Which player do you recommend for flacs on mac and pc respectively?
quoted 112 lines 28 apr 2015 kl. 08:04 skrev Michael Bramwell <mbramwell@gmail.com>:> 28 apr 2015 kl. 08:04 skrev Michael Bramwell <mbramwell@gmail.com>:
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> In the lounge rooms its:
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> 2 x Technics 1210 Mk 2
> Digital comes from a macbook pro via audio8 soundcard (flacs are
> preferred but mp3s are fine as well)
>
> The above go through an Xone:92 mixer and out to some Behringer Truth
> B2031A monitors, which unlike everything else behringer make are
> pretty nice, at least to my ears.
>
> On the bus to work its just some tunes via my droid and some
> Sennheiser CX 300-II Precision ear buds.
>
> My first choice is always vinyl, followed by flacs, cds never as they
> quickly get scratched beyond use in mine and my kids hands.
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:51 AM, karl poechlauer
> <karljpoechlauer@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Technics 1210 Mk 2
>>
>> BEHRINGER MICROPHONO PP400 phono preamp
>>
>> Schiit Vali Tube Headphone Amp
>> Sennheiser HD 380 Pro headphones
>> or Klipsch G-17 Air Stereo speaker
>>
>> I put this together to be as compact as possible, I can hide the preamp and
>> headphone amp underneath the turntable. And the Klipsch speaker sounds great
>> for how small it is. But for vinyl I usually use the headphones.
>>
>> I also have an iPhone on which I listen to 320 mp3s on Nocs earbuds that I
>> got from Bleep.com, while riding my bike or working.
>>
>> Quit CDs around 2005.
>>
>>
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>> On Apr 27, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> there is another lesson here which is always use really good locks to lock
>> up your stored shit
>>
>>
>> Clint Anderson
>> Systems Engineer
>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> i'll take your word for it, you have a good ear ;)
>>> i had two 1400s just for my own listening but they got ripped off long ago
>>> so i replaced them with the lp60 which had good reviews for a sub-$300
>>> turntable
>>> audio technica also makes an lp120 which is a weird clone of the sl1200,
>>> your guess as to what quality it is, it seems to cheap to be that great but
>>> at the same time has solid reviews.
>>> i just listen to one record at a time now, but i wish i had things like a
>>> replacable cartridge, or adjustable weight, pitch control
>>> at the time it didnt seem worth $100-150
>>>
>>>
>>> Clint Anderson
>>> Systems Engineer
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:51 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A 1210 has a fixed motor, which has 2 parts: A Brushless DC Stator is
>>>> fixed to the base (AKA the plinth) and the Rotor is actually embedded in the
>>>> platter. It works (as all electric motors do) by electromagnets
>>>> repelling/attracting magnets to produce motion. There's some ripple built
>>>> into the process because the electromagnets in the stator switch magnetic
>>>> polaritys to push/pull the magnets in the rotor(platter). This can be
>>>> damped by adding mass to the rotor, and the SL1200 does this, but the
>>>> platter is relatively light so it isn't perfect.
>>>>
>>>> All the complaints from audiophiles like this mention 'coloration of
>>>> treble' and collapse of their much-loved 'soundstage' -- a properly
>>>> maintained SL1200 has very little ripple or vibration that's audible. In
>>>> other words, audiophiles complain about things they may actually just be
>>>> imaginating to justify spending thousands on fancier turntable.
>>>>
>>>> As for the bearing -- which is in the center of the platter -- I've never
>>>> heard of anyone replacing them. It is a part that audiophiles do have fancy
>>>> replacements for, on the theory that if it has less frictional resistance it
>>>> will sound better. Dunno about that either.
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:34 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> that too
>>>>> motor wears the screw/screw wears the motor
>>>>> if kent says it hasnt made a difference in 20 years i guess ill assume
>>>>> maybe it only applies to shitty non-technics direct drives :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Clint Anderson
>>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:24 PM, kawayama <kawayama@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought it was the vibrations from the motor, which could conceivably
>>>>>> be heard through the pick-up, that was the problem with direct drives?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> constant shallowness leads to evil.
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