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Title: USB Turntable
Post by: strapping young lad on September 05, 2006, 20:54:23

hello

has anyone got one of these they could lend me for a couple of weeks?

ive a load of vinyl i wanna shove on mp3 and i dont have the facility anymore to do this.

if you are local-ish to me i will come and collect (north west) but if further afield i can pay for return postage for the hire, plus beer tokens!

cheers

dyf

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: Damonski on September 05, 2006, 20:57:11

Yo,

Did a load myself not so long ago, used a normal turntable and the amp from the lounge taking analogue from the table, then used the optical link from the amp to my sound card, recorded and mp3'd without any hiccup

Damo

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: strapping young lad on September 05, 2006, 21:04:20

ah well i dont have an amp though, nor a hifi so im stuck still

thanks for the tip though damo

the deck goes for 120 quid on IWOOT and more on ebay

i only want it for a short period!  :roll:

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on September 05, 2006, 21:06:30

I'm wanting to buy one of these Dyfed, if you get the loan before I get one, let me know how good/bad they are.
Okay?

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: Damonski on September 05, 2006, 21:08:06

Could lend you a amp if you wanted.  Got a few here with deck inputs

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: strapping young lad on September 05, 2006, 21:12:13

ok rich, i shall ask in work too since it cannot be that uncommon to get one for this exact purpose

damo..
cheers man if i find someone with a turntable i might come a knocking!

btw a mate lives in sandbach and one lives in middlewich

are they close to you?

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: AbyssDJ on September 05, 2006, 21:29:00

what is it that you guys actually want the turntable for, just ripping from vinyl to mp3?

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: strapping young lad on September 05, 2006, 21:41:40

yes thats all i want to do

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: nickW on September 06, 2006, 08:54:35

all i use is 1 deck run through a dj mixer so you get the phono to line out conversion

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: strapping young lad on September 06, 2006, 09:54:11

lol thats fine if you have the kit but i dont! ;)

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on September 06, 2006, 09:57:07

Quote from: "abyssdj"

what is it that you guys actually want the turntable for, just ripping from vinyl to mp3?

I want to transfer my Albums & 45's to CD's

Still don't fully understand these 'MP3' things.

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: strapping young lad on September 06, 2006, 11:19:05

i essentially want to do the same thing but want to mp3 cos ive got a new ipod!

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on September 06, 2006, 12:50:22

I asked this question before though (http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=25743)

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: strapping young lad on September 06, 2006, 14:22:42

the only problem i have is that i could buy a turntable on the cheap plus leads but then i have something surplus to my requirements after a while and shifting that might not be easy as they arent that popular anymore unless you are a dj or a purist ;)

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: AbyssDJ on September 07, 2006, 20:52:54

we sell a usb turntable for £135 inc delivery which would do exactly what you both want... difference being its made by a manufacturer that actually make decent dj gear, rather than just any old manufacturer.

let me know if you're interested :)

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: strapping young lad on September 07, 2006, 21:09:25

we being?

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: AbyssDJ on September 08, 2006, 01:26:43

we being mine & keris audio & lighting sales company :) we sell all that kind of stuff for a living... if you see it in a nightclub/theater/bar/tv studio, we probably sell it :P

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: Range Rover Blues on September 08, 2006, 02:25:52

I don't bother with MP3, the degredation in sound quality is too much for my ears.  Besides, if my collection was all on MP3 I'd loose it, I loose CDs as it is with bringing them up here.

Anyway, I could copy them onto Minidisk for you if that's any help? (provided it's not BABA or anything sad like that).

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: AbyssDJ on September 08, 2006, 02:30:03

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

I don't bother with MP3, the degredation in sound quality is too much for my ears.

depends how its done :) if you use a better encoder (and at 320kbps), you'll get a better result.

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: Range Rover Blues on September 08, 2006, 02:31:39

You can still tell the difference, I'm not listening on headphones you know :wink:

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: AbyssDJ on September 08, 2006, 02:35:19

well, depending on what you're listening through then fair enough :) what you using? my headphones cost more than most lol... and my stylus cost about the same :P

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: Range Rover Blues on September 08, 2006, 02:40:25

M-S floorstanders, 816s IIRC and L-S LP12.  My CD is a MicroMega stage1 with Chord Cobra interconnects and it has to try very hard to sound as good.

Doesn't get used much since I got the dogs though, for obvious reasons.

Title: USB Turntable
Post by: AbyssDJ on September 08, 2006, 02:43:34

quality stuff then :D always a must. with any luck, we'll have a 5 piece band buying a rather sizey RCF rig from us soon... preferably the bigger one... 4x 18" subs kicking out 134dB each, and 2x12"/1x8"/1x1" tops also kicking out 134dB ;) systems total is about 5.1Kw ;)