Archimago wrote: > The Sony PS-X series with Biotracer arms are nice machines! I was > looking for one locally last year but couldn't find any in good shape > :(. >
I was a KID when I bought that thing...it's got to be 35 years ago now. It spent significant time in the shop after a few years but has been wonderful since (fingers crossed). I worry that no one will be able to work on it when the inevitable need eventually arises. I've also got a small, cheap linear tracking Technics SL-Q6 that sounds surprisingly good. I'd love to have a PS-X800, but they seem to go for $1,000 or more and would have the same service issues. Archimago wrote: > Yes, check out a USB ADC if you can / curious. Noise level extremely low > these days although your Roland R-05 I assume is already excellent. Also > the Roland's price is great for a 24/96 ADC already! It probably is the price that makes me wonder if I can do better. I'm falling victim to the "It cost less than my car, it can't possibly be any good!" syndrome. :) One thing I'm really having shoved in my face lately is how frustrating analog could be. I just transferred a nice 7-1/2 IPS reel from near the end of the pre-recorded days when they really sounded good. The underlying sound quality is very nice indeed...but apparently something went wrong during the duplication and it's full of obvious wow. And now I've come to realize that my cassette deck is apparently running slow...or, more accurately, is now running slower than it used to. I don't know if it's wrong now or was wrong prior to its last trip to the shop...for all I know, the shop corrected a long-running problem, but now I can't play back decades of tapes accurately. I've experimented with digital speed correction and found it OK on what was a pretty bad recording to begin with, I don't know if it will still sound good on something more demanding. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ atrocity's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104038 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
