I got a victrola. It sure is fun, and a conversation piece. Shai On 1/4/2011 1:38 PM, Tom Fine wrote: > Saying you only want to play a massive collection of 78's on some > ancient "record player" is like saying you'll only play reel to reel > tapes on some ancient junky Ampex 900 player (which had unacceptable > wow and flutter the day it left the factory). If that's your thing, > OK, but it's guaranteed to yield crappy transfer results so you > therefore value your time at very little or can't hear the difference > between good and bad playback. > > That said, I bet I'm not the only one who buys cheap and common but > musically-enjoyable 78's specifically to play on the Victrola. They > are never intended for transfer or preservation, they are intended to > allow me to enjoy my antique Victrola. I'm sure others do similar > things for their cylinder players and Diamond Disc players. > > As for tracking weights, I can track up to over 4 grams on the > Technics, and the speed adjust on a MKV model has enough range to > accomodate any of the early speeds, precisely. I think you can do the > same with the less expensive KAB-modified Numark table. > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Biel" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 3:36 AM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Technics apparently really has discontinued > their turntables > > >> On 1/3/2011 9:57 PM, Steven C. Barr wrote: >>> From: "Aaron Levinson" <[log in to unmask]> >>>> As someone who arguably straddles the line between the transfer and >>>> DJ worlds I can say that the reputation of Stanton and Numark is >>>> far below that of that venerable 1200 on any given day. No >>>> self-respecting DJ would even put them in the same league. >>>> R.I.P. indeed and now let the insane eBay gouging begin! >>>> >>> NONE of this is a problem for me...! I was looking for (and found) a >>> "record player" with a ceramic cartiidge which would accomodate an >>> Astatic N8-3d needle >> >> Aaron hit the nail on the head -- self respect. Nobody is making a >> beeline to get their recordings transferred on a wow-fulled rumbly >> record player with an Astatic ceramic power-point with a (probably) >> 3.0 mil conical point. Self respect would not allow admission that >> this is the peak of performance you are STRIVING for as a multi-year >> quest, rather than just settling for because you only have >> (self-admittedly) just half of one ear still operating. >>> ; problem is that I no longer have the "fine >>> motor dexterity" to solder the connections to provide the plug which >>> I can place in my computer's "Line In" jack...! I have always found >>> that "light-weight" playing of 78's does NOT provide the full amount >>> of sound which they contain...! Steven C. Barr >> >> That's not the general opinion of those with two full-functioning ears. >> >> Mike Biel [log in to unmask] >> >>> >>> >> >