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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]
>>
>>>
>>>
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