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In Reply to: RE: NBC News Vinyl Comeback posted by jllaudio on September 29, 2015 at 20:13:36
a myth
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you will hear lots of noise since most of them have no idea how to set up a turntable or have any idea how to care for LPs.
In addition most of what I have heard and seen are used tables with worn out cartridges. No consideration of replacing the stylus. Needless to say no moving coils in this crowd.
You will be listening to some of the worst music reproduction you have ever heard and the young one will remark how it sounds just like the performer is in the room.
The irony is they would get better sound from CD for a similar outlay of money but the power of fashion is irresistible to these folk.
Most of the records will be used and very used at that. If they buy something new I cringe at the thought of the damage being done but I guess we should be glad they are fueling the market. But that is why they always mention the pops and clicks because, as you know, the newsreader has never heard a good LP player and what they have heard has half record noise and half what was embossed by the press.
Hi, Rick,
What you say is true, for the most part, but it needn't be so. What if we vinylphiles put on local workshops that showed newbies how to maintain a turntable, set up a cartridge, and care for records and the stylus? Wouldn't have to be like the vinyl-paloozas that Mr. Fremer puts on but a simple workshop geared for the beginner might be appreciated by the crowd we so quickly criticize. Yes, for many of them it may be a passing fad, but for those that might become future vinylphiles, a helpful jesture of welcome might convince them to take this hobby more seriously. Good for them and good for us all.
Regards,
Tom
when I tell them how a turntable needs to be level, the tracking force set, and the stylus kept clean they scoff - too much trouble and, often, ask what difference would that make? Well, it seems so obvious but not to them. When I got my first turntable at 15 (of course, an AR) I just knew it had to be balanced - all it takes is one look and the barest minimum of obvious physics, did not have to read a manual.
This has nothing to do with the enjoyment of music - it is about "what this says about me" just having a turntable and some old records is enough for entry into yet another club for followers of one thing or another.
I am always trying to get younger folks interested in the hobby. Never have had any luck. It is too much trouble when you have so many phone calls to make or I should have said text messages to send, read ...
For most of those guys the only thing that has to be horizontal is the broad they are trying to impress with their hipster gear. You are misguided in your assessment of the purpose of the turntable. If the dude gets laid for owning one, it could be hanging from the ceiling, he could care less. Kinda think of it, if i hang my SP-10 on the ceiling would it get me more tail?
dee
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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Later Gator,
Dave
You hit it out of the park on that one.
Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst and corrupts the best ... Ragnar Lothbrok
Set-up and fine adjustment of the turntable is everything. Any decent TT with a new cart can sound fabulous, if done right. $300 for a 'table and about $100 for a cart, and a digital gauge that measures grams is all you need.
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. It's only difficult for others. It's the same way when you're stupid.
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