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post #151 of 153
6/16/10 at 6:25am
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Originally Posted by Paganini Alfredo View Post

Holy crap guys, I totally just had a eureka moment!!! I've always had a turntable (even if it was just a cheapo one) that I haven't really used cause I don't have a speaker setup of any kind. Well all of a sudden I was sitting here listening to music and *cue light bulb* POOF!!! I can hook this badboy up through my Ultra desktop! And it sounds great (if a little scratchy/poppy)! I KNEW there was a reason I've felt compelled to buy vinyl every now and again... well it was mainly cause later I intended to buy proper loudspeakers and vinyl setup. But this works out perfect.

Thanks Head Room!


Are you using any sort of phono pre-amp? I'm "too young" to have any experience with vinyl (being only 29), but I thought that my speaker setup would need a phono preamp. If that's not the case, I'll have to buy a turntable sooner rather than later.

 

Head-fi is going to cost me more than I thought. "Sorry", right?

 

"Thanks" Head Room! :)

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post #152 of 153
6/16/10 at 7:43pm

What? You think age has anything to do with listening to vinyl? I'm 26, whaddya trying to say? HUH??? ha.

 

Yeah my crappy turntable has a preamp in it. I saw a good deal the other day on craigslist for a $600 technics going for $250 but they didn't return my email, drats. I also need to look into investing in a record cleaner. That or learn how to properly do it myself but I'm afraid I'll mess up my records.

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post #153 of 153
6/17/10 at 1:17pm
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Originally Posted by Paganini Alfredo View Post

What? You think age has anything to do with listening to vinyl? I'm 26, whaddya trying to say? HUH??? ha.

 

Yeah my crappy turntable has a preamp in it. I saw a good deal the other day on craigslist for a $600 technics going for $250 but they didn't return my email, drats. I also need to look into investing in a record cleaner. That or learn how to properly do it myself but I'm afraid I'll mess up my records.

 

I had the honor of explaining what a "record" was to my (youngest) daughter - she's 4. She said "That's big." She then asked if she could use my iPhone to listen to music. That made me feel old. I almost launched into the "when I was a kid..." speech, but she doesn't believe I was ever a kid.

 

I think to clean records you use sandpaper and a lighter. You can burn off most of the dust, and whatever doesn’t burn off you can get off with the sand paper 

 

I guess I shall look into a preamp or a turntable with one. Thanks for the info!
 

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