So when I saw that picture with the Duke album cover I was very interested, I still have all my old vinyl from the 70's and 80's and even have bought a couple of newer releases such as FEAR by Marillion and Second Brightest Star by Big Big Train, the later because I knew it would be a limited release and the artwork needed a bigger canvas to be appreciated. Saying all that I don't currently own a turntable or a cassette player for all my cassettes. I do have speakers that are not being used and I do not have a 5.1 system as it just wouldn't work in my small living room in my condo with a shared wall. I am intrigued by your purchase, are you happy with your turntable? I think something like that would work for me. I would love to burn some of these to my itunes to listen to again and others I would just like to listen again in the vinyl format. I have bluetooth headphones but no receiver to send the signal from my turntable to my unused speakers. Your thoughts?
I am very happy with my turntable. It sounds really good for an affordable unit. If your speakers are powered, you won't need an amplifier, as this turntable has a preamp built in. If they're passive speakers you'll need to pick up an amplifier/receiver unit and you should get one with a phono input because it just sounds better than going through the built-in preamp, which isn't great (although it does the job...it just lacks power). My bluetooth headphones pair up with the turntable easily, but of course you're then converting the analog into a digital signal, but it still sounds really good in a good set of headphones.
In the end, you have to do what makes sense for your budget and the space you have to work with.
So when I saw that picture with the Duke album cover I was very interested, I still have all my old vinyl from the 70's and 80's and even have bought a couple of newer releases such as FEAR by Marillion and Second Brightest Star by Big Big Train, the later because I knew it would be a limited release and the artwork needed a bigger canvas to be appreciated. Saying all that I don't currently own a turntable or a cassette player for all my cassettes. I do have speakers that are not being used and I do not have a 5.1 system as it just wouldn't work in my small living room in my condo with a shared wall. I am intrigued by your purchase, are you happy with your turntable? I think something like that would work for me. I would love to burn some of these to my itunes to listen to again and others I would just like to listen again in the vinyl format. I have bluetooth headphones but no receiver to send the signal from my turntable to my unused speakers. Your thoughts?
I am very happy with my turntable. It sounds really good for an affordable unit. If your speakers are powered, you won't need an amplifier, as this turntable has a preamp built in. If they're passive speakers you'll need to pick up an amplifier/receiver unit and you should get one with a phono input because it just sounds better than going through the built-in preamp, which isn't great (although it does the job...it just lacks power). My bluetooth headphones pair up with the turntable easily, but of course you're then converting the analog into a digital signal, but it still sounds really good in a good set of headphones.
In the end, you have to do what makes sense for your budget and the space you have to work with.
Will do, no powered speakers so I can find a good used receiver here locally
I'm jealous, but will probably just live vicariously through you and your vinyl re-immersion.
That is certainly a choice, but perhaps I'm not the best person through which to live vicariously. haha
Ha! To be fair, I'm only focusing on the vinyl record part of your life.