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N Ellingworth 
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 07:53 |
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You can buy a new turntable for £50, don't expect it to be high quality but it'll do the job.
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 07:13 |
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My parents have a record player that I snapped the arm off as a child. It's a hideous machine, but I am in need of a record player...I have records but no player. So perhaps I'll get it fixed, or failing that (if the price is too high) I'll buy a second hand one from somewhere.
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Neil
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 06:54 |
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Philéas wrote:
So I could, if I wanted to, buy a DJ turntable and fit a hi-fi cartridge to get better sound?
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I guess it would be possible, but I don't really see the point... |
DJ turntables have heavier tone arms and usually track heavier to avoid skipping. A hifi deck would be better for playing good quality vinyls.
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 06:48 |
^ A nice discovery! Now just some nice affordable speakers and let the stylus play some YES! 
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Posted: November 27 2006 at 16:46 |
Today I got my mom to dig out the old record player. It isn't hi-fi or anything, but it's free so I'm not going to complain. I just need some nice speakers (I use headphones and my current speakers suck) and I should be set. They even have some good stuff on vinyl (Yes and PF mainly) and cleaning equipment. Here is a pic of the one they had (Sony PS-3300) 
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Philéas
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Posted: November 18 2006 at 15:06 |
^Looks good, but it's way out of my budget, and probably Tuzvihar's
aswell. And I still like the look of Stanton DJ turntables better. 
(Assuming we're talking looks now. I don't doubt the far superior sound of the VPI)
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Posted: November 18 2006 at 04:12 |
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Philéas
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 15:01 |
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The point is, DJ turntables often look better than hi-fi turntables, in my opinion.
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 14:43 |
Philéas wrote:
So I could, if I wanted to, buy a DJ turntable and fit a hi-fi cartridge to get better sound?
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I guess it would be possible, but I don't really see the point...
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Philéas
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 12:37 |
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So I could, if I wanted to, buy a DJ turntable and fit a hi-fi cartridge to get better sound?
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Neil
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Posted: November 16 2006 at 17:51 |
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DJ turntables have controls like variable speed (other than the obvious 33, 45 and possibly 78), as well as stuff so you can slip the disc around without it breaking. That adds to the cost, so if you spend the same amount on a DJ turntable as a hi-fi one ie will likelily be worse. |
They also have very robust cartridges and stylii which allow you to spin the disc backwards without breaking the pickup. Very hardwearing but with an inevitable reduction in quality, albeit a small one.
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Posted: November 16 2006 at 17:18 |
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Philéas
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Posted: November 16 2006 at 16:12 |
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But is there any difference in sound quality?
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Posted: November 16 2006 at 15:53 |
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DJ turntables have controls like variable speed (other than the obvious 33, 45 and possibly 78), as well as stuff so you can slip the disc around without it breaking. That adds to the cost, so if you spend the same amount on a DJ turntable as a hi-fi one ie will likelily be worse.
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Posted: November 13 2006 at 14:39 |
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That's a DJ turntable. However, I'm not sure about the exact
differences between a DJ turntable and a normal hi-fi turntable. DJ
turntables might be just as good for listening to records... And many
of them look better than hi-fi turntables aswell, especially the
Stanton ones.
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Posted: November 13 2006 at 07:13 |
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you'll need a steam engine to drive that..... |
Actually only little handwork is needed.  But there's not much prog on clay discs, but some nice classical music luckilly!
Tuzvihar: Have you started to buy vinyls already, or did you have a collection before you got the turntable? Prog vinyls are just great!
Edited by Eetu Pellonpää - November 13 2006 at 07:14
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Posted: November 12 2006 at 15:51 |
Eetu Pellonpää wrote:
Gramophone? Isn't that a turntable? Very neat looking device! I like to listen vinyls more than CD's.
I always thought that "gramphones" are like this, used for playing clay discs:
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 14:23 |
Well, Tuzvihar, perhaps now you can explain to the younger progheads why some older are talking about 'side-long tracks' and 'side four of The Wall/The Lamb .. 
By the way, last year I bought a new grammophone (after 5 years without) in order to play my vinyl singles by The Sweet, Slade, Mud, Alice Cooper, Status Quo  |
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 14:13 |
A turntable - yes, of course. I used the word "gramophone" 'cos we call it in Poland that way. And I thought that a turntable was only a part of the device - the plate you put vinyls on... 
Edited by Tuzvihar - November 08 2006 at 14:14
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Posted: November 08 2006 at 01:32 |
Gramophone? Isn't that a turntable? Very neat looking device! I like to listen vinyls more than CD's.
I always thought that "gramphones" are like this, used for playing clay discs:
Edited by Eetu Pellonpää - November 08 2006 at 01:32
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