Hardy doesn't recognize usb turntable

[Evan]

Ok, I was thinking that new best buy pos that wieghs about .5 lbs. Great response on that thing, 
Those 301s are great speakers, They don't make them like they used to. My friend had a pair and they were destroyed somhow. Shame Shame. A lot nicer than I was thinking. If it didn't come wiht a cartridge that is gennerally a good sign as well. Good luck

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From: Fred Schuelzky <phredsky at earthlink.net> 

> Evan Gill wrote: 
> > Ughgh (shivers..) Usb and turntable, do those even belong in the same 
> > sentence? 
> > If you still have the receipt, return it. 
> > You can rent good turntables for like a month and a preamp. Somthing 
> > that acctually has mass. Or even buy a good table, tonearm, cartridge 
> > and preamp, and then connect them to your regular audio interface. Way 
> > better sound quality, and reduces pips and pops. While also getting a 
> > more true sound reproduction that you would be used to. For example, you 
> > probably without a good tonearm are not getting much bass or treble 
> > reproduction. Good heavy tonearms are the way to go. Also a good 
> > cartridge, similar to having a decent sounding mic is critical. Mics 
> > have different responses and so do cartridges. The turntable/platter 
> > itself is just a motor and a platter. Here your looking for good heavy 
> > platters on isolators that are not susceptible to noise transmitting 
> > from furniture. The motor your just looking for something that is quiet 
> > and maintains the correct speed. Go bumming around garage sales, or pawn 
> > shops, I once heard of a guy who found a $15,000 phono setup not to 
> > mention the stereo and he bought it all for $100. Nobody wanted it 
> > because of the weight. Anyways it cam with two dynamic accustats, and a 
> > sub, Rotel power and pre-amps. All because they "didn't work" one 
> > replace of some old glass style fuses and everything came to life. The 
> > speakers needed to be rebuilt, ($350 a piece) but he resold them (he had 
> > B&W 802) to a friend for a sweet deal. (not as sweet as the $100) $1500 
> > a piece. Just look around, you can find a better turntable, its not 
> > worth it to rip in vinyl at Mp3 when you can really take full advantage 
> > of a Record. 
> 
> Hi Evan 
> This reply is probably off topic, sorry. 
> Actually this Numark ttxusb is a fairly nice turntable. My brother is a 
> executive with the guitar center and it was a gift. It has a lot of 
> bells and whistles that I'll never need, bpm counter, 2 tonearms 
> straight and S shaped, built in riaa preamp, pitch and torque controls, 
> and weighs 40 lbs. It didn't ship with a cartridge, so I ordered a 
> Ortofon OM-20 which is super hi-tech. Lots of response 20 -20 khz, 
> better than these old ears can hear. The think works well with audacity 
> under XP. I'm kind of a hard head I want to make it work under ubuntu. 
> My old Kenwood amp is 20 year old, and I think I been hauling my Bose 
> 301's around since 1973. 
> Evan search Guitar Center and take a look at this table, sure it's not 
> an Audio Technica, or a Dual But I think it will work well to digitize 
> this old classic rock and blues collection. 
> 
> Thank for the reply 
> Fred 
> 
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