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New member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 3 Registered: Jul-07 | The time has come to get rid of a few thousand LPs. Storage and moving is just too much problem. First I need to buy a turntable then decide if replacing any of my old components would improve the quality of the recorded cds. It is difficult to know what to replace. I would be willing to buy a better amp or more expensive table if it would be a significant difference. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7819 Registered: Dec-04 | Kevin, invest in a new Rega P3, with a Dynavector 10X5 cart. Use it and sell it, best investment that I can think of. Other than a really good record cleaner. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7820 Registered: Dec-04 | Geez, I will buy it when you are done with it. |
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New member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 4 Registered: Jul-07 | Thanks, I like the idea of Rega because that is my only choice from a known/trusted dealor. Other brands whould have to be online. I guess you figure the Int. amp is not a big factor? Mine is old but sounds ok. My cdr is pretty cheap but also sounds ok. I just wonder how good home made cds are. Everyone seems to burn them on computers now. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7827 Registered: Dec-04 | Kevin, the end result will have to run through the pc, like it or not. Ensure highest bit rates, and give it a try! The Rega setup really is the best for the money. I kid you not. |
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New member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 6 Registered: Jul-07 | "...will have to run through the pc..." I don't understand that? I make a cd on the Hi Fi and play it on the HiFi. Where does the PC come in? Thanks kc |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7830 Registered: Dec-04 | Kevin, please expand on your recording kit. I have no experience with a hi-fi cd-r. |
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New member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 7 Registered: Jul-07 | I have the CDR Pionier model PDR 609. There is a long discussion on this forum of the similar 509. I have not tried it yet but think it is just like making a cassette recording. I made hundreds of them 'back in the day'. Gave them all away w/the old Nakamichi cassette deck. |
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Silver Member Username: Mike3Wiley, Tx USA Post Number: 495 Registered: May-06 | Everything else aside I may be interested in your collection. Send me a personal email should you care to pursue disposing of your LPs. I also think going lossless into your PC may be an avenue to consider. I have purchased a product that will accept my RCAs from my monitor out of my pre-amp into my PC for the purpose of burning LPs to CD with retaining as much of the "analog" as possible. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7833 Registered: Dec-04 | Mike, perhaps you could copy a few records for Kevin. Postage is a bite to Alaska. Kevin, why the hell do you live there? |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 299 Registered: Dec-06 | Kevin, your lp's will not find a more loving, nurturing home than Mike's. I'm sending him my kids. |
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New member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 8 Registered: Jul-07 | I will let you know when I get ahead on the LPs. Mostly jazz and blues. My dad went to Alaska for construction when I was 15ys. I liked the natural beauty. Then came job opportunities so even the last 16 years being a snow bird, I always follow the geese back for the summer feast. I just ordered the Rega 3 from my nearest dealor. Demo model for $200 off. Dealor thinks my Onix int amp will be good for this job. He never pushes me into buying more. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7840 Registered: Dec-04 | Excellent, Kevin! Which cart are you going to have?(with Stryvn's offspring)? |
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New member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 9 Registered: Jul-07 | My HiFi guys (http://www.hawthornestereo.com/) in Seattle where I winter, have a Rega's Elys2 cart for $200 with the table. He says my ADS reciever is ok. Not being very knowledgeable I usually take their word. I trade in and change kits a lot. As for computers, I am like the person who can drive but doesn't know how to check the oil. Would rather leave it that way. |
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New member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 10 Registered: Jul-07 | I asked him for the Dynavector 10X5 cart but he can't get one. |
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Bronze Member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 34 Registered: Jul-07 | Back in the olden days, I used to record LPs onto cassette and reel to reel. It was simple and you listened as you recorded. Not like now when they burn cds fast. I figure I wouldn't record it if I didn't want to listen to it. I will have to learn to use the Pionier 609 cd recorder. From what I read here it should be easy enough. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7944 Registered: Dec-04 | I suppose that once in a while, the stuff does what it should do. Hoping good luck for you, KC. Post the details as you go along? Puter program, AD solution, etc.? |
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Bronze Member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 36 Registered: Jul-07 | Now the turntable + spkrs are in the mail/ups so I will start when they arrive. I have the cdr and reciever. Unloading the LPs after 17 yrs in storage! Next post will be on how to clean them. 'Back in the day' I simply washed them like dishes. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7945 Registered: Dec-04 | Kevin, are you going to use a discwasher or a nitty gritty? |
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Bronze Member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 38 Registered: Jul-07 | I used to have a disc washer with a wooden base. For the serious cleaning I used the sink, no kidding. I am starting over and have no ideas yet. What do you think? |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7947 Registered: Dec-04 | Kevin, I ain't got the vinyl yet. Yet. I had the new P3 in mind, with a dynavector 10X5, but after the daughters wedding. The other guys will stop by, I am looking forward to this thread, and I think you are are great guy for this forum. |
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Bronze Member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 40 Registered: Jul-07 | I haven't figured out how to sneek the new gear into the house. If I haul a big bunch of LPs from storage and make a huge mess, while she is at work, she may not notice the new stuff in the mess. Unfortunately because of the super good deal I got on the quads 11L I had to settle for piano black to get them half price. They are going to stick out like a sore thumb. Oh well, I am not scared. |
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Bronze Member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 41 Registered: Jul-07 | er, sneak |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7950 Registered: Dec-04 | I am pulling the big guns out, Kevin. Tell the missus that it is a gift for your fav grandchild, and you are going to will the speaks to the child. Slightly used, of course. |
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Bronze Member Username: KevincorrFairbanks, Alaska Usa Post Number: 44 Registered: Jul-07 | I'll give it a try. |