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useyourimagination2020 · 1 year

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audio-technica Portable turntable AD in POPEYE magazine, No.164(1983)

#popeye magazine #vintage audio #turntable #audio technica #my scans #japan 80s #1980s #80年代の雑誌 #ポパイ

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lady-bohemia · 1 year

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the child is grown, the dream is gone

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callsigntangoecho · 23 days

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#music #audiophile #vinyl #vinyl records #turntable #audio technica #kaleida

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elfgirlreverie · 2 months

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IM SO EXCITED

#bbgirl.me #img #tfot #audio technica #1/1000 #vinyl collection

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thisnoisemademe · 2 months

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Gym portal.

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highnsleepdeprived · 7 months

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Everybody is going to heaven-Citizen

#mine #citizen #vinyl #records #audio technica #record player #one of my favourites from my collection #everybody is going to heaven #rose gold

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simple-andd-sweet · 8 days

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Now my life is sweet like cinnamon

Like a fuckin dream I’m livin in’

Baby love me cuz I’m playin on the radio

~~ classics on vinyl ~~

#kid cudi #lana del rey #stevie nicks #vinylcollection #vinyl records #vinylcommunity #the game #the documentary #groot #born to die #crosley #audio technica #queen lana #ldr

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mudwerks · 1 year

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(via Audio Technica AT-LP2022 | IAIN CLARIDGE)

Audio Technica AT-LP2022 fully manual belt-drive turntable.

#Audio Technica #AT-LP2022 #turntable #tech #retro

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yurugua · 1 year

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Today’s Vinyl: J Dilla’s Donuts

#this album is only intrumentals and it still manages to make me emotional #j dilla #jay dee #donuts #hip hop #hip hop music #music #vinyl #vinyl record #record collecting #record collector #vinyl collecting #vinyl collector #record player #vinyl sundays #audio technica

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miel--de--maple · 18 days

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#sylvanian families #calico critters #ternurines #vinyl #Belanova #music #audio technica #retro

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mostlythemarsh · 1 year

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Far In

#helado negro #friday #records #audio technica

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audio-luddite · 3 months

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I was talking with a guy.

Hey if I am mentioning it here it was about audio.

The question was how to get started in serious audio (lets not call it audiophile yet). It is a remarkably simple and yet complex question. Spend lots of money?

So to start, the front end is the tricky bit. That is source and control. Source is what you are listening too. Control is selection of source, if you have more than one, and basic volume control. In most systems control is the preamplifier.

The back end is the speakers and power amplifier. Actually really simple. What fits in your home and how much can you afford. Easy to change if you want.

The first big issue is source. By that I mean hard copied media or virtual. The first is category is CDs and their ilk such as SACD etc, and of course Vinyl LPs. The second is streaming online.

The second one first. (interesting sentence that but perfectly correct)

Streaming is far from simple. It has the least initial cost for the media as it is just a subscription fee (forever). It has an enormous even overwhelming variety and quantity of content. It also is only permission to use the content, but you do not own it. You can have a huge "collection" but it is virtual. Also there is a controversy about payments to artists.

Often not said is that almost all the streaming services are at or below CD quality. CD quality is not considered truly great by the tribes. That is all I am going to say about that right now.

The hardware is not simple for high end streaming. In very general terms you need a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter), a box to buffer or hold the downloaded files, and a computer to do the downloads and host the streaming service software. That is three boxes. In high end they are all expensive of course.

There are devices that do all three things, but they are not cheap. They also do not have the quality of the "best" systems.

Audiophiles like dedicated computers and streaming servers and DACs of eye watering expense.

In summary the streaming front end is very expensive. In my looking about for adding that to my system it is thousands of dollars. Conservatively about $5000 for my quality goal. Emphasis on that is only the front end.

Now to my thesis.

I say the least cost path to high end sound is with vinyl. WTF?! A high end capable Turntable starts at hundreds of dollars. Much more can be spent, but in today's local classified ads there are dozens under $500 and a few very good ones up to $1000. An older model refurbished unit is perfectly fine for the job. And I mean high end sound extraction. Brands such as Technics, Rega, Thorens, Micro Seki, Kenwood, Pioneer are good candidates.

A high end phonograph pickup or cartridge can be had for under $500 bucks. I have three all around $400 ish or less. I like Grado, and Audio Technica. There are more, but I don't have any of those. Moving coils need not apply. Those are euphonic, which is they add seductive sounds that are not in the source material.

That is the whole vinyl source hardware list. Under $1400 bucks or less and you are up and running. The only caveat is your control preamp needs to have a phono input which most old ones do.

In my case have a high end hybrid tube FET preamp that can be had for $2000 or less depending on the phase of the moon. You need that anyway. My opinion is the preamp is the major contributor to the overall performance of your system.

So that brings the full front end to less than $3400 for a high end system. If you take into account all my extra phono cartridges I still spent less than that. Just.

There is an intriguing option in a high end integrated amplifier from Technics (SU-G700) that is a preamp and DAC and very good class D amplifier with a phono input for about $2400 USD. Just add speakers and turntable and you are over the threshold to high end. It is rather spooky. If I had to start from scratch I would be tempted. Far less than an ARC suite. I could no longer claim I was a Luddite though.

Yes with vinyl you still have to buy LPs, unless you are an old fart like me and have hundreds, but it is actually rather fun. Compared to the initial cost of a high end streaming system the cost of an extensive LP library looks reasonable. I search for high quality boutique stuff usually, but I also find stuff in the racks. Garage sales anyone?

I have high end sound in my home. I dare say it is the best sounding system I have every heard. Vinyl is not a compromise. There is a lot to be said for getting up to flip a record every 20 minutes. Hell I have a watch that nags me to get up and move if I stay seated for more than an hour. (yes I am a geek) It's good for you Mr couch potato.

Obviously to play at this game money will be spent. You can start off modestly and build over time (decades in my case) or jump in. In the end you will have a sonic place to spend time appreciating art at the highest level.

Interesting that I really cannot afford to add high end streaming to my system. I don't need to.

#audiophile #high end audio #vinyl #turntables #audio technica #grado cartridges #least expensive high end system

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rooting4villains · 5 months

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