used vinyl LP records
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I have an old studer 2trk mastering machine and some api strips that I bought when Hudsons music (remember that place?) went under. Cleaned the heads and caps, plugged it in and put on some 30 year old tapes and wow! It still sounds fantastic. I even love that tape hiss. I recorded a cd onto 1/2" at hot levels and wow again. Lots of hiss but it warmed up the square wave notchey sound of the Cd signal nicely. Now I have to buy an old dbx to kill the hiss. The machine is as big as a coffee table but it sure is cool.
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In Japan, they created some sort of digital LP reader for vinyl and it costs like $10,000 - $15,000 each! Looks like a laserdisc player.
Gyaos.
Gyaos.
Is it 1/2"? That's a nice machine and should be worth a fair amount.blackdog said:
As for hiss, if you use good tape and hit it with the right levels, it shouldn't be noticeable. Many great sounding albums in the last few decades were mastered to 1/2" 2 track with no noise reduction.
If you must use noise reduction, the industry standard is Dolby A or SR. DBX doesn't sound so good.
On the other side of the coin, can anyone recommend a place in Toronto to buy "good" used and/or new vinyl ... it appears Peter Dunn's has closed, and I seem to have acquired a TT hence the need for vinyl.
TIA
PS It seems I posted the Greek Audiophile to the wrong "board" ... audiogon ... funnily enough I wasn't thinking of it as specifically representing the Greek A'phile culture
TIA
PS It seems I posted the Greek Audiophile to the wrong "board" ... audiogon ... funnily enough I wasn't thinking of it as specifically representing the Greek A'phile culture
Pool;pool said:
Peter Dunn retired long ago.
If you are into classical music, Second Vinyl on McCaul and Queen may still be in business.
Kensington Market area; Around Again records 18 Baldwin Street, Toronto (416-979-2822)
In Oshawa, there is Starr Records on Simcoe South (905-723-0040), where I picked up the Dixie Chicks first album (2003 or 2004?) on vinyl when it had just been released.
Once every few months, there is a record show, which changes venue. The contact for this show would be http://www.recordcollectorsguild.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=25470. You could also call Mike at Starr Records and ask him about GTA record shows, as well.
The fellow who runs it (or ran it) was Don's Discs, a long time ago, where once I picked up a Chicago Blues fest album.
No, on eBay, I dealt with www.memoriesInc.biz and bought a great DGG recording of Bach's violin concertos. Surely there must still be a bunch of shops along Queen St. in the vicinity of Spadiana!
Hope it helps.
BTW, what did yo get and what kind of cartridge does it have on it?
shakenbake
Thanks a million, shakenbake ... it's been at least 20 years since I've been to a record "convention"
I stumbled across this link, but I think it may be out of date : sources
PS As for the TT, I got a demo Avid Diva and a "lightly" used Shelter 501 II. Initially I had my sights on a used Oracle Delphi I or II, as I'd always had my heart set on getting one, but went astray along the way.
I stumbled across this link, but I think it may be out of date : sources
PS As for the TT, I got a demo Avid Diva and a "lightly" used Shelter 501 II. Initially I had my sights on a used Oracle Delphi I or II, as I'd always had my heart set on getting one, but went astray along the way.
hey pool;pool said:
Thanks for the links! Some of the places in Toronto, I remember and are gone. But, it is fun trying to find out who is still around! BTW, I didn't know that Alex CD world sells vinyl. They are ni Whitby, very close to wghere I live. There goes my MPA funds money, dang!
As Pearl Jam once said, "Vive le vinyl!"
Nice deck and cartridge you got!
shakenbake
I'm pretty certain Record Peddler is long gone : ) .. as is Vortex .. and Art & Trash : ( ... but, I digressshakenbake said:
Neil Young said something to the effect of digital is/was the death of music, and I believe he oversaw the remastering of his latest "greatest hits" release [as well as some] earlier HDCD release - he's a picky fellow, that Neil.
I've managed to get some stuff online, as I didn't want to be trekking around on boxing day ... not sure as to the justification in that. These two have always been good :
www.musicstack.com
www.gemm.com
but now that I'm finally getting back to vinyl I ordered some stuff from here
www.musicdirect.com
and yeah, I grabbed Neil's latest & PJ elsewhere ... from 'Friday Night In San Francisco' to 'Sunday at the Village Vanguard' ... I'm thinking Bill Evans and friends at 45 rpm 200g will sound sublime
My question is, should I have to reset my tonearm, when switching to 160, 180 & 200 gram *shrugs*
nah, play it all the same. Unless, you see a significant difference in disc thickness. But, depending on the effective length of your tonearm, it may or may not affect tracking angle. That is just my humble opinion.pool said:
