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Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:36 am
by Frankie99
airloom wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:41 am
Garth wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:51 am
airloom wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:36 am
The pro-ject debuts still reign supreme as the answer to "i need a turntable" though.
Agreed. I have had one for a few years and am totally happy with it. Here are my tiny quibbles that don't bother me but might bother others:
- Have to manually move the belt to the other spindle if you are needing to change RPMs
- the anti-skate weight system is fussy and easy to accidentally bump off
- wall-wart power source
I think that's it. The sound is great to my ears and works exactly as I want. Very no-frills but delivers the sound which is all I need.
Minor quibbles when you consider the tradeoffs you're making in price. I actually like the anti-skate mechanism fwiw.
+1 for the Debut.
Also, you can solve problems 1 and 3 with the doo-hickey below. I have one and it works well.
https://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.a ... cWEALw_wcB
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:16 am
by LBx
numberthirty wrote:Maybe we should pool resources to made this "Jamming his 4001..." Tiny Terror YouTube video happen?
FYP
And yes. Yes you should.
There's a Dark Terror bass demo vid that sounds fine by me so I'm sure the TT is similar enough with a bit of a low end boost in front of it as well.
First FM to jam Dragonaut or Into The Void or whatever
bass > Tiny Terror > cab of choice gets a 10er in their paypal account... SELL ME on it before I change my mind!
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 10:38 pm
by Mickey242
Frankie99 wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:36 am
airloom wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:41 am
Garth wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:51 am
Agreed. I have had one for a few years and am totally happy with it. Here are my tiny quibbles that don't bother me but might bother others:
- Have to manually move the belt to the other spindle if you are needing to change RPMs
- the anti-skate weight system is fussy and easy to accidentally bump off
- wall-wart power source
I think that's it. The sound is great to my ears and works exactly as I want. Very no-frills but delivers the sound which is all I need.
Minor quibbles when you consider the tradeoffs you're making in price. I actually like the anti-skate mechanism fwiw.
+1 for the Debut.
Also, you can solve problems 1 and 3 with the doo-hickey below. I have one and it works well.
https://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.a ... cWEALw_wcB
The speed box is a must. Great turntable over all
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:05 am
by Garth
Mickey242 wrote:
The speed box is a must. Great turntable over all
Very first line on that linked page is "Notice: This product will not work with newer Pro-Ject turntables like the Debut Carbon or Debut III that feature a DC power supply."
I take that to mean it will not work on mine or any of the current production Debuts.
Again, I don't personally find manually moving the belt to be a problem because most of my listening is LPs, but at least wanted to mention it since I think most of the record players we've used growing up had these features on switches etc.
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 12:37 pm
by Dr Tony Balls
Thanks everyone for your inputs here! The Pro-jects look awesome, but changing belts and outboard gear isnt gonna fly so well with my partner (simplicity will reign here). I looked into some SL-1200 prices and a few other things and wound up picking up a 70's DD Micro Seiki of of Reverb. Seems like a well respected unit...we'll see how it works out.
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:42 pm
by Mickey242
Garth wrote: Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:05 am
Mickey242 wrote:
The speed box is a must. Great turntable over all
Very first line on that linked page is "Notice: This product will not work with newer Pro-Ject turntables like the Debut Carbon or Debut III that feature a DC power supply."
I take that to mean it will not work on mine or any of the current production Debuts.
Again, I don't personally find manually moving the belt to be a problem because most of my listening is LPs, but at least wanted to mention it since I think most of the record players we've used growing up had these features on switches etc.
^ thanks for pointing this out.
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:33 am
by Leeplusplus
Can anyone recommend a tuning fork set? I want to record them so I want them to have a nice long decay. Any difference between aluminum alloy and stainless steel?
Will
this just do it?
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:41 am
by tommy
Anyone have/use one of the new Fender Engine Room power supplies? Looks promising. They look a bit like Strymon might be making them for Fender. Or maybe Fender really copied them that much. Anyway, the LVL8 is really the only isolated power supply out there that I can find other than the Zuma (EXPENSIVE!) that meets the needs I've been looking for: 8 outs with at least 3 being high current draw outs, an option for at least one 12V and one 18V, IEC power cable instead of a wall wart.
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:32 am
by bigc
Posted this in the 'small questions' thread to no avail, so giving it a go here. Just looking for a basic, low budget CPU setup for recording music via Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 into a USB port.
I use a 2007 Dell laptop to record music. The only files on it are music files and music making/recording programs. It's not connected to the internet - just a USB input from my Focusrite 2i2 interface > USB > Reaper. That laptop is now so old that I can't record without it sputtering and crashing, and the soundcard is garbage.
I need a super basic setup that was made in the last 5 or so years. Only need pretty basic memory, and 2-3 USB ports. A friend recommended a 6 GB mini-PC
Any thoughts on an affordable setup?
Re: Generic Gear Opinion Request Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:36 am
by biscuitdough
bigc wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:32 am
Posted this in the 'small questions' thread to no avail, so giving it a go here. Just looking for a basic, low budget CPU setup for recording music via Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 into a USB port.
I use a 2007 Dell laptop to record music. The only files on it are music files and music making/recording programs. It's not connected to the internet - just a USB input from my Focusrite 2i2 interface > USB > Reaper. That laptop is now so old that I can't record without it sputtering and crashing, and the soundcard is garbage.
I need a super basic setup that was made in the last 5 or so years. Only need pretty basic memory, and 2-3 USB ports. A friend recommended a 6 GB mini-PC
Any thoughts on an affordable setup?
Do you have a monitor for the mini PC?
This is a terrible time to buy a laptop. At the beginning of the pandemic, only the high end stuff was maximum price, but now even the refurbished ones are outrageous.
I’ve traditionally gone the refurbished CAD workstation route. The issues are: it might not come with an operating system, forcing you to either obtain a Windows license or deal with Linux. RAM for them is expensive and sometimes hard to find, if you have a stick fail. They’re physically enormous. Anyway, some of these are still like $125 US. You’d still need a monitor.