What Music Are You Listening To Right Now ??

[Dblgun]

Blue Morning, Blue Day by Foreigner

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Tonight's listen...

I'm having so much fun digitizing my LP's I dug out one, I forgot about, many years ago. ..




High Voltage
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Powerage

The album covers are just printed on the liner sleeves. That picture of Angus is a fold out poster.

I guess it'll be an AC/DC night!

 

[XTRXTR]

One of my favs all time AC/DC is Squealer, perfect words with solid rock and roll, Bon Scott, just awesome.

 

[XTRXTR]

These days people would says it sounds rapey, back then just a dude trying to get laid!

 

[Dogs of Doom]

1 down, 2 to go...

I haven't listened to these in a long time. Honestly, since the '80s...

this one's typical AC/DC, but not too often heard on airplay, over the years...

 

[Dogs of Doom]

these were dirty. For the last few records, I've been high pressure washing them off, w/ warm water. Not real high pressure, but as high as the sprayer will douse them off. It's pretty good pressure though. Then, I'm applying a little Dawn soap & then wiping it around w/ a Magic Eraser™, then high pressuring it off to rinse... Then I wipe them dry w/ a microfiber towel & then a normal bath towel...

 

[dragonvalve]

these were dirty. For the last few records, I've been high pressure washing them off, w/ warm water. Not real high pressure, but as high as the sprayer will douse them off. It's pretty good pressure though. Then, I'm applying a little Dawn soap & then wiping it around w/ a Magic Eraser™, then high pressuring it off to rinse... Then I wipe them dry w/ a microfiber towel & then a normal bath towel...

Curious DOD what stylus are you using and turntable?

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Curious DOD what stylus are you using and turntable?

nothing special...

An old Kenwood turntable from the '80s (not sure actually - my brother scored it somewhere, back in the '80s - used) I haven't checked out the stylus, but, it's probably either a Shure, or Audio-Technica, as those are the only ones I used to see back then. Even Radio Shack was rebranding them...

I'm then running it through one of those Chinese tube pre-amps, & straight into my Zoom F6, recording at 192kHz/32bit & run the monitor out to my Scarlett 18i20 direct into my Yamaha studio monitors...

 

[dragonvalve]

nothing special...

An old Kenwood turntable from the '80s (not sure actually - my brother scored it somewhere, back in the '80s - used) I haven't checked out the stylus, but, it's probably either a Shure, or Audio-Technica, as those are the only ones I used to see back then. Even Radio Shack was rebranding them...

I'm then running it through one of those Chinese tube pre-amps, & straight into my Zoom F6, recording at 192kHz/32bit & run the monitor out to my Scarlett 18i20 direct into my Yamaha studio monitors...

Styluses wear out for one. It's been a while since I've run a turntable. I still have one. A better stylus will get a better response.

Do you find that in transferring from vinyl that the stereo pan seems to pull to one side? One side louder than the other?

just found this. It appears there's a technology now for vinyl to digital transfer.

https://www.turntableneedles.com/BL...Digital-Transfer-wElliptical-Stylus_p_25.html

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Styluses wear out for one. It's been a while since I've run a turntable. I still have one. A better stylus will get a better response.

Do you find that in transferring from vinyl that the stereo pan seems to pull to one side? One side louder than the other?

not really, although, the Zoom has variable vol settings, for each side. I haven't been needle shopping in a long time. Seems like a few years back (around early 2000s) they were outrageously priced. Now, I see a bunch of generic ones for sale everywhere (cheap), but, IDK if I'd trust one of them...

 

[dragonvalve]

not really, although, the Zoom has variable vol settings, for each side. I haven't been needle shopping in a long time. Seems like a few years back (around early 2000s) they were outrageously priced. Now, I see a bunch of generic ones for sale everywhere (cheap), but, IDK if I'd trust one of them...

Yeah it's a world unto itself. Does your Chinese tube preamp have phono inputs?

 

[Dogs of Doom]

I just pulled it off. There's no branding, although it looks like an AT...

Like this, but beige:

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Yeah it's a world unto itself. Does your Chinese tube preamp have phono inputs?

I got this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XL1CM3X

I got the upgraded NOS GE JAN tubes to go w/ it...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BFJDTW0

 

[dragonvalve]

I got this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XL1CM3X

I got the upgraded NOS GE JAN tubes to go w/ it...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BFJDTW0

That's a lot of features for a low price. I see there's a gain select for the phono input. A typical cartridge wants to see 47K ohms and a similar input.

 

[Dogs of Doom]

I think it uses FET's to raise the gain...



this is the actual tube (pair) that came w/ it. I don't recognize it, so the GE's went right in...

For as cheap as this thing is, it works remarkably well.

The stock images used Shuguang tubes. The tube that comes w/ it, is like 2" long, & the GE tubes are short, shorter than a typical 12AX7.

 

[dragonvalve]

I think it uses FET's to raise the gain...

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this is the actual tube (pair) that came w/ it. I don't recognize it, so the GE's went right in...

For as cheap as this thing is, it works remarkably well.

The stock images used Shuguang tubes. The tube that comes w/ it, is like 2" long, & the GE tubes are short, shorter than a typical 12AX7.

Did you at least try the tubes that came with? Sometimes circuits are designed around certain tubes.

I see a whole new genre of gear cropped up since the days of Radio Shack. Things got better and ridiculously cheaper.

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Did you at least try the tubes that came with? Sometimes circuits are designed around certain tubes.

I see a whole new genre of gear cropped up since the days of Radio Shack. Things got better and ridiculously cheaper.

nah, I just threw the GE's in...

 

[Dogs of Doom]

Styluses wear out for one. It's been a while since I've run a turntable. I still have one. A better stylus will get a better response.

Do you find that in transferring from vinyl that the stereo pan seems to pull to one side? One side louder than the other?

just found this. It appears there's a technology now for vinyl to digital transfer.

https://www.turntableneedles.com/BL...Digital-Transfer-wElliptical-Stylus_p_25.html

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funny, they say that, that's a replacement for the one I've got...

LP Gear TKS2E upgrade stylus for Signet TK2Ep cartridge

Check out the deal on LP Gear TKS2E upgrade stylus for Signet TK2Ep cartridge at LP Gear

www.lpgear.com

that looks more like mine, than the other one I posted above...

 

[Dogs of Doom]

IDK if I necessarily trust when people say things are for digitizing, because, most of that stuff is made for mp3's...

Not all digital is equal.

 

[dragonvalve]

IDK if I necessarily trust when people say things are for digitizing, because, most of that stuff is made for mp3's...

Not all digital is equal.

Yes. I'm just getting reacquainted with turntables and transfer to digital so I don't know what's out there. I have some albums but don't think I'll be digitizing any of them.