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Analog Addicts
by harveyny | Mar 12 '02
There is a treasury of music on records that have not been released on CD's. Turntables are still being produced for the home audio marketReturn to opinion
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building your own record player (Reply to this comment)
by francesco0
You mentioned that some build thier own turntables. Is this worth the trouble? and would it cost signifintly less? I would love to build one and reserch it out providing it would be cost effective.
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Jun 09 '04
5:06 pm PDT
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Thank God someone appreciates a good LP player! (Reply to this comment)
by zlotmachinskyr
There are a lot of people out there who think CDs sound better than LPs but this is simply not the case. LPs are just inconvient but if one transfers them to high grade standard cassettes like Maxell, TDK, FUJI and other brands, one can make it fairly convenient to extract all the great music out there that is not on CD and may never get there. Of course it helps to have a top gun standard cassette deck (e.g., Nakamichi et al) to do the music transfer justice. Analog vinyl records may need TLC and produce pops on occasion but with todays technology these objections are addressable. People out there, Hang onto those LPs until they can be placed into the hands of people who appreciate them or can archive them digitally or on any other appropriate archival medium. One of the best turntable makers is Thorens of Switzerland and they are still in business making the same models I own but even better in upgraded form.
Grado is one of the great phono cartridge makers (Brooklyn, NY) that never advertised because they sold out everything they made. I have to check on them but they must still be in business as their product is still needed worldwide. Thorens is an affordable and very high grade producer of turntables, always several cuts above most of the others. Super expensive audiophile turntables can be had from many exotic suppliers but this is a venture most will not persue. So newbies take a good look at Thorens Turntable models if you want to give analog a try. Opera played on my Thorens beltdrive, Grado-cartridged turntable, brings tears of joy to the eyes of many a listener of this analog medium played on this gentle posh turntable.
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Jun 02 '02
11:32 am PDT
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great review... (Reply to this comment)
by Tibullus
I recently did a whole lot of legwork learning about turntables on my own in order to buy one, and this sort of guide would have been quite helpful to start me off.
Great review!!!
marc
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Mar 22 '02
1:05 pm PST
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