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genrex 11-01-2012 02:22 PM

LP records
 
Just a heads-up for the Pelican audiophiles:

I was looking at the Radio Shack website, and they have turntables that enable LP records to be recorded onto our computers, for under $100! This is way cool. I'm going to get one. I like doing business with Radio Shack; they have a good return policy if something doesn't work as it should. :)

Turntables - Stereo systems & components - RadioShack.com

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URY914 11-01-2012 02:52 PM

What's an LP?

John_AZ 11-01-2012 04:08 PM

I do not have a "Dummies" guide but I saw this recently on LP to computer conversion.

LPs To CDs - LPs to MP3s - LPs To Your iPod - Vinyl To CD Perfection Turntable And Interface Mixer

GL
John

MRM 11-01-2012 04:09 PM

What's a Radio Shack?

Superman 11-01-2012 05:36 PM

For cryin' out loud. This should be as easy as plugging your regular turntable into the computer, and using the right software. There are excuses I don't permit IT folks to get away with, and this would be one of them. The signal is going into the computer. Soft ware should convert it to the mp3 file. Simple as that. In fact, the software should recognize the spaces between songs.

MBAtarga 11-01-2012 05:41 PM

uh, we bought one of those about three years ago for our daughter. I don't think that technology is late breaking.

Flieger 11-01-2012 06:29 PM

If you are an analog man then why would you want to put the music onto the computer anyway?

john70t 11-01-2012 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superman (Post 7066407)
For cryin' out loud. This should be as easy as plugging your regular turntable into the computer, and using the right software.

Free: LP Recorder - CNET Download.com
I think it might just need the audio plugs->usb thingamabobs.

I've been thinking about doing this as well. I just don't have the storage in the usage space.
ELO awaits baby:D.

There are a couple different brands of those dedicated LP rippers.
Some play through just like regular phonographs through an audio system.

Only thing from buying one now is the audio quality (not advertised on box), and that some only convert to mp3.
It would be nice to burn a cd for the car/etc.

HardDrive 11-01-2012 07:54 PM

I keep it old school. 5 more turntables scattered about.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1351828389.jpg

IROC 11-02-2012 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBAtarga (Post 7066413)
uh, we bought one of those about three years ago for our daughter. I don't think that technology is late breaking.

Yep. Actually, it's hard to find a turntable that doesn't have this "feature".

imcarthur 11-02-2012 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by IROC (Post 7066965)
Yep. Actually, it's hard to find a turntable that doesn't have this "feature".

Not if you walk into a real hifi store. Vinyl is still alive & well in a small niche way.

The signal from a standard phono cartridge must go through a phono preamp before you can use it to record. It must be processed with a reverse RIAA curve & then amplified before it has the same equalization & voltage that a normal hifi input (CD, tape etc) has. Those RS units will probably do this - albeit poorly.

Ian

rammstein 11-02-2012 05:53 AM

http://www.needledoctor.com/Bellari-...eamp-image.jpg

Properly done. That $100 turntable will sound like absolute rubbish. The HIFI shop I frequent bought one of those $100 types just for the hell of it to inspect. It didn't even have bearings.

You'd be better off (actually MUCH better off) getting an old Technics off ebay and running it through a cheap phono into the stereo in on your computer.

Something like the unit pictured above goes a step further by having a halfway decent A/D converter built in, so you just hook up the USB to your computer and send it 0s and 1s.

LINK: Bellari VP-530 USB Phono Preamp

IROC 11-02-2012 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imcarthur (Post 7067024)
Not if you walk into a real hifi store. Vinyl is still alive & well in a small niche way.

The signal from a standard phono cartridge must go through a phono preamp before you can use it to record. It must be processed with a reverse RIAA curve & then amplified before it has the same equalization & voltage that a normal hifi input (CD, tape etc) has. Those RS units will probably do this - albeit poorly.

Ian

Oh, I agree. I looked for a turntable a few years ago and it seemed that the vast majority of what was available was designed without the preamp and with a USB output. I had to look to find one with the preamp (I had specifically bought a 2-channel receiver with phono inputs)...

IROC 11-02-2012 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imcarthur (Post 7067024)
Not if you walk into a real hifi store.

Also, there is no such thing as a "real hifi store" within 200 miles of where I live. :(

scottmandue 11-02-2012 08:30 AM

Last time I was in Target they had turntables with USB

Many years ago I bought an inexpensive preamp for no other reason than to use the phono stage into my power amp.

cairns 11-02-2012 12:04 PM

There are turntables and then there are turntables.....one of my favorites:

http://www.redpoint-audio-design.com/red_2.jpg

Alas I can only afford these (which are darned pricy in their own right):

http://www.wallpaper.com/images/0688_142335_110_clearly.jpg

http://www.thorens-info.de/td318_tp21_1.jpg

There is only one way to hear Tracy Nelson sing "Down So Low".

imcarthur 11-02-2012 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IROC (Post 7067466)
Also, there is no such thing as a "real hifi store" within 200 miles of where I live. :(

That is a growing problem. There is a guy opening a high end boutique in Nashville Jan 1 . . .

Our Canadian version sells Rega Turntables & does very well with the line.

Ian

nota 11-02-2012 12:40 PM

thorens is about as good as a all in one turntable gets

the better ones just sell/sold the spinning bit [platter]

then you go to another company for the tone arm

and yet another for the cartrage

I have a old collins with a A-something tone arm and a pickering cart

so who makes a good quality usb or digital cart ?

herr_oberst 11-02-2012 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cairns (Post 7067996)
There are turntables and then there are turntables.....one of my favorites:

http://www.redpoint-audio-design.com/red_2.jpg

Hah! The belt on this will cost more than one of those Target USB TT's!

imcarthur 11-02-2012 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nota (Post 7068044)
so who makes a good quality usb or digital cart ?

Check Jerry Raskin's website. He has several options - Rega, Pro-ject & Alesis - the latter is only $49. You plug your TT leads in & USB out. They have built-in DACs.

Ian


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