And they really are at least as good as an AR XA, easier to use and, as you said, really cool looking. Live with one for a couple of years, rocking a big corner coaxial speaker in the corner of the kitchen. I remember playing Clash records and "Einstein on the Beach" while washing the dishes and sweeping the floor.
Still have the D version of this classic in my standard setup, listen to it almost every day and lovin’ it…Post a picture of a vinyl lathe that you think looks good.
Performance information, optional. I am most interested in some nice pictures. How vinyl sounds is of secondary importance. For me anyway.
Feel free to tell us about your youth's vinyl player. Take a trip down memory lane.
Something positive, for example, do you remember the first record you bought for your own money? Or something negative, for example those damn grounding problems and the hum sound that never really disappeared despite how many wires you pulled into the heating element or when you saw with a tear in your eye when the record store closed in the place where you live (you might think it was good, avoid the scratch and fuss with vinyl).
Some stories about vinyl and vinyl players quite simply.
My turntable from my teens. And Thorens TD 166 MkII. Is not anything remarkable or so but it was my turntable. Yummy. Did I think then ..
(not my one in the picture but that model)
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Or the later/'spensiver 698 with touch controls a la Philips GA-212/312 (e.g.) -- although only for cueing, I guess, in the case of the Empire.
I hear that put forward all the time to support spending money on vinyl but how often in the real world does this occur? One in 5 or 10 million recordings? I can't say cause I've never experienced a LP since my first CD that I would rather put up with all of the mediums weaknesses for what, a couple extra db of DR? That can't be heard anyway under vinyls surface noise and all the rest.
Cartridge looks like the VM95E. The ML is red, is the H green as well?
Awe, it's little Nipper, listening to "His Masters Voice". LOL
Alas, us Limeys can't compete, yet againA 28 foot tall, 4 ton, Little Nipper in Albany NY.
Good Ole Pooch.
Oh....I had one of those.Post a picture of a vinyl lathe that you think looks good.
Performance information, optional. I am most interested in some nice pictures. How vinyl sounds is of secondary importance. For me anyway.
Feel free to tell us about your youth's vinyl player. Take a trip down memory lane.
Something positive, for example, do you remember the first record you bought for your own money? Or something negative, for example those damn grounding problems and the hum sound that never really disappeared despite how many wires you pulled into the heating element or when you saw with a tear in your eye when the record store closed in the place where you live (you might think it was good, avoid the scratch and fuss with vinyl).
Some stories about vinyl and vinyl players quite simply.
My turntable from my teens. And Thorens TD 166 MkII. Is not anything remarkable or so but it was my turntable. Yummy. Did I think then ..
(not my one in the picture but that model)
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Snap, Crackle, Pop here I come. LOL
What caused the glitch in the old plot?
Is this contraption used for actual records, or for masters that are then used to press records?
It's the Rek-O-Kut Challanger. For that unparalleled Direct to Disc 'nothing can touch it' sonic experience. Exactly like Doug Sax used to do it, but different. Below links to a sort of FAQ mentioning the machine.
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