Vinyl Records & Turntables

[rhinochopig]

BazzaH said:

SGirl said:

Does this crackling appear only when you're playing a record, or just when the turntable is switched on? If the former, it's probably down to dust on the surface and in the grooves of the record, or possibly on the stylus. If you're buying mostly second-hand records, you might well find that a lot of them are a bit manky and need a good clean.

No its only when record playing and it was a clean new record.

It's part of what vinyl heads see as the charm of vinyl along with 'warm' sound - whatever that means. Like a log fire over underfloor heating. The latter works better, but the former is what you want to sit in front of.

[telecat]

rhinochopig said:

It's part of what vinyl heads see as the charm of vinyl along with 'warm' sound - whatever that means. Like a log fire over underfloor heating. The latter works better, but the former is what you want to sit in front of.

The arm is not adjusted correctly. It isn't "tracking" properly or the head is too heavy. Make sure the Cartridge is correctly aligned and take a little weight off the arm.

[Cooky]

telecat said:

Firstly they are not Needles

WRONG!!!

Oh yes they are!

/Pantomode

here is the proof




and they fit in this



which is part of this



which cost all of £51 from fleabay

and plays things like this



There, hope that clears things up

[Meteor Madness]

That looks suspiciously like shellac, not vinyl !

[Cooky]

Meteor Madness said:

That looks suspiciously like shellac, not vinyl !

Shhh! don't confuse the youngsters

[telecat]

Cooky said:

telecat said:

Firstly they are not Needles

WRONG!!!

Oh yes they are!

/Pantomode

here is the proof




and they fit in this



which is part of this



which cost all of £51 from fleabay

and plays things like this



There, hope that clears things up

As somebody has already said that ain't vinyl!!!!!!!!!!!

[Meteor Madness]

Surprising to see the word STEREO on the label - rare for such an old record to feature such unnecessary new-fangled gimmickery.

[davepoth]

Whippersnappers...does anybody know where I can get some dubstep on wax cylinders?

[Nik Gnashers]

It might come as a shock to many, but you can still buy plenty of different turntables, brand new !!!
I have been a club dj for over 25 years, and even though technology moves on, there is still a place for turntables in the modern music 'workplace'. I use a system called 'serato' which is basically an external soundcard which plugs into a laptop running scratch live software. My two technics turntables also plug into this external soundcard box thingy, and the box plugs into my dj mixer. Using vinyl records called 'control' vinyl, which has no actual music on, but instead has a digital signal the 'box' can understand, I can play and mix mp3's from the laptop, but control them with the turntable/control vinyl.
It is astonishing, the music from the mp3's on the laptop plays exactly like a normal vinyl record, no lag no glitches, the only thing missing is the warmth of an analogue signal, and the crackle.

[Skyedriver]

BazzaH said:

Also there is quite a bit of crackling
Cheers again!

With decent thrupenny bits?

[Marvindodgers]

I love my Rega P3 record deck. Splendid bit of kit, solid as a rock and sounds great with my largish vinyl collection. Makes listening to music more of an event than just clicking play on the iPod (which I use as well).

I started with a Triumph (Curry's old own brand), then moved onto a Dual CS410. Always coveted my mates Rega Planar 2 and when the Dual died I had the excuse to go for a Rega as I just love their minimilism.

[PurpleTurtle]

Holy thread revival Batman!!!

During the lockdown my wife and I have rediscovered our old vinyl collections. She had a turntable that went straight in the loft when we moved in together 8yrs ago, it was apparently 'broken', we said we would repair it one day.

The other Saturday I took a look, turns out the drive belt had just slipped off - fixed in seconds. So I hooked it up to our compact home hifi system (all my decent separates are in the loft, we just don't have the space) and it played, but not very loudly. Google told me I was missing a phono pre-amp, ordered from Gear4Music for 25 quid and installed. Hurrah, we have vinyl that can be played loud.

I have a decent collection from 1985-1990, then I fully got on board with CD, must have over 2,000 CDs. Most of my listening todays is done on digital devices, butI really can't bear to part with my CDs, they are a part of my life. Ditto my vinyl. Obviously now I am going down the dangerous road of collecting vinyl - classic albums of stuff I already have, plus anything new that I really like. I'm a marketing man's dream!

Without wishing to sound too poncey, I love the 'theatre' of putting an LP record on, sitting thre and listening to it in its entirety, getting up and having to play the B-side etc. As a time and motion experience it is in the dark ages, all that effort to play a record, when I could just stream it over bluetooth from my phone, but I've weirdly started to enjoy the whole rigmarole of it. We've started switching the TV off in the evening and listening to an album all the way through instead, it's good fun, reminds me of my childhood.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I have an Audio Technica LP-120 playing thru a Yamaha amp. Love vinyl, it's just such an event, taking the LP out of the sleeve, the smell, cleaning it, cuing up the arm and dropping it down, the light of the strobe. Plus the sound is just warmer, even with the odd crackle.