STEWART COPELAND

by **Spec A!** on 23 Dec 2008 16:31

I was reading thru the latest issue of WIRED, and they had a review on a new McIntosh turntable and well, see for yourselves:

http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/mc ... _turntable

by **TheEqualizer** on 23 Dec 2008 16:47

Man, the turntable is sweet.

by **moonstone** on 23 Dec 2008 18:15

Nice. I want one. (Or I did 'til I saw the price!)

by **Susan** on 23 Dec 2008 18:23

Ouch on the price but I liked the way they wrote that review and got the Police references to make sense. I also appreciate that the writer's editor didn't make him explain "Zenyatta Mondatta".

by **TOWOS** on 23 Dec 2008 19:18

I want it...but I don't have any vinyl to play!! :cry:

by **Spec A!** on 23 Dec 2008 20:37

What what what?! no obscure vinyl in your collection?

Come on, even I have a vinyl boot of the Bezier FR show in 81, and the Police Badge shaped Vinyl (I don't even remember what songs are on it!). My old linear JVC turntable only works intermittently anymore tho.

by **moonstone** on 23 Dec 2008 21:01

[quote="Spec A!"]What what what?! no obscure vinyl in your collection?

Come on, even I have a vinyl boot of the Bezier FR show in 81, and the Police Badge shaped Vinyl (I don't even remember what songs are on it!). My old linear JVC turntable only works intermittently anymore tho.[/quote]

I'm impressed that your turntable works at all. Mine bit the dust a long time ago and had a proper council burial so you must have been kinder to yours.

Obscure vinyl? Hmm. heading to the storage unit over Christmas to have a look, can remember some picture discs and coloured vinyls though not Police ones I don't think. Definatley didn't have a Police badge shaped one though. Damn!

by **smudge** on 23 Dec 2008 21:05

Ahhh...turntables.... I remember when they were mono devices and called 'record players'. I miss them....but not at that price ;-)

by **smax** on 23 Dec 2008 23:23

droooooool......

sees price.

stops drooling and remembers that he's got two decks which he got for his birthday in june....

by **Bry** on 24 Dec 2008 01:07

In case anyone cares about some geeky audio trivia, Clearaudio is the company that makes most of the parts in the McIntosh table:

http://www.clearaudio.de/

Also, here's a different picture of it:

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/images/s ... -large.jpg

We spin vinyl about 80% of the time around here!

by **Rancid Date** on 24 Dec 2008 01:16

Typical night at our house:

Drop the arm on some vinyl.
Dim the lights.
Find the "sweet spot" in the middle of the couch.
Let the music wash over the room.

I married an audio geek. My ears are very thankful!

by **Divemistress of the Dark** on 24 Dec 2008 04:02

We've got a lot of records, also, mostly because DH and I had so many when we married it'd cost a fortune to replace all of them. We have been known to buy new releases on both vinyl and CD, also...

Awesome gizmo, A. Husband, to whom I just mentioned this, said he saw a $100,000 turntable online lately! You gotta wonder what the market is for those...

ETA: It's a Clearaudio. the model is 'Statement.'

http://www.highendpalace.com/2006%20CES ... %20III.htm

OK, now Hub's Googling. Here's another good one for the merely extravagant price of $975...

http://www.needledoctor.com/Thorens-Tur ... no-Lacquer

by **DirtyMartini** on 24 Dec 2008 04:04

[quote="Rancid Date"]Typical night at our house:

Drop the arm on some vinyl.
Dim the lights.
Find the "sweet spot"[/quote]

That Bry is a keeper, Rancid.

by **Bry** on 24 Dec 2008 13:54

[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]We've got a lot of records, also, m
Awesome gizmo, A. Husband, to whom I just mentioned this, said he saw a $100,000 turntable online lately! You gotta wonder what the market is for those...
[/quote]

What?! Get outta here with yer cheapie $100K tables. How about a Goldmund Reference II for $300K (tonearm extra)?

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/i ... ds_re.html

Such tables are designed to display your mad coin-dropping skillz.

Today a good entry-level table costs about $300-600 (total setup cost). In my opinion, you can do very well for $1000 and you hit the point of diminishing returns at around $3000-4000, although I frequent hi-fi/vinyl forums where I'd be tarred and feathered for choosing such low figures.

I've heard many high-end analog rigs and some of them are downright holographic, but unless you're ready for all the fuss that comes along with vinyl (table/arm/cartridge/preamp matching, table setup and alignment, visual record grading, record cleaning, record handling, record storage, stylus replacement, eventually becoming reduced to digging through boxes of old LP's in the back of a dirty thrift shop...) just get a good CD player.

If you're mechanically inclined and can perform some basic lube/adjustment maintenance, older used tables are usually the best bang for the buck.

Oh, and Dirty Martini- thanks!!! We're Stu fans! We're all keepers!

by **animal** on 24 Dec 2008 14:38

[quote="smudge"]Ahhh...turntables.... I remember when they were mono devices and called 'record players'. I miss them....but not at that price ;-)

[/quote]

That turntable doesn't beat my best turntable. That thing was unbreakable.

Here take a look.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f_vuJiN9ZO8/R ... layer1.jpg

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Awesome little Police related content, from WIRED magazine

Awesome little Police related content, from WIRED magazine

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