May 2, 20188 yr 5 hours ago, luvdunhill said: https://sme.co.uk/2018/05/01/sme-limited-acquires-the-garrard-audio-brand/ Interesting. Will this mean SME quality at a Garrard more affordable price, or just lower products at the usual SME boutique prices?
May 2, 20188 yr SME prices have massively increased since it was aquired by Cadence. That is for two reasons - first they were too cheap and SME were sinking, and second they did sales from SME themselves, so tied up staff organising sales; they now only sell via a distribution channel with their margin added. It will be very interesting to see what they have planned for Garrard. They also acquire Loricraft, who apart from manufacturing 401 and 301 spares also manufactured their own Garrard-inspired 501 and 601 turntables. The 601 from Loricraft is/was UKP7557 plus shipping. Plus arm and cartridge of course http://www.garrard501.com/garrard601.html
May 2, 20188 yr On 4/13/2018 at 3:28 PM, Grahame said: Pitchfork article https://pitchfork.com/news/high-definition-vinyl-is-happening-possibly-as-early-as-next-year/ The slashdot comments seem to echo your view https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/04/12/2320221/high-definition-vinyl-is-coming-as-early-as-next-year a couple of choice ones "This scheme is a shoe-in for the 2018 "polished turd of the year" award." " Or.. now hear me out on this one... or ... we could just, you know, send the digitally converted audio, you know, without converting it back into a bumpy piece of plastic. I know this might sound radical, but it seems to me that converting analog sound to digital format then to a digital 3d map then to a laser-cut stamper then to a piece of bumpy vinyl then to a vibrating stylus and into a varying electrical current to drive an amplification system to run the speakers that you listen to might just be a little more complicated than just taking the digital format for storage and transport and converting that back into analog sound at playback." Or they could laser scan the record, then you wouldn't have to worry about deterioration of the master.
May 2, 20188 yr That is what NEDCC do, but they use imaging of the groove pattern, and then recover the audio from that. This is an archival process for recordings which could be damaged by regular playing. Called IRENE https://www.nedcc.org/audio-preservation/irene
May 3, 20188 yr Ikea introduce a turntable and sound/light system https://www.insidehook.com/nation/ikea-teenage-engineering-frekvens-audio-lighting-equipment
May 3, 20188 yr 32 minutes ago, Craig Sawyers said: Ikea introduce a turntable and sound/light system https://www.insidehook.com/nation/ikea-teenage-engineering-frekvens-audio-lighting-equipment If you think about it, turntables of a certain level are sold totally disassembled... like Ikea products.
May 8, 20188 yr Meanwhile ... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-08/the-ultimate-analog-music-is-back-ballfinger-reel-to-reel-tape via: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/8/17330324/ballfinger-reel-to-reel-tape-decks http://www.ballfinger.de/ * it probably means something else in german The google translate of the about page is ... interesting ...
May 8, 20188 yr How ironic that the first comments that show up below the article discuss Depeche Mode's Violator SACD... makes you wonder what people are going to play and record on these things.
May 16, 20188 yr Not sure if other people are as fond of these records as i am, but here is a heads up anyway Ryo Fukui's two first albums are being reissued in the EU/US as a limited edition half speed remasters in a couple of days. These records were reissued i japan last year, and most were quickly bought up by resellers and sold with a huge markup, so if you are interested i would preorder before it is too late. both records are great, and even though i bought the japanese reissue last year, i just had to order the pair, to see if the remastering is any good http://wrwtfww.com/album/scenery http://wrwtfww.com/album/mellow-dream
June 9, 20188 yr First spin after setting up system.ELO? Why yes..Doing okay, lots of tweaking to do.
August 12, 20187 yr Ouch.... just knocked the stylus off my ZYX AIRY 3X cart !! F' me. ? Edited August 12, 20187 yr by DigiPete add photo
August 13, 20187 yr That sort of thing gives you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. Suggestion - there is a Russian guy with a thread on Steve Hoffman's site who repairs cartridges with snapped off cantilevers. Yeah, I know there are opinions about Hoffman's forums, but here is the link, with lots of pics of before and after resurrection. http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/stylus-retipping-service-phono-cartridge-specialist-from-russia-moscow.686418/
August 13, 20187 yr I thought about re-tipping, the cantilever is fine, but eventually I decided to work with the dealer here in the US, who I bought if from brand new, and he gave me a very generous discount to trade in, which I could not pass up (but I'm sure I'll regret it later when the credit card bill comes in). So I ordered the ZYX Ultimate 4D, on the way...... still cost me north of $X,XXX
August 13, 20187 yr Did you purchased it from Mehran? Great guy, I got my cartridge and zero dusts from him like 12 years ago and still going strong.
August 15, 20187 yr Yup Mehran! Very nice gentleman! Yeah, when I bumped the tonearm as I was reaching for the record clamp, and it popped out of its armrest clip and shot across the record, my heart sank..... Of course, now its time to institute more safety protocols, like putting the armlift up when the tonearm is parked, putting the record clamp somewhere away from the tonearm..... On 8/13/2018 at 7:25 AM, Hopstretch said: Emergency upgrade! HC approved. Necessity is the mother of upgrading LOL
August 18, 20187 yr The new ZYX Ultimate 4D cart arrived. Quite a step up from the Zyx 3X I had and destroyed! LOL More resolving, better separation, depth, etc. The end of the line for me.
August 18, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, DigiPete said: ... Quite a step up from the Zyx 3X I had and destroyed! LOL ... Maybe you should look again at your system to see if anything else needs breaking?
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