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-----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Nick G Sent: 07 June 2009 09:57 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: High fidelty and turntables today Oops, and inmy last message, I forgot to explain why USB Turntables aren't all that great, and that is because they're not built for fidelity, rather, they're built for in-expense, E.G. poor preamps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick G" <n...@hkcradio.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:52 PM Subject: Re: High fidelty and turntables today > Youa re going to get conflicting responses about this. Some will > advocate a USB Turntable for the PC, but I personally think that > defeats the purpose of why one would want such a thing. Yes, fidelity > is higher with Turntables, open reels, etc. > A PC would need a phono input to plug a turntable in. Phonos, as > you should know, are preamplified. > You are going to need to start building a high fidelity system for > such a purpose. I'm not as up on the high fi world as I used to be > even a few short years ago (I'm only 20), being more computer minded > now, but I do think you're gonna have to do that now. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Chaltain" <cchalt...@austin.rr.com> > To: "PC audio discussion list." <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:09 PM > Subject: High fidelty and turntables today > > >> I'm not exactly sure how to ask this, but I'm hoping to get some >> pointers to more information and some advice. My son is asking for a >> turntable for his birthday. I assumed it was to access music he can >> only find on vinyl, but he says it's for higher sound quality than he >> can get off of CD's or MP3's. >> >> I still have the component based stereo system I built when I was >> younger, which currently includes a receiver, DVD player and DVR. I >> retired my turntable and VCR a while ago. I would not be surprised if >> such a system, with high quality components, could produce better >> sound than you'd get off of a PC or portable media player. >> >> I guess I'm wondering a couple of things. Is this true that you can >> get better sound quality out of a high fidelity system than you can >> from a PC or portable media player? If so, how would you go about >> building such a system today? Would you do what I did years ago and >> start assembling your components? Could I get him a nice turntable >> that he could hook up to his PC for now and then include in a >> component based stereo system down the road? >> >> Thanks for any advice or pointers people could provide me. I haven't >> started looking around on the web, but I'm assuming I'd be >> overwhelmed with the amount of information out there on such a topic. >> >> -- >> Christopher >> >> cchalt...@austin.rr.com >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.55/2160 - Release Date: 06/07/09 05:53:00 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
