jhupka
New Head-Fier
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Lots of great information - thanks a bunch.
As far as the rewire, I wasn't going to tackle the tonearm (yet) - I figured in a mass-produced turntable the RCA cable most likely went to a circuit board like you said and wasn't soldered directly to the tonearm wires (those can come later)
I've definitely been hitting the local stores that sells used vinyl, although I will admit thus far I haven't purchased any vinyl outside of my favorite artists/albums. Its not much of a stretch in music (yet), but I figured I'd get the most amount of initial enjoyment in comparing albums I'm very familiar with already on CD.
Right now my turntable and my other hi-fi stuff is at work - it's safer there than around our young kids at home, plus its the only place I can listen to music for long periods of time while working. So while the building floor is technically cement with industrial carpet over it, I'm in a cubicle which isn't the most sturdy construction. So I was thinking of making an MDF base out of two pieces of MDF with a layer of sorbothane in between to set the turntable on to help absorb any vibration. My biggest issue, though, tends to be everyone around me with Blackberries and the interference I get when they do a data-sync...so I also thought about making a Faraday cage to put around my stuff.

I've definitely been hitting the local stores that sells used vinyl, although I will admit thus far I haven't purchased any vinyl outside of my favorite artists/albums. Its not much of a stretch in music (yet), but I figured I'd get the most amount of initial enjoyment in comparing albums I'm very familiar with already on CD.
Right now my turntable and my other hi-fi stuff is at work - it's safer there than around our young kids at home, plus its the only place I can listen to music for long periods of time while working. So while the building floor is technically cement with industrial carpet over it, I'm in a cubicle which isn't the most sturdy construction. So I was thinking of making an MDF base out of two pieces of MDF with a layer of sorbothane in between to set the turntable on to help absorb any vibration. My biggest issue, though, tends to be everyone around me with Blackberries and the interference I get when they do a data-sync...so I also thought about making a Faraday cage to put around my stuff.