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Wim Vogel
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Sham Beam
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IDM
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Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:10:12 +0200
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Re: How do you listen to recorded music?
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No, I love my virus scanner ;-) I use foobar2000 as musicplayer on Windows. Free, light, flexible with a completely customizable user-interface Wim Vogel On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 211 lines get a new virus scanner?> get a new virus scanner? > > > On 4/30/2015 5:27 PM, Wim Vogel wrote: > >> My virusscanner doesn't like xmplay... >> >> >> >> Wim Vogel >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com >> <mailto:clinta@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> no one asked but >> >> i use xmplay >> un4seen.com <http://un4seen.com> >> >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Dimitrij >> <dekantierer@googlemail.com <mailto:dekantierer@googlemail.com>> >> wrote: >> >> for mac I never found a better player than http://cogx.org/ >> does not need any "library", just your music folder, light as >> hell, plays flac.... fuck I love it. >> >> I'm listening on Cabasse Moorea 420 + AMC Amplifier or Adam A7X >> / Babyface in the Studio. >> >> @Clint I got 3 original dynaco a25 woofers in fine condition, >> which I would sell. >> Just if you need them one day. >> >> >> 2015-04-29 19:40 GMT+02:00 Claes <claal67@gmail.com >> <mailto:claal67@gmail.com>>: >> >> Which player do you recommend for flacs on mac and pc >> respectively? >> >> >> > 28 apr 2015 kl. 08:04 skrev Michael Bramwell >> <mbramwell@gmail.com <mailto:mbramwell@gmail.com>>: >> > >> > In the lounge rooms its: >> > >> > 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 >> <mailto: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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 27, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Clint Anderson >> <clinta@gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Sham Beam > > >