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I hate turntables

I like turntables and love to tinker and fix them. On the other hand I'm too lazy to play records and can't bare to build another record collect after selling it all off many years ago. So now I have four turntables and about 20 LPs...
I stream Amazon Music Unlimited most of the time.
 
bobins08 said:
I love turntables and I spin vinyl at home 90% of the time. I have several thousand records and too much equipment. Let’s face it, those of us that keep spinning vinyl or even playing red book CDs are just a bit odd.

I could stream lossless files and sell all my turntables, records, RCMs, cartridges, phonostages, SUTs, cables, even my CDPs and CDs, and invest in a fabulous DAC. We could pay for access to millions of songs and albums in lossless format and even get multiple mixes of each.

Think of the ease and simplicity, not to mention the decluttering of our lives.

Yet we don’t.
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I helps to me that the vinyl (or any physical media) is ours. It's not just gonna go poof with a dead hard drive or disappear because of licensing disputes. I love streaming though especially because it's my way of discovering albums I want to own on a physical format. I think the best thing that happened to vinyl was the rise of streaming.
 
SiliconTi said:
No, the tonearm drags when I set the pressure to more that 2 grams in auto mode. Manual mode everything works perfectly.

It is totally repairable, but it seems like something else goes wrong every third time I use it. I have countless hours working on this thing. As mentioned, I am just just weird about it.
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What do you mean by "auto" vs "manual"? You don't mean the "single" vs "multi" lever, do you?
 
Old-School said:
Yes its official. I hate turntables. I hate them. I hate them with a passion.
All hail the CD. Besides the wheel and electricity its mans greatest invention.

Pulled out an old $5 yard sale Technics SL-Q2 threw an ortofon concorde in it and wala. Perfection. Sounds better than anything I have had lately and it works. Wow! Amazing! Its in my 80's system and working to this day with zero issues ever. Total price? $105. $5 for the table, and $100 for the cart.
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Please explain me how that CD perfection can to reproduce second harmonic from 11.05 kHz base frequency and above.
Also, please explain me how do you catch this Wow! and Amazing! sound with SL-Q2 and Ortofon Concorde cart which is specialy construct for DJ-ing and not for Hi-Fi. Also SL-Q2 is not DJ turntable but for Hi-Fi.
 
SiliconTi said:
No, I mean selecting Start to have it automatically start the record and dropping the needle versus me placing the needle down with the cue lever.
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That's a really odd symptom. Out of curiosity, is your lever on "single" or "multi"? Have you had the o-ring replaced?
 
OutlawSun said:
I love streaming though especially because it's my way of discovering albums I want to own on a physical format. I think the best thing that happened to vinyl was the rise of streaming.
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I agree.
Usually I discover new (and old) music from the local college radio station over FM. I stream it If I'm intrigued and buy the vinyl if I really like it.
Streaming (Tidal) is very good, but vinyl sounds special.
 
FileFixer said:
Also, please explain me how do you catch this Wow! and Amazing! sound with SL-Q2 and Ortofon Concorde cart which is specialy construct for DJ-ing and not for Hi-Fi. Also SL-Q2 is not DJ turntable but for Hi-Fi.
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Simple. Wow! means that it actually works. You put a record on it, it turns at the proper RPM, then you put the needle on the record and it pays it. Very wow to me. Something most of the other crap tables I have had wont do for one reason or the other.
SL-Q2 is a great turntable. I dont care what is for DJing and whats not. I paid $5 for it 20 years ago, and it has worked every single time I have tried it. No problems ever. Again something I can not say for every other turntable I have owned.
I use the Ortofon Concorde because I dont have to screw with tiny little wires in a head shell. Period. Thats it. I dont have to try to get it mounted straight, do this, do that. Put my finger somewhere it dont belong. Shiff it. Then hope its right.
Nope. None of that. The Concorde is simplicity at its best. It looks great. It sounds great. It works. Day in, day out. Again.. no problems ever. It just keeps going. That particular one that I have is the nightclub, which is more for actual playback, and not scratching.

You own a SL-1900?? I'd think you would know what I was saying. And a $50 AT cart? Really.
 
OK. I agree with you that on your ears this sounding great but with my SL-1900 and AT95E cart this is something different situation. This TT and cart is my spare equipment not primary for playing every day and that cart have 50-100% less VTF on records then Concorde cart. This is from my opinion very important thing to not wear my records.
I understand you that you want simple and usable TT with cart what dont need too much attention but I think that you dont understand that TT and records are not digital player where is not too much important is it one bit more or less. Turntable are pure physics and it needs attention on every aspect on them. You are boss for your equipment and you decide what you want.
 
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