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USB Turntable
« on: 09 June 2009, 12:11:23 »
http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2867_9314.htm
I've been thinking of getting one of these for some time now .They are freely available on E Bay for not much money .
Anybody got or used one and can tell me if they are any good ?
Alternativly

http://www.nch.com.au/golden/index.html
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #1 on: 09 June 2009, 12:14:49 »
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http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2867_9314.htm
I've been thinking of getting one of these for some time now .They are freely available on E Bay for not much money .
Anybody got or used one and can tell me if they are any good ?
Alternativly

http://www.nch.com.au/golden/index.html


 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Sorry thats almost as good as the USB Cup Warmer
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #2 on: 09 June 2009, 12:31:47 »
ive got a normal record deck [aiwa]on mine with a built in pre-amp,[found for £1 on fleamarket] i then run it through "audiolab" software & plugged into my soundcard with a 2xphono to 1/4 jack lead, if you go to a market etc looking for one then lift the rubber plateu, rotate the turntable & look through the hole in the deck itself, if you see a switch then it has a pre-amp which will make it easy [aiwa tend to have them],it is generally mounted towards the back of the unit failing that you can buy a pre-amp for not too much money :y& the software is available on d/load sites, it even can take out pops & scratches,,,hope that helps :y :y
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #3 on: 09 June 2009, 13:05:10 »
Thanks Alf.
I've got a Sansui  turntable with good quality stylus stored away along with the albums.
It was part of a " seperates " system but I bought an in line pre amp to play it through the auxiliary input of the current system we use so that looks to be the way forward.
Cheers
Don
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #4 on: 09 June 2009, 13:13:37 »
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Thanks Alf.
I've got a Sansui  turntable with good quality stylus stored away along with the albums.
It was part of a " seperates " system but I bought an in line pre amp to play it through the auxiliary input of the current system we use so that looks to be the way forward.
Cheers
Don

Yup, as long as its an RCA pre-amp and not a linear.
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #5 on: 09 June 2009, 13:39:10 »
Laser Turntables might be an idea for Archiving old collections.

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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #6 on: 09 June 2009, 13:51:09 »
If you have a turntable, a (pre-)amp or something that'll turn the cartridge output into a line level signal and perform RIAA equalisation and a sound card to feed the line level signal into (sounds like you do) then the USB turntable won't gain you anything.

I haven't heard the results from one but they look like the cheapest, nastiest turntable you could imagine so I would imagine the resultant audio files don't sound great.

How well it works depends on how good your sound card is. Some are truly awful and some are surprisingly good. I have recently bought an M-Audio Transit for another project and been surprised how good a job it does.

Kevin
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #7 on: 09 June 2009, 14:00:11 »
This one.



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Dell PC /Soundcard with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability.
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #8 on: 09 June 2009, 14:13:05 »
just the job, the software i use is magix audio cleaning lab, i believe its available on piratebay ;) ;)
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #9 on: 09 June 2009, 14:25:47 »
HMMM wheres me old maiden and metal LP`s...... ;D ;D ;D
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #10 on: 09 June 2009, 16:56:03 »
Kevin's right.  If you have a moving magnet pickup on your Sansui you do need RIAA equalisation otherwise it will sound v poor.  The preamp shown does not appear have that.

I would not buy the USB thing if I already had a half-decent separate.
[edit]Correction: My preamp is the same make/model as yours.  It's silver though[/edit]
« Last Edit: 09 June 2009, 16:58:55 by ChrisH174 »
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #11 on: 09 June 2009, 22:42:28 »
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http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2867_9314.htm
I've been thinking of getting one of these for some time now .They are freely available on E Bay for not much money .
The reason they are freely available for not much money is because they are cack (as is the crap software that accompanies them).
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #12 on: 09 June 2009, 22:52:20 »
I'd say that preamp does have RIAA equalisation. It's clearly designed to take a phono (or mic) input.

Have a listen to a turntable through it and see how it sounds.

Kevin
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Re: USB Turntable
« Reply #13 on: 10 June 2009, 07:44:16 »
I've used it many times playing it through a later stereo with auxiliary input and it sounds very good .
I'll have it up and running at the weekend ,all being well.
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