[Vision2020] Fwd: Question . . .

[Ted Moffett]

Why not play your vinyl and not worry about digitizing it?  Or is this for
a portable digital audio player, or one of those dreadful digital home
music servers holding thousands of albums on hard drives, that encourages
music becoming background wall paper for a modern distracted multi-tasking
digital lifestyle?

I  enjoy putting a vinyl music record on the turntable, and when the side
is finished, needing to make a decision, regarding what to listen to next,
or putting on the other side.

If the music just keeps going endlessly with the click of a remote, or
with no remote even needed,  this can trivialize the experience.

I can't count the number of times when a 20 minute or so side of a vinyl
music recording ended, I sat in awe struck silence at the emotional
spiritual impact of the music, for an extended period of time... And then
maybe decided to listen to something else, maybe not.

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Vison2020 Post: Ted Moffett


On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Saundra Lund <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>
wrote:

>  Tom, you answered your own question, then, since your link indicates it
> handles 78 rpm . . . and assuming you don't mind spending money at Walmart,
> although I know that particular brand is available through many retailers.
>
> I didn't buy a special turntable -- I use my regular turntable hooked to a
> pre-amp that hooks directly  to my PC's sound card.  It works fine for my
> purposes, but I'm not an audiophile.  Ted is and knows far more about this
> stuff than I could ever hope to understand, but I do agree with him about
> MP3 format.  YMMV.
>
> For me, the huge problem is finding the time to convert our extensive LP
> collection to digital format.  It's a real time process, and even with no
> post-recording processing, it still takes a lot of time.  I only managed to
> find time to convert a handful of LPs before needing to move on to other
> projects.  <sigh>
>
>
> Saundra
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015, at 05:09 PM, Moscow Cares wrote:
>
> FYI -
>
> Walmart has a converter turntable for $80.
>
> http://www.walmart.com/ip/ION-IT47-Classic-LP-Converter/39577145
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
> On Mar 18, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Obviously, you need a turntable that plays 78 rpm, with the appropriate
> cartridge and phono stage, which can be complicated with different RIAA
> curves, etc.  If the 78 is mono, it might be best to use a mono cartridge.
> Once you have an analog signal to digitize, the process is the same as for
> 33 or 45 rpm... obviously,...though why employ the dreadful MP3 codec, when
> modern digital recording and data storage renders much higher resolution
> digital audio formats very easy and cheap?
>
> I recently read an article about the history of recorded music, which
> declared MP3s to be the first time in the history of recorded music that
> a widespread adopted music format resulted in a degradation of sound
> quality!
>
> You might call Kimbrough Hall Room 360
>  Phone: (509) 335-3305 Kemble Stout Music
>  Listening Library at WSU,
> which  "features state-of-the-art listening and recording equipment."
>
> http://libarts.wsu.edu/music/facilities/ksmll.htm
>
> They might be able to help or know who could help.
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