Any home audio geeks out there?

[biju]

People, people...!

Great info, but to be honest - my interest in vinyl might disappoint some. See, I happen to think vinyl's just 'fun'. Yes, fun. It's a good conversation piece, takes a little more involvement and, yes, it sounds good too (warmer).

Sorry for the ingnorant question Hotsauce, but what do you mean by "pre"? Also, what kind of "cart" do you recommend?

Thanks.

-biju.

[Hotsauce]

There are 2 basic types of cartidges, not counting exotics like strain gauge carts. Moving coil, and moving magnet. I feel the MM are better on rock, and the MC show more subtle details on complex music. Until you become an audiocrackhed stick to MM carts. The music Hall TT's already come with a cart thats well matched to their arm.

Neither type of cartridge has enough output to be connected directly to the input jacks of a standard reciever or preamp. Some preamp or recievers will have a specific set of inputs marked 'phono' and they will have an additional gain stage inside.

So, what you need is a phono preamplifier to bring the low level signal up to the voltage that the inputs expect to see.

John C.

[AnalogVX]

The record labels are pursuing this route because they can't sell their new artists to anyone who is not brainwashed by MTV, so in order to keep milking that market segment they keep releasing the same albums again and again.

The only reason the record labels aren't selling any new artists is beacuse most of them are crap. Seriously, doesn't it suck when you buy a CD and there's only one good song on it?

There are some remasters that sonund good, the Rolling Stones on SACD that you mentioned, and some that sound like crap too, Van Halen's remasters, to me, sound horrible.
I love vinyl. Yea, it's fun, yea it takes work on the set up and maintenance, but that's half the fun! As far the CD vs vinyl debate, it's all subjective. I have CDs that sound good and some bad and vinyl that sounds good and some bad.

[Triathlete]

Not only that but I have quite a collection of late 70's and 80's punk that will never be available on anything but vinyl!
Of course most of it was on very small indi lables and was ONLY available on vinly!

[WyrreJ]

Something like 90% of all media (tv, print, movies, radio, etc) are owned by just 5 companies. The new 'artists' are crap because they are not chosen for their music - they are chosen for their cross-marketing potential. If they actually produce music worth listening too, that's just icing on the cake as far as the MAFIAA are concerned.

Teens are their prime market because they are highly suggestible and have lots of their parent's money to spend on high-profit-margin, disposable junk. Like ringtones - $2.50 on average for a lo-fi snippet of today's "hot" single vs $1 for a mid-fi version of the entire song. That's nucking futs, but its proof of how powerful the MAFIAA's marketing machine has become.

[WyrreJ]

Not only that but I have quite a collection of late 70's and 80's punk that will never be available on anything but vinyl!
Of course most of it was on very small indi lables and was ONLY available on vinly!

You might be surprised at what is out on the net in the shadows. There are people with similar collections as yours who have invested the effort to "rip" the vinyl to digital formats (MP3 for the stuff like punk where fidelity is not an issue and FLAC or APE for the other stuff). Find the right community online, and you may well find that your entire collection plus stuff you never thought you'd ever find is available to download.

Of course actually downloading it is a federal crime with punishment guidelines that often exceed those for rape and murder...

[biju]

All's well, but - back to the thread topic all...

Need input on components to my setup - specifically (now) the table. Got any?

-biju.

[Triathlete]

When I was in Japan they have a SUPER store called Dieechis (sp?). They have an entire floor of audio. Everything from inexpensive to $50,000 mono tube amps. Anyway I remember they had these high end turntables that were mounted in 4-5 inch slabs of marble to make sure they were stable. Pretty sweet stuff. Thats also were I picked up my Nachamichi cassette deck!

[WyrreJ]

Here's a turntable for ya: http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=TTUSB

[Hotsauce]

I was just about to close the link when my eye caught "USB output"

I have never seen that built into any turntable. You can't really go wrong at that price, just remember that it won't play 78's.

John C.

[Hotsauce]

I've purchased a new place with enough room to setup a dedicated listening room, so here it is.


Corner traps and rug added




Custom radiator cover made in cherry with flipup end storage


Couch and heavy drapes to kill reflections off rear window


New cd rack almost done. The whole wall behind the rack is covered in bass traps.


The components on 3" walnut racks


The speakers, and more bass traps

John C.

[biju]

a dedicated listening room? I'm green. makes my little set-up look like a jack-n-the-box pop-up toy... :yesg: :yesg:

congrats, sauce.

-biju.

[JHarris1385]

Not as elaborate but I have a Onkyo 5.1 LS-V500C that I am very impressed with thus far. GREAT SOUND.

http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=...ss=Systems&p=i


Killer part is I picked it up a few months ago for $142 BRAND NEW via ebay. MSRP $900.

[Hotsauce]

Got myself a pair of Audio Physic Scorpio in rosenut for Xmas. These are for my HT setup in the dining room. Seen here running off an antique pair of Fisher 80AZ tubed monoblocks. Goertz AG2 cables

http://www.audiophysic.com/scorpio/index_e.html


John C.

[navistar]

If you want some stealth go to AES Speakers. They have in-walls and their subs mount into the wall behind a cold air return grille and also mount into the floor under a floor vent.

http://www.aesspeakers.com/


If you want total stealth go to SolidDrive. These mount entirely out of sight behind the drywall in a bracket that presses the driver against the wall turning the entire wall into a speaker. It works on glass and turns the whole window into a speaker with no moving parts. It's based on US Navy sonar technology.

http://www.soliddrive.com/


If you want ultra sound quality and high price go to InductionDynamics.

http://www.inductiondynamics.com/