On 10/30/05, Richard Smith <smithbone@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > software seems like it would be horrible to me. Buy or borrow a decent
> > turntable. A few modern ones can play all three, for instance stuff
> > from stanton. Though don't touch there needles, they are crap. To
>
> This may be getting too OT so let me know if I need go off-list.
>
> I've been looking at some turntables from Stanton. How do the DJ tables
> fair?
>
> Fex. The stanton STR8-100 looks sweet. It has S-PDIF, phono, and line
> outputs and it will play 78's. I can get a used one off of ebay for
> $100 bucks or so. Most of the other decks I saw are just a bit out
> of my range.
>
> That lets me do a flat preamp if I choose to mess with all that, but I
> can also just use the S-PDIF or Line with the built in RIAA. And 78's
> without resorting to software correction.
>
> I didn't realize the S/N ratio on turntables was so low. What would
> those who on have messed with this before consider acceptable?
>
> --
> Richard A. Smith
STR8-100 are nice. Solid, reliable and not too expensive. I've never
tried the s-pdif on it and unless you have a pretty crap sound card
(anything by creative) i'd assume it's worse than just recording the
analog. But the analog should be quite nice. Playing 78's on a modern
turntable is a cool feature. Get this and the cheapest ortofon e
needles you can get.
Loki
Received on Sun Oct 30 04:15:09 2005
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