7 Feb
2014
7 Feb
'14
2:59 p.m.
On Fri, 2014-02-07 at 13:27 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 03:16:38PM +0200, Vytautas
Jancauskas wrote:
If that matters it includes using conservative levels instead
of going for maximum loudness.
+1
and btw. I own a record player that is good enough and you likely will
get it at Ebay for 80,-€, I remove the full automatic crap thingy, since
this is what could break after some years of intensive usage and now
I've got a cheap thingy not as good as a MkII, because if you stop my
record player, the ramp-up time is a little bit longer, but good enough
for listening. If you aren't DJing it doesn't matter and btw. using a
slipmat you don't need to stop a record player, so there would be no
ramp-up time and you even could use such an elCheapo record player as
mine for DJing. Since my old needle is broken since several years ago, I
use an disgusting Audio-Technica cartridge, because I can't pay for a
needle that's needed for my good cartridge. A good cartridge or a needle
only for such a cartridge is very, very expensive. But a CD player, DAT
recorder of high quality is expensive too. IOW even today a good record
player with an odd, but still usable cartridge, still isn't more
expensive as digital consumer gear.
If the needle should jump out of the groove, consider to remove the
counterweight and hot-glue a coin to the cartridge ;).
On a
well-designed system, the resonance frequency should
be below the audio range, but still high enough to enable
the arm to follow any warping of the disk.
Not everyone has a well-designed system. You have to mix for what most
of the people who will buy the recording use.