<html><body> <DIV>Ok, I was thinking that new best buy pos that wieghs about .5 lbs. Great response on that thing, </DIV> <DIV>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</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- From: Fred Schuelzky <phredsky@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, si milar 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 > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>