Moving on from vinyl

[Stunsworth]

Well, I've just got my turntable back from being serviced/repaired and it sounds great with a good recording - no different to digital in that regard. Next purchase will probably be a record cleaning machine - I have around 2,500 LPs many bought used....

[Bryn]

I will be cutting back my remunerative work to part time from the end of this month, so will then have time to get to work on rewiring and re-belting my trusty old Thorens TD 160 Super/Linn Basic/AT95E. Not high end, but decidedly serviceable.

Below, a similar example, though not mine.

[Stunsworth]

I will be cutting back my remunerative work to part time from the end of this month, so will then have time to get to work on rewiring and re-belting my trusty old Thorens TD 160 Super/Linn Basic/AT95E. Not high end, but decidedly serviceable.

I had a Thorens 160 BC before I replaced it with the Roksan Xerxes above, though in my case I used it with an SME Series 3 arm. The Thorens is a very good turntable,

[vinteuil]

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... am I just mis-remembering an April Fool - or wasn't there once a deck which was promoted as the new best thing, where the needle stayed fixed, and the turntable not only rotated but simultaneously slowly progressed sideways under the needle?

Anyone remember this?

[ I certainly remember owning a vertical turntable with a linear tracking arm - that would have been in 1982-1984... ]




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[Bryn]

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... am I just mis-remembering an April Fool - or wasn't there once a deck which was promoted as the new best thing, where the needle stayed fixed, and the turntable not only rotated but simultaneously slowly progressed sideways under the needle?

Anyone remember this?

[ I certainly remember owning a vertical turntable - that would have been in 1982-1984... ]

I certainly recall a Sugden Connoisseur turntable which raised the platter to the stylus, rather than the other way round. Then there were the those turntables with parallel tracking arms; none of them a great success.

[Stunsworth]

Then there were the those turntables with parallel tracking arms; none of them a great success.

The Revox and B&O ones were rather good - there was also a Tehnics (SL10) that was the same size as an LP cover.




There were a number of other US arms - probably still are.

[Bryn]

The Revox and B&O ones were rather good - there was also a Tehnics (SL10) that was the same size as an LP cover.




There were a number of other US arms - probably still are.

Presented with an even slightly warped disc and they were pretty much lost. Also, the varying increments in groove advance presented problems to accurate parallel tracking, and as for side 2 of "Matching Tie and Handkerchief"!

[Historian]

While I know that charities, especially national charities, are not always highly regarded here, there are some who will accept LPs (although may have difficulty with the size of collections discussed on this thread). When I reluctantly got rid of over 500 LPs a few years ago, I took them to a charity shop branch which specialised in classical recordings. I know they did very well out of them and this softened the blow. I realise that this may not be a viable option for many people for all sorts of reasons.

[gradus]

Anyone ever tried the laser LP tracker made in Japan, no record wear and opportunities to remove tracking related noise but strangely unsung.

[Stunsworth]

Anyone ever tried the laser LP tracker made in Japan, no record wear and opportunities to remove tracking related noise but strangely unsung.

Problems with dust being read as musical signal. Never really been sold commercially...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Problems with dust being read as musical signal. Never really been sold commercially...

Yes. One of the advantages of the stylus is that it moves much of the dust out of the way as it plays.

[Dave2002]

Problems with dust being read as musical signal. Never really been sold commercially...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable

Presumably could be used to get a (possibly) good digital copy - but at a very high price.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Anyway, don't get rid , EA, you can only regret it.

Too late. They've all gone, and the turntable and arm were snapped up, even though the former is in need of a miracle.

Move to Devon now imminent. (Or so we're told. )

[umslopogaas]

Concerning charity shops, my local Leukaemia Research one is very happy to accept LPs. Recently a friend visited with two cases of records she'd picked up at a rubbish tip. One was full of LPs of the sort of music I dont like and the other, VERY heavy, was full of 78s, which I dont have the equipment to play. I took them both to the shop and I thought they might baulk at 78s, but no, they were delighted. I did however retain the carrying cases, because they are useful for moving LPs around and are now getting hard to find: I recently tried every charity shop in town and none of them had any, they all said they were snapped up as soon as they arrived.

[pastoralguy]

I have a friend who has an original 78rpm record player, complete with colossal horn! He's ALWAYS on the look out for 78's which, when played through this amazing machine, sound fantastic. He played me a 78rpm of Kreisler playing one of his salon pieces and it really sounded as if I could reach down the horn and shake his hand!

I was much moved when he bought me an original set of the Elgar/Menuhin Violin Concerto on 78rpm and we listened to it complete with side/disc changes every 4 minutes or so. A wonderful experience!