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https://www.amazon.com/Pyle-Phono-Turntable-Preamp-Preamplifier/dp/B00025742A

Quoted from solid_snake:
I'm not really sure if it has preamp built in. It's a cheap Seeying record player. This is the speaker I have:
amazon.com link »
I'm not really an audiophile so I don't need everything to be/sound perfect, I'm just a Beatles fan and think that that player would be nice if it simply hooked up to my cheap speaker. Thanks Vid.

This will boost your turntable output to line level

#9803 1 year ago

MOO

snakesnsparklers

Pinside member

9y 92,800 4,828

Quoted from Scoot:
I just finished the process myself. Like an idiot I did not test any of the new caps before I installed them all. Turned on the receiver and it sounded like crap. So I had to go through every cap to see which one was bad. Took an entire day.
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Yikes! To be honest I didn't test any of mine either because I don't have any way to measure ESR or capacitance so maybe I got lucky. So you had some faulty brand new capacitors that weren't at the rated capacitance?

#9804 1 year ago

BOY

vid1900

Pinside member

Quoted from Clytor:
I’m being unfaithful to my turntable.
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What OP-amps do you have installed?

#9805 1 year ago

KES

Gort

Pinside member

Battle Creek, MI

9y 47,800 278 3

Slowly going through my parents records. Never listened to these till now. Wow! I'm impressed. There keepers!

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#9806 1 year ago

QRK

Deez

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 139K 6,784 13

Just grabbed a haul from the local record store. Glad I have the ultrasonic as these were filthy.

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#9807 1 year ago

RSW

Dragon

Pinside+ Frequent

Quoted from Clytor:
I’m being unfaithful to my turntable.
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Fancy DAC you got there, its playing a CD quality 44K in the pic do you have a hifi stream service for it?

#9808 1 year ago

SKL

Scoot

Pinside member

Highgate, VT

5y 94,300 1,311 12 15

Quoted from snakesnsparklers:
Yikes! To be honest I didn't test any of mine either because I don't have any way to measure ESR or capacitance so maybe I got lucky. So you had some faulty brand new capacitors that weren't at the rated capacitance?

Just one. It was a 2.2uf 100v on the mpx board. I had to put the original back in. I thought I put it in wrong but no, it was just bad.

Now that it is done, I can definitely hear a difference in sound quality. I was skeptical I wouldn't notice, but it was worth the money. I can clearly hear the differences in my cartridges where before I couldn't.

#9809 1 year ago

CLY

Clytor

Richmond Pin Collective

Richmond, VA

9y 87,550 1,123 18 7

Quoted from vid1900:
What OP-amps do you have installed?

I have the Burson v6 Vivids in it right now. I might try some of the Stacattos to see how they sound. Dragon I play stuff on my iTunes and I use Tidal.

#9810 1 year ago

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Jason43

Pinside member

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#9811 1 year ago

RSW

Dragon

Pinside+ Frequent

Quoted from Clytor:
I have the Burson v6 Vivids in it right now. I might try some of the Stacattos to see how they sound. Dragon I play stuff on my iTunes and I use Tidal.

I did not know that OP-amp rolling was a thing ,that Burson is cool

#9812 1 year ago

JZM

bangerjay

Pinside member

Yomamasville

12y 106K 4,818 46

Doing some ultrasonic volunteer work for the local record store that flooded

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#9813 1 year ago

BAT

gonzo73

Pinside member

Oh no... another box full of nonsense...

What's in the Box !?

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#9814 1 year ago

BAT

gonzo73

Pinside member

20230117_164154 (resized).jpgMore nonsense from the Land of the Rising Sun.

Gary Moore, Victims of the Future, promo copy.

Gatchaman, Symphonic Suite soundtract

Japan Pink Floyd Animals Remix edition, with Obi, insert, and a Postcard.

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#9815 1 year ago

CLY

Clytor

Richmond Pin Collective

Richmond, VA

9y 87,550 1,123 18 7

Quoted from Dragon:
I did not know that OP-amp rolling was a thing ,that Burson is cool

It is. You can “roll” in any DAC but Burson kind of caters to it, socketing the chips. They sell a variety of op amps with different signatures. One of the other selling points was that it was used on eBay for about half off of the new price.

#9816 1 year ago

SRT

tullster

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 80,550 822

Finally got this 7” one hit wonder from the 80’s that I’ve wanted for a long time. It’ll need to be converted to a big hole before putting it on the Jukebox… Sandwiched between Space Oddity and 2000 Light Years From Home.

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#9817 1 year ago

SRT

tullster

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12y 80,550 822

Quoted from tullster:
Finally got this 7” one hit wonder from the 80’s that I’ve wanted for a long time. It’ll need to be converted to a big hole before putting it on the Jukebox… Sandwiched between Space Oddity and 2000 Light Years From Home.
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#9818 1 year ago

BLB

GoldenOreos

Pinside member

Nashville, TN

11y 52,800 479 5

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#9819 1 year ago

BAT

gonzo73

Pinside member

Quoted from GoldenOreos:
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Wow... forgot that sequel even existed !
Any good ?

#9820 1 year ago

Shredso

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 88,800 3,035 7

All this talk about changing caps has me wondering. I bought a Technics SL-1610 awhile back as is. I cleaned it all up, it took me hours to free up all the moving parts for the auto start, but it's working great now. It sounds great, but I feel like there is a little distortion. It's the same cartridge I was using on my AT-LP-120 so I'm pretty sure it's not the cartridge. I'm not sure if I'm hearing more detail because it's a higher end turntable, or if something is dirty or tired. I'm pretty sure it's all original, I think these were made around 1979. Is it time to change the caps?

Cartridge is an Ortofon 2M Red if it matters.

#9821 1 year ago

BLB

GoldenOreos

Pinside member

Nashville, TN

11y 52,800 479 5

Quoted from gonzo73:
Wow... forgot that sequel even existed !
Any good ?

I'm all about it, big fan of James Horner in general tho.

#9822 1 year ago

WAT

RoachApproach

Pinside member

12y 35,950 55 3

Double dose of Paul Gilbert

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#9823 1 year ago

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Jason43

Pinside member

Quoted from Shredso:
All this talk about changing caps has me wondering. I bought a Technics SL-1610 awhile back as is. I cleaned it all up, it took me hours to free up all the moving parts for the auto start, but it's working great now. It sounds great, but I feel like there is a little distortion. It's the same cartridge I was using on my AT-LP-120 so I'm pretty sure it's not the cartridge. I'm not sure if I'm hearing more detail because it's a higher end turntable, or if something is dirty or tired. I'm pretty sure it's all original, I think these were made around 1979. Is it time to change the caps?
Cartridge is an Ortofon 2M Red if it matters.

There's little, if any caps in the signal path that would flavor the sound. How's the cartridge alignment? Do you have the little technics alignment tool that the headshell mounts to?

#9824 1 year ago

BAT

gonzo73

Pinside member

Quoted from GoldenOreos:
I'm all about it, big fan of James Horner in general tho.

James Horner was amazing, Wrath of Khan is simply a perfect soundtract.

It's too bad he had the same hobby as John Denver.

Both gone to soon.

#9825 1 year ago

DON

Fulltilt

Pinside+ Pro!

Quoted from gonzo73:
James Horner was amazing, Wrath of Khan is simply a perfect soundtract.

I got lucky and found someone selling a little collection at the local antique mall. Just a few dollars each. Hardly used.

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#9826 1 year ago

DON

Fulltilt

Pinside+ Pro!

Quoted from gonzo73:
Oh no... another box full of nonsense...
What's in the Box !?

I know what you mean. I have a box of total lunacy coming.

#9827 1 year ago

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Jason43

Pinside member

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#9828 1 year ago

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Jason43

Pinside member

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#9829 1 year ago

MOO

snakesnsparklers

Pinside member

9y 92,800 4,828

Picked this up today not knowing it contained awesome pinball artwork inside

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#9830 1 year ago

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gonzo73

Pinside member

Quoted from Fulltilt:
I got lucky and found someone selling a little collection at the local antique mall. Just a few dollars each. Hardly used.
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That's a Score !
I need to find a copy of Search for Spock. It's also James Horner.

#9831 1 year ago

BAT

gonzo73

Pinside member

More nonsense from the box...
Uriah Heep, Wonderworld.
One of my absolute favorite Heep records. Underated.
Farewell Yamato 2 LP, soundtract with dialogue.
Gatefold with awesome full color glossy film book.
Eddie Money, Life For The Taking.
Eddie's sophomore album, great follow up.

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#9832 1 year ago

DON

Fulltilt

Pinside+ Pro!

Ry Cooder playing bottleneck guitar on Willin’ is crazy good.

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#9833 1 year ago

RSW

Dragon

Pinside+ Frequent

Quoted from gonzo73:
More nonsense from the box...
Uriah Heep, Wonderworld.
One of my absolute favorite Heep records. Underated.
Farewell Yamato 2 LP, soundtract with dialogue.
Gatefold with awesome full color glossy film book.
Eddie Money, Life For The Taking.
Eddie's sophomore album, great follow up.
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I once worked with a guy that told me he got a chance to intern at a recording studio in LA and he ended up spending a lot of his time going to the store, getting cartons of cigarettes for eddie money , every picture i see of him he is holding a cig

#9834 1 year ago

BOY

vid1900

Pinside member

https://riserecords.com/collections/clearance?filter.p.product_type=Vinyl+LP&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&filter.v.availability=1&sort_by=price-ascending

Rise Records clearance

#9835 1 year ago

BAT

gonzo73

Pinside member

Tangerine Dream, Rubycon
Japan press, with the cool Roger Dean early virgin center label and On Tour in Japan Mini Obi.

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#9836 1 year ago

DON

Fulltilt

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Bought this while I lived in the dorm in ‘74.
Still sounds great.

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#9837 1 year ago

GOV

Gov

GOVS_Mods

Springfield, MO

11y 108K 5,769 10 28

Quoted from vid1900:
Rise Records clearance
https://riserecords.com/collections/clearance?filter.p.product_type=Vinyl+LP&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&filter.v.availability=1&sort_by=price-ascending

Some good deals there! Picked up a couple of Crown the Empire albums. At The Drive-In IN-TER A-LI-A for $7 is a steal. I know most people didn't give it a chance as it isn't Relationshiop of Command, but I really like it.

#9838 1 year ago

DON

Fulltilt

Pinside+ Pro!

Janis!

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#9839 1 year ago

DON

Fulltilt

Pinside+ Pro!

Replacing the Linn this weekend if all goes well.
I’m nervous.

#9840 1 year ago

RSW

Dragon

Pinside+ Frequent

Quoted from Fulltilt:
Replacing the Linn this weekend if all goes well.
I’m nervous.

can't wait to see what you've got yourself into

#9841 1 year ago

DON

Fulltilt

Pinside+ Pro!

Quoted from Dragon:
can't wait to see what you've got yourself into

I got a Woody.

#9842 1 year ago

Shredso

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12y 88,800 3,035 7

Quoted from Jason43:
There's little, if any caps in the signal path that would flavor the sound. How's the cartridge alignment? Do you have the little technics alignment tool that the headshell mounts to?

After doing a bit more research after posting, it seems like the cap kits are primarily for speed issues.

I followed this guys video for setup.

Using the following tools
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0771WWFYB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KMJXEBQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

Maybe I'll watch the vid again this weekend and re-run through everything. I'm far from an expert. This will be only the 3rd time adjusting stuff like this.

#9843 1 year ago

CLY

Clytor

Richmond Pin Collective

Richmond, VA

9y 87,550 1,123 18 7

Ok, back to my turntable. I put on a new head shell and set it up.

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#9844 1 year ago

DAN

nwpinball

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10y 98,550 4,702

Jamming to New Order's "Age of Consent" 12" single. I scored this big pile of Factory Records, 80s new wave, and 80s/90s hip hop dance stuff (like Cameo and Pump Up the Volume) free on my local Buy Nothing group. Blondie, Human League, Clan of Xymox, Berlin, OMD, etc. Some worn covers, but the vinyl is perfect.

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#9845 1 year ago

BOY

vid1900

Pinside member

Pink Floyd updated their profile pic today to celebrate DSOTM is a half century old.

The response from fans is hilarious...

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#9846 1 year ago

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Jason43

Pinside member

Quoted from vid1900:
Pink Floyd updated their profile pic today to celebrate DSOTM is a half century old.
The response from fans is hilarious...[quoted image]

Good lord. The asteroid can't hit us soon enough...

#9847 1 year ago

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vid1900

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