Any Of You Guys Have A Record Player?

[CASPERWAIT$]

About half a mile from my apt is an ultra cool record store and I was thinking of buying a record player.

What exactly do I need besides the player itself to get it functioning?

Does anyone have some suggestions on what to purchase?

 

[mrquincy]

Casper, you can buy players now that come with the amp built in and have USB etc.... Just buy a basic one and you will be good to go. They have a plain RCA output as well so can just go in any Auxiliary jack.

They are usually $50-$100. It will come with software as well so you can digitize any cool old albums you may have.

I have about 16-20 crates of LP's that i have hoarded over the years. I am going to finally build some nice plywood boxes this fall so i can re-organize and set them up properly.

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

Thanks Quincy. That sounds like the route to go. I don't have any of my old vinyl unfortunately. Knowing the speakers are built into the record player is awesome.

I thought I may have had to buy an amp or speakers.

 

[mrquincy]

Some have speakers. What I meant though is that some of the turntables have the pre-amp built in.

In the old days, you would have to have a PHONO input on your amplifier that was set for the gain level of the turntable... If you plug an old turntable into an AUX jack or whatever, you won't get a good signal.

Some of the new ones now have the PRE-AMP built in which means you can plug it into any input (not just a PHONO input).. I hope this makes sense.


"Nowadays phono inputs are largely unused because vinyl record players are getting rare. This circuit is is a simple converter to convert line level signal (0..1 V) to phono input levels (0..5 mV), which makes it possible to use those inputs as an extra line input. "

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

I see what you are saying. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[mrquincy]

Np; I'm a techhie feel free to ask anytime.

 

[reno cool]

you'll need a needle

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

Thanks Reno.
I figure I'll need records also.

 

[reno cool]

sometimes they'll sell you a player, and the needle's extra

 

[Tron]

I wish I had a real nice record player.

<--------- total audiophile

I have The Smiths "The Queen Is Dead" and Dead Kennedy's "Frankenchrist" (with original enclosed banned poster) on vinyl.

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

This record store near me has a bunch if cool ass vinyl. I saw a bunch of Tom Waits albums and old punk records as well. The way I figure it, a player, receiver and bookshelf speakers will run me $700 total. I'll need to cut down drinking for August.

 

[Cougar Bait]

Go all old school.

I have a '77 Pioneer turntable, an '81 Sansui receiver, and 2 nice big Tangent floor speakers.

If you have $700 to spend do it right.