New turntable set up

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BJ
Thorens TD 125, Rega RB 300, and Denon DL110 moving coil stylus. Freaking fabulous, great open transparent sound. The Denon is terrific and I would highly recommend it. An added bonus - really minimizes surface noise.

The Thorens is built like German stuff of the late 60's/early 70's - think Mercedes 300SEL 6.3. It weighs 30 pounds!
 
originally posted by BJ:
New turntable set upThorens TD 125, Rega RB 300, and Denon DL110 moving coil stylus. Freaking fabulous, great open transparent sound. The Denon is terrific and I would highly recommend it. An added bonus - really minimizes surface noise.

The Thorens is built like German stuff of the late 60's/early 70's - think Mercedes 300SEL 6.3. It weighs 30 pounds!
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Vinyl jeeb?
 
originally posted by Brian C:
originally posted by BJ:
New turntable set upThorens TD 125, Rega RB 300, and Denon DL110 moving coil stylus. Freaking fabulous, great open transparent sound. The Denon is terrific and I would highly recommend it. An added bonus - really minimizes surface noise.

The Thorens is built like German stuff of the late 60's/early 70's - think Mercedes 300SEL 6.3. It weighs 30 pounds!
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Vinyl jeeb?
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Yes. It's time.

Joel, you back in town any time soon?
 
i am afraid to ask... does my B&O qualify as a foillard or as a thermo-vinified [insert producer name here] ?

not even sure I still have something to plug it into to connect to the krell (yes, the original balanced one, definitely *not* thermo-vinified), but it would sure be sweet to hear some vinyl, it's been years.
 
B&O's play very high on cool factor, but I think many view them more as architectural accessories than high end audiophile gear. But I may be wrong - search pink fish media to see what people there say.

Regardless of how they sound, how often can you buy something made in Sweden, other than a Saab? That's cool.
 
I used to have a Thorens TD160. Bought that in 1972. Last cartridge I had on it was a Dynavector MC. Gave it to Rob Adler in 2003(?). He kindly gave me a bottle of '91 Chave which drank superbly on my 50th birthday in '04.

I sold my 700+ collection of vinyl a year or so earlier. The only thing I regret was my timing. Never figured that there would be a vinyl renaissance. I was way into imported and 1/2 speed pressings. Whenever possible, I'd purchase the British or Japanese pressings of albums that one could normally purchase on US pressings. The foreign pressings, simply put, were sonically superior. It wasn't just groups that were British. I had imports of the Airplane, Dead, Allman Bros, Quicksilver, Talking Heads, Police, Pretenders, Miles...well you get the idea. I never owned a US-pressed Beatles or Stones album.

Also, from a previous discussion, I'd say at least 90% of my ECM albums were German pressings.

In vinyl's hey-day, Berkeley was import central. Tower, Leopold's, Rasputin's and Rather Ripped Records all carried a ton of imports. Tower in SF and Discount Records in San Jose were great for that, too.
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
I used to have a Thorens TD160. Bought that in 1972. Last cartridge I had on it was a Dynavector MC. Gave it to Rob Adler in 2003(?). He kindly gave me a bottle of '91 Chave which drank superbly on my 50th birthday in '04.

I sold my 700+ collection of vinyl a year or so earlier. The only thing I regret was my timing. Never figured that there would be a vinyl renaissance. I was way into imported and 1/2 speed pressings. Whenever possible, I'd purchase the British or Japanese pressings of albums that one could normally purchase on US pressings. The foreign pressings, simply put, were sonically superior. It wasn't just groups that were British. I had imports of the Airplane, Dead, Allman Bros, Quicksilver, Talking Heads, Police, Pretenders, Miles...well you get the idea. I never owned a US-pressed Beatles or Stones album.

Also, from a previous discussion, I'd say at least 90% of my ECM albums were German pressings.

In vinyl's hey-day, Berkeley was import central. Tower, Leopold's, Rasputin's and Rather Ripped Records all carried a ton of imports. Tower in SF and Discount Records in San Jose were great for that, too.
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Larry, all I can say is, wow.

I agree with you on imports, generally, particularly those from Germany.

Now you have scavengers like me eeking together your old scraps.

Late last night, I was enjoying the wind harps on Dis.
 
originally posted by maureen:
I still have my (still working) Phillips 312 from the mid-1970s. What does qualify as (besides old)?
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Maureen, that is a delightful table. I have not listened to it personally but know it is highly regarded in a sort of semi culty entry level vintage hifi way. Our local vintage gear place, Hawthorne Stereo, always have a couple 70s Philips, and give them a respectful nod when they are mentioned.

Maybe figure out who locally works on such things and have them spiff it up and see how the stylus and cartridge looks and get it going again.

At a certain threshold vinyl starts to sound better than digital all things being equal and another nice thing is that there's just an insane amount of great music that never made it to digital.
 
I still have 400 or so vinyl but only mediocre equipment (...hence, I almost never play them). I want to rip/burn about half of them and then get out. What is the best and easiest way to do that?
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
I still have 400 or so vinyl but only mediocre equipment (...hence, I almost never play them). I want to rip/burn about half of them and then get out. What is the best and easiest way to do that?
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but you can still bring them to the vinyl jeebus!
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
I still have 400 or so vinyl but only mediocre equipment (...hence, I almost never play them). I want to rip/burn about half of them and then get out. What is the best and easiest way to do that?
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Jeff, there are turntables made with USB connections that hook up directly with a PC. Search on 'usb turntables' and several links show up. I've never done what you're inquiring about so I have no recommendations on the actual equipment.
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
I still have 400 or so vinyl but only mediocre equipment (...hence, I almost never play them). I want to rip/burn about half of them and then get out. What is the best and easiest way to do that?
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Jeff, there are turntables made with USB connections that hook up directly with a PC. Search on 'usb turntables' and several links show up. I've never done what you're inquiring about so I have no recommendations on the actual equipment.
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There are also many pre-amp/processors with phono stages that are capable of onboard analog-to-digital conversion. Digital output to PC et voila. Not quite as much of a one-trick-pony as a USB table.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
I still have 400 or so vinyl but only mediocre equipment (...hence, I almost never play them). I want to rip/burn about half of them and then get out. What is the best and easiest way to do that?
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And when you're done, you send the LP's to Brian C and me.
 
I meant to add as well, that finding an old nice Philips 312 would be akin to finding a nice old Domaine St. Anne St. Gervais in the cellar, or perhaps even an old Trollat or Grippat St. Joseph. Just so you geeks understand.
 
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