Topic: Carl and Jonny....those SOB's

[carlbeck]

Whoa, Whoa, what did I do 

I told you, seriously nothing compares to an analog front end. Just sounds right is all I can say. There are worse things to spend money on.

[carlbeck]

Actually, I would seriously blame Jonny, seriously I would, yup.

[jpschust]

Maybe I should try taping a quarter on the tonearm

whoa..
flash back to the late 1970's or even 1980.  I'm listening to Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" w/a short stack of pennies taped to the tonearm.

i shamefully admit that i adore that album.

[Stagger]

Portsmouth NH and Portland ME

both have nice gear.  the one in portland has a bitchin' "high end" room.  the B&K gear is not the cats ass, but the GPs, Vienna Acoustics (when they had them) and ML Ascenti's and now the newer line all sound real nice

LOL I know that... -T for me... Work blocked off scervin's non avitar and put a tweeter sign in place making it look like that was, in fact, the avitar... I'm a moron some times.

[jpschust]

Actually, I would seriously blame Jonny, seriously I would, yup.

This is the best thing I've taken blame fore all day.

[nickgregory]

So I found a bunch of vinyl at my parents house that I had as a kid, alot of which I had not replaced on CD, and decided to get an entry level TT to see if I am interested in getting into vinyl.  Chris hooked me up with a P1 and Fono Pre and I got them set up last night.

Wow.  I expected great sound, but I am shocked at how good the sound is of vinyl.  I thought i was just hearing it because I wanted to, so I pulled out joshua tree, CD and vinyl and went back and forth and there is no comparison.  The openess, airy quality of the vinyl is so much more relaxing to the ear.  And I swear the bass is more defined on the vinyl.  So I switched to Born to Run LP and the remastered CD that came out last year.  In this case, the CD is closer to the vinyl, but still lacking.  It was really noticeable on jungleland.  The sax solo that I thought was so vibrant on the CD sounded a little dull when compared to the vinyl. 

I think I am seeing the beginnings of why people are so high on vinyl.  Pretty amazing actually.

The thing that always scared me of turntables is setup, etc...and I have to say I love the P1 simply because of its ability to allow a dumb guy just getting into vinyl a chance to play with it without me spending hours getting set up...really cool.

And yesterday I was scouring local craigslist for other random crap and ran across a guy with a nitty gritty record doctor, new in the box, that he had been given new as a gift, but never got around to using it before he got out of vinyl, so he was selling for $150...picking that up today.  Looking forward to seeing the difference with truly clean vinyl as well!

[carlbeck]

Glad to hear you joining the new old school army. Frankly setting up a table isn't that hard but it does require some tools & patience but that is about it.

[nickgregory]

Glad to hear you joining the new old school army. Frankly setting up a table isn't that hard but it does require some tools & patience but that is about it.

Yeah, I am sure it isnt a huge deal, but when your lazy like me, you have to have bought into the benefit before you are willing to put forth the effort to learn

needless to say I have bought in, hook, line.....

[Sanjay]

This may sound like a stupid question.... but how do you know when a needle is in need of replacement?

[carlbeck]

Its not a stupid question at all honestly without a scope it is hard to tell.

[shane]

After getting some real good hours in on my P3/Elys 2 setup I'm loving the vinyl more and more everyday.  I haven't even thought of playing a cd at home in weeks.  The only problem I've found in vinyl is trying not to buy too much.  I've been on a spree of sorts as of late.  And if there's one thing I've learned is this:  If they have it and you think you might want it........buy it.  Because you're going to pay out the ass for it somewhere else later on down the road when you decide you really want it.

Shane

currently spinning:  TV On The Radio  "Return to Cookie Mountain"

[George]

This may sound like a stupid question.... but how do you know when a needle is in need of replacement?

fwiw:  When I had my old skool fisher (no, not the kiddie brand!) turntable+stanton 500 cart I noticed a severe degradation in sound quality as the needle wore out after a few years of heavy listening. 

[nickgregory]

After getting some real good hours in on my P3/Elys 2 setup I'm loving the vinyl more and more everyday.  I haven't even thought of playing a cd at home in weeks.  The only problem I've found in vinyl is trying not to buy too much.  I've been on a spree of sorts as of late.  And if there's one thing I've learned is this:  If they have it and you think you might want it........buy it.  Because you're going to pay out the ass for it somewhere else later on down the road when you decide you really want it.

Shane

currently spinning:  TV On The Radio  "Return to Cookie Mountain"

speaking of which, hit the local used shop and found a used copy of SRV Live Alive...perfect condition...$3 later it is in my car

[Sanjay]

This turntable while in immaculate condition was used, and so was the cart. so I have honestly no idea how long it has been used for, it is a high quality needle though so I try to avoid replacing things on a whim.

I'll prob wait until I buy a new turntable and just start over from there.  I like those Rega P3's alot...

[George]

This may sound like a stupid question.... but how do you know when a needle is in need of replacement?

More importantly... can an old stylus damage your vinyl?

I've read that it can, so I stopped using my fisher rig until I moved onto a used P3 as well...if anyone recalls I rec'd it with a bent needle (grado gold).  Fortunately, grado sent me a new one at no charge.  The bent one skipped like crazy on my records.