I love this turntable, when my grandfather (the previous owner), moved to Maryland he just LEFT IT BEHIND along with a B&O cassette deck (that I also have but is not working). It's not as precise a sound as digital...but it just sounds ALIVE.
My theory is that a record player is closer to the things that make music in design because of it's physicality. It vibrates and because of that kinship it possesses a certain vitality that the thing in a digital setup that reads the 1's and 0's and in turn tells the speaker how to respond accordingly can't hack. I guess I'm saying digital sort of goes against nature. That's my two cents.
I like that perspective. It reminds me of the expression "Lost in Translation" because digital music is 'translated' (chopped/sampled) in the digitizing process and then filtered to smooth out in its reintegration to analog.
That linear tracking I've heard is the best (for having the least wear on the record).
Hey pal! =) Good to hear from you again. I have a record from Will Oldham (palace brothers) that came out a few years ago and it has such presence it completely annihilates digital. The sound is enormous and POURS out of the speakers. I can't plug the sound into the computer because my grandfather retrofitted a preamplifier onto the back of the turntable (above). I have no idea why.
Well, you do have good speakers and now all you need are a couple of good microphones. Actually most computer sound inputs for mic inputs seem to mono, but not all. You then could record the sound - it would be like an acoutical coupled system. :)
I wonder is your dust cover broken?
OranjeEINS 2 years ago
I think it is. It used to belong to my grandfather and he was not gentle with it. Notice the huge gash in the plastic as well? He did that too.
piper4seeformerly 2 years ago
Great turntable with a great pickup! is the finish teak or rosewood?
9876543210Hammer 3 years ago
you know I never really bothered to look until you asked. It's a fairly reddish looking wood so I guess it's rosewood.
piper4seeformerly 3 years ago
That's a very nice finish, and you can easyly get a matchind reciever as the Beomaster 600/8000 or a small, but beautiful Beomaster 2400 :P
9876543210Hammer 3 years ago
wow cool b&o turntable!
i have a technics 1210M5G which i am really in love with and will last me the rest of my life. (the range rover defender of turntables.)
wunderwelt 3 years ago
I love this turntable, when my grandfather (the previous owner), moved to Maryland he just LEFT IT BEHIND along with a B&O cassette deck (that I also have but is not working). It's not as precise a sound as digital...but it just sounds ALIVE.
piper4seeformerly 3 years ago
i totally agree, analog sound has it's own magic power.
wunderwelt 3 years ago
My theory is that a record player is closer to the things that make music in design because of it's physicality. It vibrates and because of that kinship it possesses a certain vitality that the thing in a digital setup that reads the 1's and 0's and in turn tells the speaker how to respond accordingly can't hack. I guess I'm saying digital sort of goes against nature. That's my two cents.
piper4seeformerly 3 years ago
I like that perspective. It reminds me of the expression "Lost in Translation" because digital music is 'translated' (chopped/sampled) in the digitizing process and then filtered to smooth out in its reintegration to analog.
That linear tracking I've heard is the best (for having the least wear on the record).
kcjenner1 3 years ago
Hey pal! =) Good to hear from you again. I have a record from Will Oldham (palace brothers) that came out a few years ago and it has such presence it completely annihilates digital. The sound is enormous and POURS out of the speakers. I can't plug the sound into the computer because my grandfather retrofitted a preamplifier onto the back of the turntable (above). I have no idea why.
piper4seeformerly 3 years ago
Well, you do have good speakers and now all you need are a couple of good microphones. Actually most computer sound inputs for mic inputs seem to mono, but not all. You then could record the sound - it would be like an acoutical coupled system. :)
kcjenner1 3 years ago