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Got my first record player today!

spintheblack37spintheblack37 Posts: 173
edited May 2008 in The Porch
So I finally had a little extra money and bought my first record player! We already have one in the living room but I wanted one for my personal enjoyment and for the future.

It is a Technic SL-Q2 Direct Drive. I bought it from a record store called Grooves in San Francisco, the dude gave me a sweet deal and threw in Neil Young - Hawks/Doves and Led Zeppelin - In the Through the Out Door for free.

Anyway I choose Vitalogy for my first spin, its brilliant and I am very excited.

Picture of my set up- http://photos-473.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v234/21/52/11701473/n11701473_32513512_6733.jpg

Vinyl for the win!
EV Bridgeschool - October 24, 2004
San Francisco - July 15/16/18, 2006 Bridgeschool - October 21/22, 2006
Lollapalooza - August 5,2007
EV Berkley - April 7/8, 2008 The Who Rock Honors - July 12, 2008
Outside Lands - August 28, 2009 Seattle - September 21/22, 2009 San Diego - October 9, 2009
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    washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    omg i think you have the same, if not a similar record player, how do you get it to work? i know you have to hook it up to something, but i dunno how, im technologically ignorant
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    spintheblack37spintheblack37 Posts: 173
    washedinblack91 wrote:
    omg i think you have the same, if not a similar record player, how do you get it to work? i know you have to hook it up to something, but i dunno how, im technologically ignorant

    Do you mean hooking it up to the amp or getting it started?

    Getting started is actually kinda weird.

    Pick up the arm whilst make sure the lever on the right is up. Put the arm/need where you want it to play then push the lever down and it should work.

    Or go here register and use the owners manual.
    http://www.vinylengine.com/library/technics/sl-q2.shtml
    EV Bridgeschool - October 24, 2004
    San Francisco - July 15/16/18, 2006 Bridgeschool - October 21/22, 2006
    Lollapalooza - August 5,2007
    EV Berkley - April 7/8, 2008 The Who Rock Honors - July 12, 2008
    Outside Lands - August 28, 2009 Seattle - September 21/22, 2009 San Diego - October 9, 2009
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    Given2Fly...SDGiven2Fly...SD Posts: 146
    congrats
    San Diego, July 07, 2006
    Los Angeles, July 10, 2006
    Bridge School Benefit, October 21, 2006
    Bridge School Benefit, October 22, 2006
    Lollapalooza, August 5th, 2007
    eV., Los Angeles April 12, 2008
    eV., San Diego April 15, 2008
    Given to Fly___..
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    Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    What kind of stylus do you have? That's important. An AT-400MLa will cost you about $100 and it sounds friggin' shweet.
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    spintheblack37spintheblack37 Posts: 173
    JWBusher wrote:
    What kind of stylus do you have? That's important. An AT-400MLa will cost you about $100 and it sounds friggin' shweet.

    I just have your run of the mill technics stylus I eventually will move up to the big leagues.
    EV Bridgeschool - October 24, 2004
    San Francisco - July 15/16/18, 2006 Bridgeschool - October 21/22, 2006
    Lollapalooza - August 5,2007
    EV Berkley - April 7/8, 2008 The Who Rock Honors - July 12, 2008
    Outside Lands - August 28, 2009 Seattle - September 21/22, 2009 San Diego - October 9, 2009
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    crazyindigo82crazyindigo82 Posts: 133
    hahaha- i got my first record player when I was five
    used to have no code & spin the black circle on vinyl!!!
    Up here so high I start to shake...
    Up here so high the sky I scrape...
    I'm so high I hold just one breath here within my chest...
    Just like my innocence...
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    Larry ZisstansLarry Zisstans Posts: 167
    congrats! enjoy it!!

    peace,
    lz
    The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever. Because this is just a ride." And we...kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok? But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.
    --Bill Hicks
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    King47King47 Posts: 23
    Way to go. It is always nice to see that there are still people rockin the vinyl. "Viva la Vinyl" Do upgrade the stylus it is well worth it.
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