drives seem to have very little problems with rumble.

Danny Tse

07-05-2007, 05:58 PM

I have a Technics SL-BD20 belt-drive turntable that I have been meaning to hook up. I was going to buy a phono pre-amp for it when I came across a NOS Sony integrated amp with a MC/MM phono stage build-in. I got the amp but haven't connected the two yet.

Even though the Technics is an expensive TT, it's not "cheap" at all. Planning to get some aftermarket interconnects, power cord, and vibrapods for it.

danger boy

07-05-2007, 07:11 PM

Those getting rumble, are you using a direct drive TT? Belt drives seem to have very little problems with rumble.

you had to rub it in didn't you? ;)

yeah mine is direct drive.

danger boy

07-05-2007, 07:12 PM

zombie boy 2000

07-06-2007, 01:51 PM

Those getting rumble, are you using a direct drive TT? Belt drives seem to have very little problems with rumble.

That's a big negatory...
The Pro-Ject is a belt drive.

hearingimpared

07-06-2007, 02:57 PM

For every 100 LPs I listen to I may listen to 1 or 2 CDs or SACDs. I will go through spurts however. About a month ago, I listened to the CD box set of Led Zepplin's "Complete Studio Recordings." The funny thing is that while I was listening, the only LP of those recordings that I had available (demolded) was Led Zepplin III and that LP sounds like shit. It was poorly recorded and I can't listen to it; I have to listen to the CD. When I get to my LPs of Led Zepplin that all need to be demolded, then I will know better if they are bad too.

I've been thinking about just replacing my LZ LP collection with the new 180 gm releases of all the LZ LPs.

Anyhoo, no surprise here, I listen almost exclusively to LPs as a matter of fact since I got my turntable up and running the beginning of February, I've listened to over 180 LPs (not counting how many times I may have repeated listening to particular LPs) that's an average of 36 LPs per month. That doesn't seem like a lot to me.

strider

07-06-2007, 03:10 PM

I agree...
It's just that blasted subsonic rumble which keeps me from spinning records all the time. I can't get rid of it completely and it scares the bejeezus out of me.

:o
Found out a week or so ago that my subsonic filter on my pre amp had been engaged the whole time I've been listening to mine. I meant to tell you before, honest. When I disengaged it those mid drivers started to jump around like Daffy Duck. Only time it's really noticeable is on the lead in grooves. I can hear it, too, but not at levels where I feel like I'm doing damage to anything. I'm going to play around with (what I think is) the loading switch on my pre to see if that helps.

strider

07-06-2007, 03:14 PM

the only LP of those recordings that I had available (demolded) was Led Zepplin III and that LP sounds like shit. It was poorly recorded and I can't listen to it.

What a disappointment, huh? It was one of the first albums I cleaned up when I got my record cleaner. That magical place called Bron Y Aur couldn't have been that magical........

zombie boy 2000

07-06-2007, 03:16 PM

To be honest, the foundation of my house is a bit off... so I may need to just play at leveling the TT out. I'm sure the tiniest of slants could be the main culprit.

hearingimpared

07-06-2007, 03:17 PM

What a disappointment, huh? It was one of the first albums I cleaned up when I got my record cleaner. That magical place called Bron Y Aur couldn't have been that magical........

I remember thinking, back when, that it sounded like shit then too. It's a bummer when really good music is recorded like a deaf person did the engineering & mixing.

hearingimpared

07-06-2007, 03:19 PM

To be honest, the foundation of my house is a bit off... so I may need to just play at leveling the TT out. I'm sure the tiniest of slants could be the main culprit.

I have some sorbothane pods that you can put under the foundation to help with the subsonic rumble.:D :p

cmy330go

07-07-2007, 01:32 AM

hearingimpared

07-07-2007, 01:44 AM

I've got 2 good quality Music Hall tables that I use quite regularly. Then an old Technics direct drive automatic for sorting through stuff.

My most recent TT though is a little portable battery operated Numark (only $85)so that I can test out records at places that don't have a listening station. This thing is a must have for the average vinyl hunter.

What do you listen for on the Numark? It is very hard to determine ticks, pop, crackling etc. . . I've had my hands on perfectly minty looking records that sounded like a microphone in a bowl of rice krispies.

cmy330go

07-10-2007, 04:35 AM

What do you listen for on the Numark? It is very hard to determine ticks, pop, crackling etc. . . I've had my hands on perfectly minty looking records that sounded like a microphone in a bowl of rice krispies.

Sorry for the delay. Haven't been getting all of my e-mail notices.

Anyway to answer your question.....It's great for finding new stuff I'm unfamiliar with, and also getting an idea of the actual condition of an album.

I too have been fooled by the appearance of an album before. The primary one that comes to mind is a copy of Pink Floyd - The Wall. Both the records and sleeves looked great, but that thing ticks and pops terribly.

shahmichael@com

07-11-2007, 04:58 AM

I just hooked up my tt-Luxman direct drive pd270,with ADC arm and audio-tech cartridge.I bought brand new in late 70-early 80's.I was lucky I saved all 300 at least lp's.It sounds great and makes me feel old:p

TitaniumMan

07-12-2007, 08:33 PM

I try to keep the old spinner active. I make sure he gets a couple of laps around the park on a daily basis. ;)

Geritol and some gentle laxatives keeps him fit. Too much information?

On a less serious note, I visited a dealer in the nearest city. He really wanted to demo a CD-R he'd made. The source, he told me, was a buddy's high-end turntable. He dropped the CD in the player and pressed "Play." At once, the room filled with whooshing, popping, and crackling noises.

"Yep, that sure sounds like vinyl," I said, as I walked out. :D

hearingimpared

07-12-2007, 11:49 PM

I too have been fooled by the appearance of an album before. The primary one that comes to mind is a copy of Pink Floyd - The Wall. Both the records and sleeves looked great, but that thing ticks and pops terribly.

I can deal with the ticks and pops, at least a reasonable amount, however, when a record sounds like there is a mic in a bowl of rice krispies, that is where I draw the line.

I have a really, really great recording of Wagners, "Ride of the Valkyrie" that is a Sheffield direct to disk that is very crackly but the music and engineering is so good that I can just listen past the rice krispies.

madmax

07-13-2007, 10:18 AM

I'm getting to where I can pretty much ignore most noises not associated with the music. Good gear helped moved those noises off to the side and that made it pretty easy to ignore.
madmax

Willow

07-13-2007, 11:48 AM

Well now that I have the space and an actual room which is in the formal living room, I'm in the slow process of building a 2ch system. Which will consist of a TT eventually. Maybe with in the next couple weeks...months

hearingimpared

07-13-2007, 06:16 PM

I'm getting to where I can pretty much ignore most noises not associated with the music. Good gear helped moved those noises off to the side and that made it pretty easy to ignore.
madmax

I agree with you. Since I've upgraded to a better turntable the noise 1. are not as prevelant and 2. it has moved the music to the forefront. I'm ordering my ZYX cartridge today. Now I will have a high end TT, tonearm, and cartridge. I am so looking forward to getting it up and running.

I'm getting the ZYX Fuji silver with silver coils and it's the low output version .24mV.

madmax

07-13-2007, 11:28 PM

Cool! Let me know what you think of it.
madmax

hearingimpared

07-14-2007, 12:25 AM

Cool! Let me know what you think of it.
madmax

I was listening to the LP of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" and I can't imagine how it could sound better than this especially since the xover upgrades and speaker repositioning. I've been assured that the ZYX sounds almost 10 times better than what I am using now!!! WOW that is some thought!!! It makes my heart beat faster thinking of it!:D :D :D :D