Survey: Steel Players with Turntables

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 24 Jan 2004 5:28 pm

Vinyl

Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 24 Jan 2004 6:18 pm

No, I don't have a record player anymore, so vinyl is out.

Drew

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Jesse Pearson · Post by **Jesse Pearson** » 24 Jan 2004 6:54 pm

I have a turntable and prefer to put everything on cassette to record copy.[This message was edited by Jesse Pearson on 24 January 2004 at 06:56 PM.]

GaryL · Post by **GaryL** » 24 Jan 2004 7:16 pm

I have a turntable and have been experimenting with "cleaning up" some old steel LP's and transferring them to CD via the computer.

Ron Randall · Post by **Ron Randall** » 24 Jan 2004 9:51 pm

Survey sez....yes.

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 24 Jan 2004 10:26 pm

I got one.

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 24 Jan 2004 10:57 pm

Heartland America sells a combination CD player and turntable in one unit. It is made
by Teac and plays 3 speeds 33 45 and 78. The price I belive is $149.00..Im not sure of the 800# but you can look on the Internet for info. It does a good job.

Thorens makes a 3 speed with a 78 speed as well but the cost is over $300.00. J&R Music
World in NYC sells them. Maybe Howard can post the 800 number and, or the website. Thorens is made in England and is a top notch turntable,but thats a lot of vinyl at $300.00.

Larry Clark · Post by **Larry Clark** » 24 Jan 2004 11:47 pm

I've got one.

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 24 Jan 2004 11:54 pm

I gots.

Vinyl rules.

Back to Mono!!

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 25 Jan 2004 12:07 am

Vinyl rules!!!! I have two turntables, the favorite being a Thorens 135 from the early 60's, plays all speeds and has a pitch control. CD's are handy but for an ultimate listening pleasure I choose vinyl.

Vernon Hester · Post by **Vernon Hester** » 25 Jan 2004 12:50 am

I have one in my den system and copy to cassette on ocassions and sometimes to CD.
Have a lot of LP's I still listen to.
Vern

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 25 Jan 2004 1:41 am

I have a serious Thorens turntable and classic Mac's with Klipschorns and a dozen boxes of LPs and 78's in all genres...

All in storage on another continent.

I can't even find a turntable to borrow here to listen to the HCOA album and put it on CD for myself.

But I imagine there defintely are homes awaiting for Tom's old steel records

Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 25 Jan 2004 3:39 am

b0b, add me to the list of turntable users.
I have two systems and three turntables and can play 78, 45, 33 1/3 rpm.
I have purchased albums from Tom Bradshaw in the past and am interested in what you will have for sale.

Oh, by the way, you might want to check them because I got a warped one from Tom. Some of his storage may not have been optumum.
I pressed it between glass sheets to remove the warp.

Blake[This message was edited by Blake Hawkins on 25 January 2004 at 03:43 AM.]

Fred Shannon · Post by **Fred Shannon** » 25 Jan 2004 5:58 am

b0b, we've got a couple around the house and we listen to some of the old vinyls quite frequently. and we still are moving some of our best loved ones to cd's. we would be interested in what you have.

fred and pat

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David Mullis · Post by **David Mullis** » 25 Jan 2004 6:04 am

I still have a turn table and an 8 track, and use them both!

I vote YES

Craig A Davidson · Post by **Craig A Davidson** » 25 Jan 2004 6:22 am

I still have one. And I use it.

Stan Steinberg · Post by **Stan Steinberg** » 25 Jan 2004 8:34 am

I have an old Luxman turntable but I need a new needle...can anyone recommend a place where I can buy one...or give me a phone number. Thanks

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 25 Jan 2004 8:55 am

I have a 30 year old AR (Acoustic Research) turntable with a 5 lb platter and an Empire cartridge. It's pretty nice, but it lives in its (original) carton in a closet unless I need it to transfer some LP track to CD.

If I were to pick between LP and cassette formats, I think I'd go with LP. The fidelity is better and the speed is more likely to be accurate (cassette players seem to be all over the map regarding tape speed). But once the LP was in my hands I'd transfer it to hard disk and then to CD, and put the LP in storage.

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Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 25 Jan 2004 9:23 am

Funny thing. I just got through ordering a turntable to pick up at Circuit City today. Have lots of vinyl. I am going to convert most of my LP's and cassettes to CD. I have a storage problem and the LP's take up too much space. I will probably keep all the steel records and take the rest to the local used record shop and see if they want them.

Although I have a CD burner in my stereo setup, I am curious as to how you guys hook a turntable to a computer. That software that removes hiss interests me.

Gordon... I believe that copying anything that is copyrighted (CD, LP, Tape, Video, etc..) and then selling is illegal unless you have permission from whoever owns the rights. I believe that the law reads that you can copy these things only for YOUR OWN personal enjoyment. I think that you are not even allowed to copy and give away the copies. You are allowed to make a copy and then sell the original as you paid for that (I hope) and it is yours to do what you want with it. I wish this wasn't the case as I want copies of some out of print records and old TV shows that some people have and would pay top dollar for them.

And b0b, since I will have a turntable again, I would be interested in some of the LP's also.

Kevin Macneil Brown · Post by **Kevin Macneil Brown** » 25 Jan 2004 9:27 am

I still have a turntable, and prefer LPs to cassettes, for sonics and graphics both.
By the way, I haven't done so myself yet, but I have friends who have invested the 30 or so bucks for a little phono preamp from Radio Shack so they can record their LPs into the computer hard drive.

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 25 Jan 2004 9:50 am

Yes, I still use my turntable. My preference:

1 Vinyl
2 CD
3 Cassette

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Joerg Hennig · Post by **Joerg Hennig** » 25 Jan 2004 10:24 am

Count me in! Though I play CD´s a lot also, I´ll never part with my vinyl records and regularly go shopping around the used record markets.
About the difference: Hard to tell. Vinyl records sound a lot warmer, sometimes more pleasant to listen to. On the other hand, when there´s steel related music I´d like to play along with, CD´s are more practical to use and I´ve also found that the sound is sometimes clearer if I want to figure out something. But personally, when I´m looking for a certain record, I don´t really care that much if it´s on vinyl or CD as long as I can get hold of it somehow.

Regards, Joe H.[This message was edited by Joe Henry on 25 January 2004 at 10:32 AM.]

Russ Young · Post by **Russ Young** » 25 Jan 2004 10:36 am

I still have a turntable, and prefer vinyl to cassettes.

Jim McGinnis · Post by **Jim McGinnis** » 25 Jan 2004 10:56 am

I have one. I also have a lot of Toms material, esppecially the ole Steel Guitar record club LP's.

Doyle Huff · Post by **Doyle Huff** » 25 Jan 2004 11:48 am

Bob, I have one and use it a lot