so i've got the vinyl......but how am i going to listen to it?

Dr. Delight

NMyTree wrote:

Dr. Delight wrote:

Dr. Delight,

The great thing about the MK2 is that in it's stock form, it is a woderful turntable. But if you want to improve on it even more, you can call KAB and talk to them about the modifications they can do; that will elevate the MK2's performance to a new level. I know a few guys who have had the improvements/modifications and the results are amazing!! It brings the MK2 to a level that it competes hard with $2,000/2,500 dollar tables. Maybe some tables that are even more expensive than that. KAB does a killer, high-quality job with their mods. It's a less expensive way of upgrading your turntable (MK2) without spending $2,000. And you can pick and choose what mods you want. Get several at one time, or only one or two at a time, over the period of a year...two years...what ever you want.

http://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/index.htm

Thanks, I may look into it.

NeilJam

Super Vedder wrote:

ha ha all this expert talk is making me so embarassed of mine here

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acoustic-Solutions-DR130-Midi-Turntable/dp/B000VVMS44/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1200346687&sr=8-1

plugged into a TEAC H300 http://www.teac.co.uk/reference300_main.html#
if anybody could take a look at the amplifier specs and let me know where im going wrong
, it kind of does the job but ya do have to have the volume turned up a LOT more than if playing a cd. Is this normal or is it just cos my turntable is shit, or just cos i should have it plugged into a separate amp?

if anybody could take a look at the amplifier specs and let me know where im going wrong i would be most grateful


any help greatly appreciated

Sounds like the turntable plugged into an AUX(illiary) input and not a PHONO input. Low volume is the result you get from doing this. If the unit does not have a PHONO input, then you need to have a separate amp. AUX =/= PHONO.

Ms. Haiku

I wouldn't buy a turntable for one record. Frame it!

Pegasus

I'm considering that one:
http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=AUDI-TECNICHA-PL50

my Yamaha AV receiver doesn't have phono in so I need pre-amp.
it's about my budget (bought a really cheap one last year but it's really crap, no bass at all..and it's not just the lack of pre-amp).
don't have floor speakers either yet, only average AV system (again no money for that...well, for that AND touring ), so no point in high end.

..getting a bit deaf actually I think, so as long as I can get those warm bass I missed, I'm happy for my very little vinyl collection (I only got a CD player in late 91 ..but left my vinyls at my parents when travelling and those idiots moved whilst I was away and left them in a garage that got flooded!! :mad: covers are ruined and half of them won't play with paper stuck to them ..think I left my Police, U2 ones with a cousin though..need to try to get them back ..if they haven't been thrown away..)


ROFL...just tried to give a spin to a disc right now.. picked it pretty randomly, Clash album, put the needle: 'Know your rights'!! just find it a funny coincidence..

Pegasus

oh dear...just found myself ordering Ten, Lost Dogs and S/T from a UK shop..
and also saw that The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall is being released as 4 LPS next month..
damn, I knew that was a dangerous slope!!

Julien

Pegasus wrote:

I'm considering that one:
http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=AUDI-TECNICHA-PL50

my Yamaha AV receiver doesn't have phono in so I need pre-amp.
it's about my budget (bought a really cheap one last year but it's really crap, no bass at all..and it's not just the lack of pre-amp).
don't have floor speakers either yet, only average AV system (again no money for that...well, for that AND touring ), so no point in high end.

..getting a bit deaf actually I think, so as long as I can get those warm bass I missed, I'm happy for my very little vinyl collection (I only got a CD player in late 91 ..but left my vinyls at my parents when travelling and those idiots moved whilst I was away and left them in a garage that got flooded!! :mad: covers are ruined and half of them won't play with paper stuck to them ..think I left my Police, U2 ones with a cousin though..need to try to get them back ..if they haven't been thrown away..)


ROFL...just tried to give a spin to a disc right now.. picked it pretty randomly, Clash album, put the needle: 'Know your rights'!! just find it a funny coincidence..

it's a bit more expensive but if you have the money, you should go with this one:
http://www.son-video.com/Rayons/Hifi/PlatineTD/ProJectDebut3SB.html

NeilJam

Pegasus wrote:

also saw that The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall is being released as 4 LPS next month..
damn, I knew that was a dangerous slope!!

I already have this set. Maybe the store is just expecting to have it in stock next month.

Super Vedder

NeilJam wrote:

Sounds like the turntable plugged into an AUX(illiary) input and not a PHONO input. Low volume is the result you get from doing this. If the unit does not have a PHONO input, then you need to have a separate amp. AUX =/= PHONO.

Hmmm, i will have to have a look round the back of it tonight and check what im plugged into although m pretty certain its plugged into the PHONO input. When i say it needs to be turned up a lot more i mean you have to have the volume on about double and a bit what ya would have it on playing a cd.

So if i DO have a phono connection and its plugged in correctly and still a lot quieter than a cd does that mean it would be better in a separate amp or is it just the way it is with turntables plugged into stereos? Thanks

Julien

Super Vedder wrote:

Hmmm, i will have to have a look round the back of it tonight and check what im plugged into although m pretty certain its plugged into the PHONO input. When i say it needs to be turned up a lot more i mean you have to have the volume on about double and a bit what ya would have it on playing a cd.

So if i DO have a phono connection and its plugged in correctly and still a lot quieter than a cd does that mean it would be better in a separate amp or is it just the way it is with turntables plugged into stereos? Thanks

i have a turntable taht doesn't have a pre-amp and it's plugged in the phono.
I don't have to turn up the volume; i put on the same level as when I listen to a cd or whatever.

Ledbetterus

I was also thinking about getting a USB player. Just a cheap turntable for another room really. But I was wondering, can most USB tables can be plugged into an amp/speakers, or just to the PC..?

Julien

Ledbetterus wrote:

I was also thinking about getting a USB player. Just a cheap turntable for another room really. But I was wondering, can most USB tables can be plugged into an amp/speakers, or just to the PC..?

i think they can be plugged on the amp and on the pc

Super Vedder

Julien wrote:

i have a turntable taht doesn't have a pre-amp and it's plugged in the phono.
I don't have to turn up the volume; i put on the same level as when I listen to a cd or whatever.

hmmm, perhaps its just me wanting to try and get the same level of sound as i do with a cd so i tend to turn it up, will have to check the connection later and see what the deal is i think.

Pegasus

Julien wrote:

it's a bit more expensive but if you have the money, you should go with this one:
http://www.son-video.com/Rayons/Hifi/PlatineTD/ProJectDebut3SB.html

over 3 times the price isn't a bit more expensive buddy..if you have that much money to throw around, you can give me some!