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after various annoyances with Apple and their fucking iPod touch, i shall be selling it and moving over to vinyl. i do not currently own a record player, so can anyone advise on a decent one i could get? there's no way that i'll be able to afford a 1210 or something like that, but can anyone advise a record deck that is cheap but good enough to just listen to music with? no scratching or dj'ing shall be done with these - i can't mix for shit so i don't really need anything fancy |
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you look quite hollywood-ish on that picture |
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cheap and looks plasticky but does the job. for better sound quality just upgrade the cartridge/stylus. |
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used 1200/1210s arent expensive at all. I bought one and love it! |
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checked ebay, cheapest seems to be £150. and it looks like i could pick it up... might be tempted... |
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stanton are very very good,techs are still the daddy of course but the motor on stanton decks are powerful like the hulk-but not green. |
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heh :p i just asked the seller if he can meet at a manchester station, if he can, i'm going for the 1210 and shall finally join the elite group of people who own technics 1210s but who can't mix for shit :D |
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I saw a virtually new sl1200 go for £200 on eBay the other week. Go for the technics if you can. |
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yeah, i'm just hoping i get a reply from this guy. i shall report back if/when :D |
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it's mine! fuck you Apple. |
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i can see you already in the subway listening to you favorite mp3s pressed on vinyl, playing on your 1210. |
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lol |
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i shall miss being able to listen to music wherever i am, but i'm completely done with Apple's bullshit. and i'd rather put time and effort into getting vinyl rather than spending an age converting tracks into a lesser quality format. |
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what's wrong with having both? i'm loving my ipod touch. |
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one day |
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If you do not want to go through the hassle of converting everything, why not just stick to CD. It will save you the hassle of having to buy a record player and vinyls. Although, it is not a bad decision in itself, vinyls sound nice and make you feel special. |
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because i'm sick of every single Apple product I buy dying on me through hardware problems that are not my fault. this will mark the 6th Apple product i've bought that has died on me. The 5th high-end product too (the first one was an iBook G3) don't get me wrong, when their stuff works it's great. but the problem is either Apple's quality control is complete shit, or i seem to be cursed. will hopefully be picking up my 1210 in the next few days :) |
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maybe i'm missing something here but do you realize there are other brands that make mp3 players? are you forced to buy ipods because you are on a mac? |
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nope, but my library is in AAC format. like i said above - i'd rather spend some time and effort into getting stuff on vinyl rather than spending ages converting my music into a lesser format and then being annoyed by the interface on whatever music player would be the alternative. also, it'll force me not to be so schizophrenic with music - ie: listen to one track from an album, then switch to something else from a different album, etc. i've been wanting to build up my vinyl collection...here's the perfect excuse |
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collecting vinyl is great and so is listening to it but i hope you realize it can't possibly ever replace your old habit of listening to music whenever. there is definitely a sense of magic when playing records and seeing/feeling the physical process of it all, but i swear it is the extreme opposite of conveniently listening to all kinds of things you like. The whole process of switching records, flipping, searching for tracks etc takes bloody ages and it's unlikely you are going to be spending hours on this daily. Then there is the fact that vinyl demands a lot of care. You could damage a record in an instant and that's just the end of it then. When you don't vacuum your listening room daily, your vinyl will be a dust magnet and you can knit sweaters from all the hairs that stick to the needle after a few hours of listening. in my experience, mp3 and vinyl, or digital and analog complement each other very nicely. |
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cant really carry a 1210 with you on the train, though. |
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i know the perils of vinyl :) it was a habit that i wanna break and i'm jobless, who says i can't spend hours listening to music every day? :p |
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well, there's always a cassette player :p |
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reading this or tolstoyed's thread i am tempted to quit my job lol |
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oh i wouldn't...i'm selling stuff to pay for this. |
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nice post J198 |
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and before you have to ask, yes i am selling yellow bentines |
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j/k, i actually blame myself for not having that kind of attitude with stuff, i mean to be able to take care of smth and trading/selling it when needed. i'd like to start collecting vynils but judjing from this thread it sounds like you gotta have the hands of a surgeon.. one day *maybe* |
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well i was always brought up to take care of property so i'm just fortunate that i always try to take care of the things i have. this trait should suit well with acculmulating vinyls |
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hahah yes, no doubt, that goes well with education :) i have to say my mother not to stick chewed gum on the tables almost everyday, go figure, when i was a child i was the number one for picking chewed gums and chewing them further instead. i would also have a beautiful story about my addiction for clovers at the time chernobil exploaded but i prefer to stay on topic |
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i am intrigued... please share this anecdote with us all at Wonderment: The Return :) |
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have little expectations :D basically i just had to quit when the guys wearing a white suite and a gas mask appeared in my town. true story! |
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that anecdote could've been so much better in person! i hope you don't use the same technique with the women! |
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same technique but a whole different set of bullshit ;) |
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what if they guy doesnt really have the turntable and instead beats you up and takes your money. just sayin you gotta be careful on the internet |
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well it's a woman so i think i'll be ok mate :) also, i paid with PayPal |
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its a man |
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got the turntable today, the stylus light seems to be not working...is this easy to fix? also, is the level supposed to be really quiet? i'm having to push my amp past 80 to get a decent level out of it, and when i've had a computer/iPod hooked up to it i've never been able to push my amp past 45-50 |
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check earthing |
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i got the earth wire connected to the GND on my amp...the screw thingy is rather dirty... the amp used to be my dad's and has tobacco stains all over it |
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dude i'm in the club too! directly from the 80s: i've been told that to connect it to the puter i just need an interface like the (my speakers are connected to the puter), no need to buy any amp/speakers cos i don't have to connect it to a traditional stero system :) |
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just took a wire brush to the GND connection and the phono connections, much better now :D but can anyone advise on getting the stylus light fixed? |
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cheers :) |
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I've done it a few times on mine, and it's dead easy. This is a pictutorial for a 1979 tech, but the innards are fairly similar, the pop-up mechanism in particular, so its straightforward in case you want to pop in a pimpin led instead of the standard lightbulb |
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Hey is that an AKAI sampler? I've never used an amp for my record player, just a tiny little dj mixer, all good! :D |
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Yeah go with a LED, they last forever, unlike an incandescent bulb. Although I would say don't get a blue LED for the cool factor, get a white one because bright blue ones are horrible. |
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nice one, i'll have to get right on it when i can afford it...it's not like i desperately need it, it'd just be nice to have it working proper...i wanna get a proper Technics headshell too, and an Audio Technica cart with eliptical stylus...then i wanna get a shitload of vinyls thanks for those links :) |
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it is indeed :) it's my S6000 that i'm going to be putting up on eBay shortly. i'm not dj'ing, i've just got it for listening, so i'm pushing the turntable through my amp. it's all cool now though, after taking a wire brush to all the connections to clean off over 30 years of tobacco stains |
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i was thinking about going for an LED mod on there, and yeah you're right....blue would be a bit overpowering |
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