Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
Ironically 20 years ago the only place I could buy a decent phono pre amp under $100 was radio shack. Now all they have is a turntable with a built in pre amp (unheard of 20 years ago). The one in the top left corner here looks like the exact same item they used to sell however. http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/c.ACCT106601/sc.2/category.401/.f Jim L - Original Message - From: Mark D. To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles I had the same problem recently and got the same clueslessness at Radio Shack. The solution, my brother? Ebay. Thirty bucks. Had it in a week. The seller I used also sends links to a handful of places to get the necessary software to burn LPs to CD or to put on your hard drive. I haven't followed up on that but my turntable works fine.MarkMichael wrote:>Greetings, oh my brothers,>After listening to music by way of boomboxes and headphones for the >past few years, I decided to buy, finally, a decent am/fm stereo >receiver for my 50th birthday. I got one at Radio Shack. A >Sherwood RX-4103. 105 watts/channel RMS with .03% THD. A receiver >like this would've cost four or five hundred bucks 25 years ago. I >paid $100. I hooked up my old but trusty JBL L100 speakers, my >cassette/CD player boombox, and my VCR and DVD players. What a >sound, oh my brothers! Clean..powerful...The more I increased the >volume, the better the sound! Then I hooked up my good Pioneer >manual turntable to the AUX inputs. (There aren't any phono inputs, >but I didn't think it would matter...Those of you in-the-know are >laughing now!!) I put on a record, set the tone arm gently on the >beginning of the recordand got NOTHING, unless I turned the >volume all the way up. Then I got a tinny, faraway sound... Dammit, >I wanted to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark with >some VOLUME...I didn't panic...I went to Sherwood's website and >clicked the "questions and answers" link. There, lo and behold, the >very first question was "Why won't my turntable work??" Sherwood's >answer was simple. All I needed was a "phono pre-amplifier >available at most electronics shops for $20-$30." Hahahaha...Radio >Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City don't have them and didn't even >know what they were. I did a Google search for "phono pre->amplifiers." hahaha...I found one as big as my receiver for 300 >dollars...I found a few schematicsI found things that looked >like junk, and pre-amps for turntables with moving-coil cartridges, >which I don't haveLOLCan any of you give me some advice or >information, oh my brothers?? I own over 300 record albums in >excellent condition, many of them imports...I'm sick and disgusted >and infuriated...I thank you in advance, oh me brothers...>>very stoned regards, grey_hipster >>>>>>>For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. >Yahoo! Groups Links>>>> >>>>> > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease?Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts!http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
maybe they just don't pay em enough to be interested. Its a common problem in the UK. - Original Message - From: Gabriel To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:45 AM Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles Maybe it is hard to find, but it´s weird that they didn´t even know about it.GabrielFor further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
Maybe it is hard to find, but it´s weird that they didn´t even know about it. Gabriel Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
The "clueless" response by the Radio Shack personnel is simply they don't know their own product line. Realistic - a RS brand - has been making pre-amps for years. They still do, I believe. The problem is in your stylis; it's probably ceramic. You just need something that changes the signal, like a pre-amp. Or one of the ones mentioned in the other posts... Yeah ebay will work too. But those jobs are still out there... SOFA - Original Message - From: Michael To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:43 PM Subject: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles Greetings, oh my brothers,After listening to music by way of boomboxes and headphones for the past few years, I decided to buy, finally, a decent am/fm stereo receiver for my 50th birthday. I got one at Radio Shack. A Sherwood RX-4103. 105 watts/channel RMS with .03% THD. A receiver like this would've cost four or five hundred bucks 25 years ago. I paid $100. I hooked up my old but trusty JBL L100 speakers, my cassette/CD player boombox, and my VCR and DVD players. What a sound, oh my brothers! Clean..powerful...The more I increased the volume, the better the sound! Then I hooked up my good Pioneer manual turntable to the AUX inputs. (There aren't any phono inputs, but I didn't think it would matter...Those of you in-the-know are laughing now!!) I put on a record, set the tone arm gently on the beginning of the recordand got NOTHING, unless I turned the volume all the way up. Then I got a tinny, faraway sound... Dammit, I wanted to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark with some VOLUME...I didn't panic...I went to Sherwood's website and clicked the "questions and answers" link. There, lo and behold, the very first question was "Why won't my turntable work??" Sherwood's answer was simple. All I needed was a "phono pre-amplifier available at most electronics shops for $20-$30." Hahahaha...Radio Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City don't have them and didn't even know what they were. I did a Google search for "phono pre-amplifiers." hahaha...I found one as big as my receiver for 300 dollars...I found a few schematicsI found things that looked like junk, and pre-amps for turntables with moving-coil cartridges, which I don't haveLOLCan any of you give me some advice or information, oh my brothers?? I own over 300 record albums in excellent condition, many of them imports...I'm sick and disgusted and infuriated...I thank you in advance, oh me brothers...very stoned regards, grey_hipster Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease?Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts!http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
I had a similar problem, I didn't want to keep lugging my amplifier upstairs to copy vinyl to computer. I bought one of these: http://www.avland.co.uk/pro-ject/phonobox/phonobox.htm Thats a UK site, but it looks like its available in the US as well. http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/sc.9/category.-109/it.A/id.928/.f Plug it in and then grab hold of the furniture! :o) Cris On 13 Mar 2005, at 20:43, Michael wrote: Greetings, oh my brothers, After listening to music by way of boomboxes and headphones for the past few years, I decided to buy, finally, a decent am/fm stereo receiver for my 50th birthday. I got one at Radio Shack. A Sherwood RX-4103. 105 watts/channel RMS with .03% THD. A receiver like this would've cost four or five hundred bucks 25 years ago. I paid $100. I hooked up my old but trusty JBL L100 speakers, my cassette/CD player boombox, and my VCR and DVD players. What a sound, oh my brothers! Clean..powerful...The more I increased the volume, the better the sound! Then I hooked up my good Pioneer manual turntable to the AUX inputs. (There aren't any phono inputs, but I didn't think it would matter...Those of you in-the-know are laughing now!!) I put on a record, set the tone arm gently on the beginning of the recordand got NOTHING, unless I turned the volume all the way up. Then I got a tinny, faraway sound... Dammit, I wanted to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark with some VOLUME...I didn't panic...I went to Sherwood's website and clicked the "questions and answers" link. There, lo and behold, the very first question was "Why won't my turntable work??" Sherwood's answer was simple. All I needed was a "phono pre-amplifier available at most electronics shops for $20-$30." Hahahaha...Radio Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City don't have them and didn't even know what they were. I did a Google search for "phono pre- amplifiers." hahaha...I found one as big as my receiver for 300 dollars...I found a few schematicsI found things that looked like junk, and pre-amps for turntables with moving-coil cartridges, which I don't haveLOLCan any of you give me some advice or information, oh my brothers?? I own over 300 record albums in excellent condition, many of them imports...I'm sick and disgusted and infuriated...I thank you in advance, oh me brothers... very stoned regards, grey_hipster For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links __ DONATE TO RED NOSE DAY WITH EVERY CLICK YOU MAKE!! Google, Ask Jeeves, and other search engines will donate to the charity of your choice, everytime you use them. Register here with your email address and password of your choice. http://www.wisdom4all.co.uk/index.php?ref=1000810 Get your friends to register and really see the money grow! Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
I had the same problem recently and got the same clueslessness at Radio Shack. The solution, my brother? Ebay. Thirty bucks. Had it in a week. The seller I used also sends links to a handful of places to get the necessary software to burn LPs to CD or to put on your hard drive. I haven't followed up on that but my turntable works fine. Mark Michael wrote: >Greetings, oh my brothers, >After listening to music by way of boomboxes and headphones for the >past few years, I decided to buy, finally, a decent am/fm stereo >receiver for my 50th birthday. I got one at Radio Shack. A >Sherwood RX-4103. 105 watts/channel RMS with .03% THD. A receiver >like this would've cost four or five hundred bucks 25 years ago. I >paid $100. I hooked up my old but trusty JBL L100 speakers, my >cassette/CD player boombox, and my VCR and DVD players. What a >sound, oh my brothers! Clean..powerful...The more I increased the >volume, the better the sound! Then I hooked up my good Pioneer >manual turntable to the AUX inputs. (There aren't any phono inputs, >but I didn't think it would matter...Those of you in-the-know are >laughing now!!) I put on a record, set the tone arm gently on the >beginning of the recordand got NOTHING, unless I turned the >volume all the way up. Then I got a tinny, faraway sound... Dammit, >I wanted to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark with >some VOLUME...I didn't panic...I went to Sherwood's website and >clicked the "questions and answers" link. There, lo and behold, the >very first question was "Why won't my turntable work??" Sherwood's >answer was simple. All I needed was a "phono pre-amplifier >available at most electronics shops for $20-$30." Hahahaha...Radio >Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City don't have them and didn't even >know what they were. I did a Google search for "phono pre- >amplifiers." hahaha...I found one as big as my receiver for 300 >dollars...I found a few schematicsI found things that looked >like junk, and pre-amps for turntables with moving-coil cartridges, >which I don't haveLOLCan any of you give me some advice or >information, oh my brothers?? I own over 300 record albums in >excellent condition, many of them imports...I'm sick and disgusted >and infuriated...I thank you in advance, oh me brothers... > >very stoned regards, grey_hipster > > > > > > >For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or >http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
In a message dated 3/13/05 3:44:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Greetings, oh my brothers,After listening to music by way of boomboxes and headphones for the past few years, I decided to buy, finally, a decent am/fm stereo receiver for my 50th birthday. I got one at Radio Shack. A Sherwood RX-4103. 105 watts/channel RMS with .03% THD. A receiver like this would've cost four or five hundred bucks 25 years ago. I paid $100. I hooked up my old but trusty JBL L100 speakers, my cassette/CD player boombox, and my VCR and DVD players. What a sound, oh my brothers! Clean..powerful...The more I increased the volume, the better the sound! Then I hooked up my good Pioneer manual turntable to the AUX inputs. (There aren't any phono inputs, but I didn't think it would matter...Those of you in-the-know are laughing now!!) I put on a record, set the tone arm gently on the beginning of the recordand got NOTHING, unless I turned the volume all the way up. Then I got a tinny, faraway sound... Dammit, I wanted to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark with some VOLUME...I didn't panic...I went to Sherwood's website and clicked the "questions and answers" link. There, lo and behold, the very first question was "Why won't my turntable work??" Sherwood's answer was simple. All I needed was a "phono pre-amplifier available at most electronics shops for $20-$30." Hahahaha...Radio Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City don't have them and didn't even know what they were. I did a Google search for "phono pre-amplifiers." hahaha...I found one as big as my receiver for 300 dollars...I found a few schematicsI found things that looked like junk, and pre-amps for turntables with moving-coil cartridges, which I don't haveLOLCan any of you give me some advice or information, oh my brothers?? I own over 300 record albums in excellent condition, many of them imports...I'm sick and disgusted and infuriated...I thank you in advance, oh me brothers...very stoned regards, grey_hipster While I was reading about your problem, first thing I thought was "Ok, you need a preamp" but I guess you already know that. When I went shopping for a new turntable, both the Best Buy and Circuit City in my area had small preamps. Just little boxes with RCA in and out that you plug the turntable into if you have AUX inputs and not phono inputs. Of course, what I did was get an Audio-Technica turntable that has an on/off switchable internal preamp. --Milhouse For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[Zappa-List] Off Topic Question to Audiophiles
Greetings, oh my brothers, After listening to music by way of boomboxes and headphones for the past few years, I decided to buy, finally, a decent am/fm stereo receiver for my 50th birthday. I got one at Radio Shack. A Sherwood RX-4103. 105 watts/channel RMS with .03% THD. A receiver like this would've cost four or five hundred bucks 25 years ago. I paid $100. I hooked up my old but trusty JBL L100 speakers, my cassette/CD player boombox, and my VCR and DVD players. What a sound, oh my brothers! Clean..powerful...The more I increased the volume, the better the sound! Then I hooked up my good Pioneer manual turntable to the AUX inputs. (There aren't any phono inputs, but I didn't think it would matter...Those of you in-the-know are laughing now!!) I put on a record, set the tone arm gently on the beginning of the recordand got NOTHING, unless I turned the volume all the way up. Then I got a tinny, faraway sound... Dammit, I wanted to hear the mating call of the adult male mudshark with some VOLUME...I didn't panic...I went to Sherwood's website and clicked the "questions and answers" link. There, lo and behold, the very first question was "Why won't my turntable work??" Sherwood's answer was simple. All I needed was a "phono pre-amplifier available at most electronics shops for $20-$30." Hahahaha...Radio Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City don't have them and didn't even know what they were. I did a Google search for "phono pre- amplifiers." hahaha...I found one as big as my receiver for 300 dollars...I found a few schematicsI found things that looked like junk, and pre-amps for turntables with moving-coil cartridges, which I don't haveLOLCan any of you give me some advice or information, oh my brothers?? I own over 300 record albums in excellent condition, many of them imports...I'm sick and disgusted and infuriated...I thank you in advance, oh me brothers... very stoned regards, grey_hipster Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pKxVKC/UOnJAA/n1hLAA/yXLolB/TM ~-> For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zappa-List/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
