My vinyl rig is up and running finally!
Fireman32
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Well back at Polkfest I picked up a AR turntable from Troy and brought it home but I needed a phono pre. After about 2 weeks when I had a little extra cash I went and bought a Plye pre and hooked it up. It sounded ok but it was missing somthing. I knew that i had to upgrade but the funds were holding me back. Well thanks to my boy Lou (ohskigod) for christmas I received a NAD PP2 pre from him as a present. I hooked it up today and threw on some Dire Straits Brothers in Arms. Man I was floored at the sound I was now getting. Then I threw on the Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-78. Man did I have a big smile on my face. Well now im hooked on vinyl! I have to start getting some more records and invest in a vinyl cleaner. Now im looking foward to trying out Joe's record clamp. Just wanted to share my happiness. Happy New Year to all of my fellow Polkies.
Dave
Dave
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Way cool! Pictures?
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Awesome, man, awesome.
In the meantime, at LEAST pick up a good LP brush. The Hunt brush is a good one.
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Will do Troy. Thanks for the advice. Also what cartridge do I have in there? I cant tell. As far as pics my digital camera is a POS so I will get Lou to come ouver and take updated pics and i will post.
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Those AR's are pretty cool, aren't they?
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yep, I was pretty surprised by the sound my damn self. leans strong on the warm side, which is just how I like it.
yeah, he needs an LP brush for sure. Perhaps Dave and I should go halfsies on a good vacuum record cleaner, who knows. I do know that for once, dave has a better component than I do. I would say that AR walks frikkin circles aroung my BSR.
Dave, thats an Ortofan cartridge I think, dont know the model though.Living Room 2 Channel -
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I think it's the simplicity of it...
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I spent another couple of hours listening to it just being floored by the sound. Lou i'm game for going halfsies on a cleaner because lord knows I need one.
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You didn't get that little NAD from Troy eh Lou?
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He got it from Abernathy who got it from me who got it from George....
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who carried the stone............
Way to go Dave.
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Nice Rig."There's a lot of places driving up and down I-95 that smell like ****" F1Nut
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Congrats Dave. All the best to you in 2007 as well.Michael
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Thanks for all of the nice coments everyone. I cant wait to get some more vinyl.
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I like mine. I put a Sure V15 type III on it. Pretty cool, but I can't get the cart any more if it goes. I have to check into stylii.
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Dave,
The cartridge on the AR is an Ortofon OM-10. A good entry level cartridge.
The Shure cart antony has is OOP, however, there are enough replacement stylii floating around that if need be, you could get one.
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Thanks Troy I appreciate it.
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I had the AR turntable in the early 80's, loved it.Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Source: Rotel CD14MkII CD Player - Speakers: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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This is making me want to spin something on mine...
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I had one in the late 60's. Loved it.
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Thanks to Troy I know I got got a great piece of gear and will enjoy it for along time to come.
