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TTs did not get you... ahem... in the sack, but the right type of music sure allowed
and ~20minutes per LP side was a pretty good duration.
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Nice turntables. Attached picture is an absolute requirement.
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and ~20minutes per LP side was a pretty good duration.
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Yes, strangely enough. My listening room doesn't have any practical space for even my turntable, even if I wanted it there. I thought at first this might present a practical
problem, but it actually hasn't. I just lower the arm on a record and by the time it starts playing I'm usually in my listening seat. Which would be similar if I had the turntable
in my listening room anyway.
20 minutes from in the door to taking her home?TTs did not get you... ahem... in the sack, but the right type of music sure allowedyousome of us to set the mood and ... ahem... the tempo.
and ~20minutes per LP side was a pretty good duration.
Hummm, wham bamm, thank you ma'am LOL
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That was my first record player, too.
Same here. The only ones I remember are the ones that did not break… I still have those.Funny you say that.
I was trying to remember what brands my CD players were... and all I remember is that I don't 'remember' not one of them... to wax poetic over.
Just to illustrate how long this thread is…
Nice turntables. Attached picture is an absolute requirement.
Reloads? Cut your own vinyl, too ?:) Now that's a KOOL table! I Remember the ole Rek O Kut arms and tables My 1963 Allied Radio catalog is full of them, high end stuff in the day. I drooled over them but ended up with an AR
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My wife told me that she'd had a mangiadischi in the 70s, and that it was probably still in the basement of her parents' house. The next time we were there I insisted we hunt for it, but apparently her father's new wife had done a clean-out of all her old stuff, including the player.
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Sounds like your turntable could use a remote control... or better yet; an app!
LMAOSounds like your turntable could use a remote control... or better yet; an app!
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It's been done (of course)Sounds like your turntable could use a remote control... or better yet; an app!
(Heathkit sold the Accutrac sort of under their own name for a wee bit)
... and, also of course, there's one in the basement. It is sans remote & receiver, though.
There used to be two of 'em in the basement -- so some progress has been made.
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It's was a take-off from that joke "I love sushi, I take it home, throw it on the bbq.... yum, yum!"
Leave it to @mhardy to ruin my j/k
Leave it to @mhardy to ruin my j/k
Ok I've wandered over here from the other vinyl thread, why had I not heard of LeBlanc? That cover image does look familiar though, maybe I just forgot. Thanks anyway, great stuff.
I realise my new TT fetish object (and I don't actually have a turntable, or any records) is better placed here. The clean lines of a Rega with enough additional technical eccentricity to make it interesting. I can say it costs more than my car, but I have a pretty cheap car. I haven't checked the whole thread, but some nice things posted here, fun to own.
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For completeness (in misinterpreting/ruining a joke 
) -- here's the Accutrak EDIT Accutrac I didn't keep. This one was scroungier than the one that's still here.
) -- here's the
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Oh I know there are tech nerds who get in to the weeds on anything.
For me, my DAC is a black box, it sits on the shelf, I don't interact with it, pretty much forget it's there, and never need another one. I don't spend my time pouring over specs for this or other DACs.
But I do find turntables much more beautiful, interesting and satisfying to interact with. To each his own, as always.
I mostly bought my DAC because the old one stopped working, and it was good for multi-channel (the only one procurable at the time if we ignore audio interfaces that I could have considered) but also because it looks and feels nice: a pearl silver finish with a machined curve on the thicker front panel, well-placed chrome buttons (including volume, you'd hate that) set into their own machined bevels each side of a reasonably subtle but informative screen. And an exact same-size (but sadly, black) power supply to add satisfying gratuitous audiophilia.
The duo sits out of reach next to the amp at the moment but I'm looking forward to future setup where they will be at arms length so I can fondle them, to better appreciate the soulful tactility of my 1s and 0s.
As for measurements, one of the first ASR reviews I poured over. Our host demonstrated its stereo sibling was generally top-tier but got into a fight with the maker—not just a DAC, but a storied DAC.
It's been done (of course)
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How did that work with a standard tonearm? I have (most of) a Beosystem 3300 which can do this, but it has a linear tracking tonearm.(Heathkit sold the Accutrac sort of under their own name for a wee bit)
... and, also of course, there's one in the basement. It is sans remote & receiver, though.
There used to be two of 'em in the basement -- so some progress has been made.
The Bang & Olufsen is actually a pretty cool system: you use the one quite-simple remote to select device and track, and it works exactly the same on the tuner (with preselects instead of tracks), turntable, CD and tape deck. Unfortunately, mine was a partly-functioning gift from a neighbor whom I helped with something, and had two CD players instead of the turntable. I have it mainly working -- still need a gear for one of the CD players -- but the table I have on it is an old Technics SL-Q300, which is pretty automatic but not remote-controllable.)
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Hi AxoI mostly bought my DAC because the old one stopped working, and it was good for multi-channel (the only one procurable at the time if we ignore audio interfaces that I could have considered) but also because it looks and feels nice: a pearl silver finish with a machined curve on the thicker front panel, well-placed chrome buttons (including volume, you'd hate that) set into their own machined bevels each side of a reasonably subtle but informative screen. And an exact same-size (but sadly, black) power supply to add satisfying gratuitous audiophilia.
The duo sits out of reach next to the amp at the moment but I'm looking forward to future setup where they will be at arms length so I can fondle them, to better appreciate the soulful tactility of my 1s and 0s.
As for measurements, one of the first ASR reviews I poured over. Our host demonstrated its stereo sibling was generally top-tier but got into a fight with the maker—not just a DAC, but a storied DAC.
I'm trying to guess what kind of DAC you have. But I can't figure it out.
Hi Axo
I'm trying to guess what kind of DAC you have. But I can't figure it out.
Haha I thought I'd said enough about a DAC in this turntable thread! But I should've linked to Amir's review. Mine is exaSound E68 (8x mini-XLR version) which looks otherwise identical to the E32 (full-size XLR and RCA) that Amir tested. He described the aesthetics accurately there I reckon. I bought the Teddy Pardo PS they offer as an option. The standard PS is serviceable, but unattractive and according to Amir maybe a bit noisy. Kal Rubinson's commentary was also helpful, and my initial inspiration.
All of the operations of my record player are fully electronic. I even have a repeat button. Obviously you have to put on the record yourself, but everything else after that could be done with a remote.Sounds like your turntable could use a remote control... or better yet; an app!
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