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Terminal Boardumb => Non-Music Shit => Topic started by: dr_chile on December 01, 2017, 11:40:23 AM
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Please share your home listening setup with me. I?m due for an upgrade. Need receiver, speaker, and cartridge recommendations. Thanks in advance!
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1.) Internet connected home computer
2.) www.youtube.com
3.) a pair of headphones my sister bought for me last Christmas.
I know this is an expensive set up, and it's not for everyone. But just a suggestion...or a dream?
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1.) Internet connected home computer
2.) www.youtube.com
3.) a pair of headphones my sister bought for me last Christmas.
I know this is an expensive set up, and it's not for everyone. But just a suggestion...or a dream?
Damn, that?s some fine comedy.
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1.) Internet connected home computer
2.) www.youtube.com
3.) a pair of headphones my sister bought for me last Christmas.
I know this is an expensive set up, and it's not for everyone. But just a suggestion...or a dream?
Damn, that?s some fine comedy.
The comedy will be the expensive stereo you build to listen to The Urinals. Or is that tragedy?
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Sorry I can?t respond to this. It?s too funny!
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i dont really listen at home. i listen about 8 or 10 hours a day on the road, spotify premium, bluetooth car stereo. when i am out walking i use bluetooth headphones. i have turntables in three rooms of my house, but they get used maybe 2% of the time, on average.
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In the dining room we have a crappy turntable meant for ripping to computers hooked up to a receiver and speakers. We got a tape deck on that system as well. It's our listening station for "rock" music in its various forms. It works but there is nothing to recommend.
In our living room is my studio where I got a pair of 1200s hooked up to an Allen and Heath mixer which I run through a soundcard to powered speakers. I use Shure white labels these days for needle/cartridge. That setup is primarily used for djing or listening to music I might dj.
We also have our record collection broken up with one expidit in dining room full of our rock based collection and in the living room I got a couple expidits and a bunch of dj cases filled with everything else.
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old Trio amp, old Mission speakers. garrard 401 record player i lucked into for ?20, technics cassette deck. no desire to change anything till it breaks.
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Old ass Technics system stolen from a shipping container back in 95, some small-ass Altec Lansing speakers, and whatever turntable is working, usually an old ass JVC that has proven much more reliable than Thorens, Bang and Olufson, Dual, etc etc Oh yeah, BlueTooth speakers from Costco for WFMU that only work if my phone is within 6 inches.
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All my setups are cobbled together from various thrift store purchases. In the living room I have an MCS turntable and an early Denon CD player into a low-wattage '70s Lafayette receiver with a pair of Pioneer speakers I bought new back in the '80s. In the basement I have a '70s Pioneer turntable hooked into a '90s Pioneer receiver and a pair of Technics speakers. Both sound really good in their own way, so my only recommendation is that you pick up quality components on the cheap when you find them. But that might just be me, I am a frugal fucker - I get that there are people who want specific highly-rated components and are willing to pay for them, but I'm not one of them.
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i've been using these cheap audio technica cartridges for several years now, replacement stylus is like $8. the cartridge is just over $20 including shipping.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-Technica-CN5625AL-Conical-Moving-Magnet-Cartridge/302226728160
for turntable i like the audio technica technics clone. badass turntable for the price. this is my main turntable.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Audio-Technica-AT-LP120-USB-Direct-Drive-Professional-Turntable-USB-Analog/361617630472
speakers, man, i am all about less is more. i have some old pioneers in the basement with 12" drivers, mids and tweeters that i use for studio monitors and basement turntable, but in the garage and living room i rock those heavy little 90s sony bookshelf speakers. for home listening those have plenty of volume. in the living room i have a sub i got from a thrift store in case i need a little extra bass, but i almost never use it.
receivers i am not picky. anything from the 70s-90s with a phono input is fine by me.
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nice thing about the AT turntable is it plays 78s. now, i know that playing 78s on a regular stylus isnt a good idea, but the things cost so cheap and i listen to so few 78s i dont care. all i know is the two times a year i feel like playing a dozen or so 78s, i can easily do so, and that is a plus for me, for sure.
also USB out makes ripping vinyl as easy as connecting one cord to your laptop.
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I just picked up a full Kenwood system at the neighborhood thrift and some Infinity speakers at a church sale. Total damage just under $100. It is hard to find decent thrift or yard sale receivers for under $25 nowadays.
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I just picked up a full Kenwood system at the neighborhood thrift and some Infinity speakers at a church sale. Total damage just under $100. It is hard to find decent thrift or yard sale receivers for under $25 nowadays.
True that. All the '70s Japanese-made receivers that used to be at the thrift store for $20-$30 seem to have vanished, and now you gotta pay the big bucks (or get really lucky).
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nice Trio amps seem to be between 50 and 80 pounds on ebay at the moment (in the uk anyway)... even tho they're a bit more than they used to be I'd still rather one of those than anything new.
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I gotta....
Technics SL-D2 direct drive turntable- $75
Yamaha Natural Sound receiver CR-420 - $50
Samsung S-42U speakers - $30
I replace the needle every 8 months or so...that's 30 a throw...
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Doing the same thing at the moment. Still deciding on my turntable, so i'll update once i have that going. I've gone exclusively vintage gear.
Pioneer SX 737 Receiver (mid 70s?)
I went vintage for this because I was trying to avoid any digital components where I could and because I generally don't trust the engineering for new equpiment. New stuff is meant to meet a price point first and foremost. Plus old receivers are just so beautiful with their lights and AM/FM dials...
Pioneer HPM 60 Speakers (mid 70s?)
Almost bought newish Wharfdale speakers but then got scared off when I heard demos on YouTube and reviews. New speakers seem to be really geared towards listening to jazz and shit as crisp as you can get it. I went for these little brothers of the infamous HPM 100, the quintessential "Rock" speaker. I wanted "musicality" over something dry.
I got both for a decent price so i can drop good $$$ for a turntable thats been serviced and modded. Leaning for a Pioneer PL 560 or 570. I didn't intend to have an entire Pioneer set up but it sort of just worked out that way. What I do is search Clist and then just google the model #s of equipment that looks decent. There are tons of sites and forums that give you specs and details about vintage audio gear.
You may not be able to find this type of stuff in thrift stores anymore but Craigslist and OfferUp still have plenty of deals.
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I'm glad to see the cob nobblers here are proud of their shitty stereos.
As a man of advanced age with tens of thousands of records and a decent income I've often thought I should build at least one good stereo system... but c'mon, I'm listening to Low Threat profile and Gravedigger V records.
Besides, I wouldn't know where to start.
So... where do I start... like for real, why do I need a separate receiver and amplifier?
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I've heard good things about that Yamaha cr-420. Especially for still being pretty cheap. Any other yeasayers or naysayers?
Or, other suitable cheapish vintage receivers?
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I replace the needle every 8 months or so...that's 30 a throw...
Can you tell that the sound quality degrades after that long? I keep on taking mine in to get a new one but my guy looks at it with a microscope and tells me it's fine. It still sounds fine to me but I swear it's been years since replacing it and it's used almost every day.
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Will my Riflesport lps sound any better on a fancy system?
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Ha ha.
YES. They will.
It's true: shitty records sound better on good equipment. If you like sound, I mean. It doesn't turn bad songs into good songs.
We have a portable Numark shitty in the boudoir and another in the kids' room.
The primary system in the living room consists of:
Pioneer SX-1500TD receiver. Late '70s or early '80s manufacture. If it glows, it glows. A Marantz for scrubs. ~$100.
Technics SL-1400 beltdirect drive turntable w auto return. Early '80s. A 1200 built for home listening. Thrilling and delightful. ~$150. One uses Shure, Ortofon, or AT cartridges, changing them
up for variety. Shits do wear out after a year or two and make Rifle Sport sound even worse. $30 - $80.
Bose bookshelf speakers. Sneaky shits refract sound all through the apt. Slightly antiseptic sound, but powerful and clear. ~$200.
Sony dual tape deck, late '90s. $Bradshaw.
I also use a Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth speaker for listening to streaming audio. $Gift, probably $10KK,000
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I do change my needles more often then most as I have some old somewhat beat LP's
that I dig that I know can wear down the needle some
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Riflesport-Live at 7th Street Entry should be everyone's modern Audio Obstacle Course.
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Finally got my refurbed Pioneer PL 570 setup. With my SX 737 Receiver and Pioneer HPM 60 Speakers , I don't think i've ever heard the records like this before. I started things off with A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing and Nevermind the Bullocks, it was like hearing these albums for the first time. I pretty much built the mid-level return home from Vietnam and spend your GI bill on Hi Fi setup. I'm far from an audiophile....but this is what life is all about.
3 days later, my cat went in on my speakers and now the perfect grill on the left speaker looks like shit. :(
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Finally got my refurbed Pioneer PL 570 setup. With my SX 737 Receiver
Damn dude, I had this exact same set up (running through Sansui Sp-X8000 speakers) and it's so choice and ideal. That's the best Pioneer turntable they ever made, and the receiver cranks. I now have the turntable in another room paired with a Marantz 2235B (I don't like it as much as the SX-737, but it's comparable) and a pair of KLH Model 5 speakers (total fucking knockouts), and my two Technics 1200's / mixer is now powered by the Pioneer receiver with the Sansuis.
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In case anyone has similar needs I just got this Pioneer Elite SX-S30 (https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Home/2-Channel+Components/SX-S30) receiver. Long story short:
* Not free but pretty fair for new stereo equipment
* Phono input
* 2 channel with sub output
* All the HDMI connections you would need
* Doesn't have the 35 other connections you don't need
* Does all the USB and Bluetooth stuff
* Super simple
* About the size of a 2000s DVD player
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laptop, headphones, bong.
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laptop, headphones, bong.
No thank you, I?m an adult.
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laptop, headphones, bong.
Finally some common sense. For the sober: laptop, headphones and Red Bull.
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laptop, headphones, bong.
Finally some common sense. For the sober: laptop, headphones and Red Bull.
Any full sugar fizzy drink for me... and a pack of salt + vinegar crisps.... good times