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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 3:59:19 AM   
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Like Katy, my "wasband" has everything.

Here's a good source for vinyl:  http://www.streetlightrecords.com/


I'll be by to pick you and Katy up, we're renting a van, and going to liberate the records.

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 4:02:00 AM   
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 What type of stereo setup do you have?
A Sony turntable that is almost as old as I am. 
 
 
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When is Level going to stop asking questions?
Great question...is there an answer?



The Sony is only 20 years old, hmm........
 
And there is an answer to the last question.

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 8:39:44 AM   
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Like Katy, my "wasband" has everything.

Here's a good source for vinyl:  http://www.streetlightrecords.com/


I'll be by to pick you and Katy up, we're renting a van, and going to liberate the records.


Awesome.  Hope it's a big van (he has my Dad's entire music collection). 

Got a coupl'a thugs you can bring, too? 

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 8:41:04 AM   
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Does anyone still listen to vinyl records? Why? Where do you buy your music? Do you ever buy any newer music on vinyl? What type of stereo setup do you have? When is Level going to stop asking questions?

I'll get my partner to answer this later.  He's currently in the middle of a project converting all of his vinyl into music files so he can add them to his database.

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 8:44:13 AM   
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Like Katy, my "wasband" has everything.

Here's a good source for vinyl:  http://www.streetlightrecords.com/


I'll be by to pick you and Katy up, we're renting a van, and going to liberate the records.


Awesome.  Hope it's a big van (he has my Dad's entire music collection). 

Got a coupl'a thugs you can bring, too? 


I do indeed, they're guarenteed to make you ex pee his pants

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 8:48:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have vinyl literally from my childhood when I played them on my grandma's old Longines Symphonette record player.  I'm talking original Alvin and the Chipmunks, Shari Lewis story albums, Dr. Seuss albums, Mary Poppins, Peter Pan....I could never bear to get rid of them, just lugged them around all my life.  It would be really cool to put them on digital to pass them on to future generations (who are already here, lol)

My first "grown-up" album was Donny Osmond's first album.  I still have it, and every other album he and his brothers put out in the 70's.  I also have original Barry Manilow's, Sonny & Cher, Cher, Tony Orlando & Dawn, ABBA's....

Yes, I'm embarrassed.

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 8:50:32 AM   
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Does anyone still listen to vinyl records? Why? Where do you buy your music? Do you ever buy any newer music on vinyl? What type of stereo setup do you have? When is Level going to stop asking questions?

I'll get my partner to answer this later.  He's currently in the middle of a project converting all of his vinyl into music files so he can add them to his database.


Thanks, LA, I look forward to it

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 8:52:33 AM   
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My first "grown-up" album was Donny Osmond's first album.  I still have it, and every other album he and his brothers put out in the 70's.  I also have original Barry Manilow's, Sonny & Cher, Cher, Tony Orlando & Dawn, ABBA's....

Yes, I'm embarrassed.


*almost pretends to not know you*
 
Well......... in the interest of full disclosure, I do like "Mandy".

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 8:56:02 AM   
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I do indeed, they're guarenteed to make you ex pee his pants


LOL I was thinking more along the lines of making him disappear...

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 8:57:17 AM   
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I do indeed, they're guarenteed to make you ex pee his pants


LOL I was thinking more along the lines of making him disappear...


 .............Sorry, owned, they're not that thuggish lol

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 12:26:06 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Level

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ORIGINAL: SDFemDom4cuck


quote:

 What type of stereo setup do you have?
A Sony turntable that is almost as old as I am. 
 
 
quote:

When is Level going to stop asking questions?
Great question...is there an answer?



The Sony is only 20 years old, hmm........
 
And there is an answer to the last question.


Your attempt to charm me does not deflect my enduring horror of your love of Kevin Costner.  

Actually you brought forth a funny memory. I remember very well when my father was putting together this huge component system with turntable, tuners,amplifiers etc. (He was a techno geek before they even existed and a programmer/analyst when computers used punchcards.) Anyway, I had never heard him curse so much in my life as I did while he was hooking up all the separate parts. We stayed out of his ways for days. No one even dared venture anywhere near his study while the process was ongoing. I wasn't even 10 years old at the time, so it had to be the early 70's.

I called my mom earlier and simply said "remember when Daddy got 'the stereo'?" I heard her eyes roll over the phone; there might have even been a slight whimper. Her response was "I thought we had all agreed to never speak of those 4 days ever again."

I even remember the first album he played on it...Miles Davis' Bitches Brew.

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/12/2007 10:00:43 PM   
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Does anyone still listen to vinyl records?  Why?


LAs partner, chiming in at last.  My story is much the same as SugarMyChurros.  I recently got my stereo hooked up to my PC and am listening to my vinyl as I record each one digitally, and am having a wonderful time listening to music I have not heard in ten years or more.  I've only got two or so record crates full - and some of those I had already bought CD versions of - so it will not take me as long to finish, but it will still take a while.  I'm mainly doing the more rare stuff first to hear things that don't get played these days (Mason Ruffner's "Gypsy Blood", anyone?) and some really old stuff (Sammy Davis, Jr., Duke Ellington, etc.) stuff for my dad.

While I do enjoy the small size, better ruggedness, and random access of CDs there is a certain warmth you get from some vinyl that rivals or beats CDs (although CDs can still win if remastered properly) so I am enjoying hearing them straight from the LPs again.  Plus there is something about the size of a LP and it' larger artwork and having legible liner notes that you just don't get from a CD.  Again, I do love CDs, not too much of a Luddite, but some things were lost as we progressed to the cool, shiny, silver things and yes, there were some things gained as well.

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Where do you buy your music?


I haven't bought vinyl in years but now that I'm hooked up for digitization again I've become again interested in buying vinyl for certain things and then digitizing them.  Mainly for stuff I can't get on CD or that is in good condition and that it would be much cheaper to buy on vinyl and then digitize myself.  I've been buying at a place in town called "Cheapo's" (great used CD selection as well) but hope to at least check out the other 4 or 5 used vinyl places in town before too long.

For digitization I sometimes use Audacity - mainly for recording stuff off the internets - but for records and tapes I prefer to use Magix's Audio Cleaning Lab, which does a pretty awesome job of reducing or getting rid of pops, clicks, a bad 60Hz AC hum I can't seem to get rid of on my own, and also to "modernize" or semi-remaster old tapes and records through some of their own filters.  Cool, and not very expensive ($40 US).

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Do you ever buy any newer music on vinyl?


I don't, but then I'm not a DJ and I bet they still do a lot.

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What type of stereo setup do you have?


My cheap but decent turntable from the 80s died a few years back and I could not find a cheap one so I went with a more-pricey-than-I-wanted-at-the-time turntable that I've since fallen in love - well, developed a very good relationship - with.  It's a ...Technics SL-1200MK2 made for DJs and it's pretty dreamy to work with.  I just wish it had an auto-return, a phrase that I'm sure makes many purists and DJs snicker.  Hey, at least I didn't wish for a record changer.  The other significant parts are a Kenwood receiver that had a revolutionary at the time soft-key interface and a Bose Acoustimass (the ex insisted on tiny speakers) speaker system.  I also have 2 cassette Aiwa cassette decks that BOTH have transport problems.  The 3 head won't move a tape at all and the cheaper one will only play tapes - no fast-forwardy, no rewindy.  Fixes will have to wait for more money or less patience.  I now fast forward and rewind when needed with an old Walkman cassette player.

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When is Level going to stop asking questions?


I don't know but I enjoyed this one so thanks for asking.  Tomorrow it might be time to transfer some Graham Parker or Greg Kihn (guess I'm not too much of a highbrow).  I already got The Kings "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" stuff and Sniff 'n the Tears "Driver's Seat".  My Chipmunks CDs will have to wait a while more.

Aaah.  Happy sigh.



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RE: Vinyl? - 7/13/2007 2:49:04 AM   
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...a bad 60Hz AC hum...


This jumped off the screen as I read it. I am by no means the home audio expert, but I think you have a ground loop problem. What happens is that you are linking audio equipment on different electrical circuits in your house and it creates this audible hum. For more see:
http://www.epanorama.net/documents/groundloop/index.html

When I had this problem, I easily resolved it with a cheapass product I bought at Radioshack. This one is around $17 USD:
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-see-all-needs-and-wants--pi-2062214.html

I thought it wouldn't work because I don't really like or trust Radioshack stuff. But it worked very well and I am very pleased to have eliminated the problem that had plagued me for so long. I have also used the Radioshack unit in a second location (my brother's house) and had the same good results. Monster offers some more expensive solutions. But use whatever solution seems right to you.

The cheapest solution is to try and get all of your components and computer onto the same circuit - sometimes that's all that you need to do. If you can't get any joy that way, try the isolator.

I am just here to tell you that you don't have to put up with that problem. No you don't!


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RE: Vinyl? - 7/13/2007 3:32:16 AM   
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When is Level going to stop asking questions?


I don't know but I enjoyed this one so thanks for asking.  Tomorrow it might be time to transfer some Graham Parker or Greg Kihn (guess I'm not too much of a highbrow).  I already got The Kings "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide" stuff and Sniff 'n the Tears "Driver's Seat".  My Chipmunks CDs will have to wait a while more.

Aaah.  Happy sigh.


Thank you, and everyone, for answering, I've truly enjoyed it
 
And I love both the Kings' and Sniff tunes.

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RE: Vinyl? - 7/13/2007 7:06:55 AM   
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The cheapest solution is to try and get all of your components and computer onto the same circuit - sometimes that's all that you need to do. If you can't get any joy that way, try the isolator.

I am just here to tell you that you don't have to put up with that problem. No you don't!
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Thanks for the info, SugarMyChurro.  I have the same attitude about Radio Shack but I also admit sometimes they are the right and
affordable solution for a job.  I also have a Fry's nearby so I'll see what they have to offer.

I would put my stereo system and computer system on the same circuit but worry about overload as I often have them on at the same
time.  The software solution is working pretty well but I'll try a hum isolator when I can as I would rather stop it of course before it
even gets into the audio file as I do hear some artifacts when I apply many Audio Cleaning Labs at once and would rather minimize
that whenever possible.

Thanks for the tips.

Puno



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