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http://www.ccrane.com/radios/am-fm-r...-recorder.aspx




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" Dave xxxx" wrote in message
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That's not so daft for someone who just wants to spin *everything* - every
room in every old folk's home should have one!! :-)

See the manual:

http://www.teacgf-350.com/GF350_owner_manual.pdf

and see the cartridge life of 50 hours (Ceramic!!!)???

And the bit about 'unfinalising' CDRWs!

:-)

Busy biz....!! :-)

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In message , Keith G
writes

" Dave xxxx" wrote in message
. uk...

http://www.ccrane.com/radios/am-fm-r...fm-radio-turnt
able-cd-recorder.aspx



That's not so daft for someone who just wants to spin *everything* - every
room in every old folk's home should have one!! :-)

See the manual:

http://www.teacgf-350.com/GF350_owner_manual.pdf

and see the cartridge life of 50 hours (Ceramic!!!)???

And the bit about 'unfinalising' CDRWs!

:-)

Busy biz....!! :-)



What I want to know is, where can you get it in the UK and for how much?
I think its a great idea, I will never go back to playing or owning LP's
but I occasionally need to copy one to CD and as I have a PC, do I
really need the TEAC?
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Derrick Fawsitt

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Derrick Fawsitt wrote:

In message , Keith G
writes

" Dave xxxx" wrote in message
. uk...

http://www.ccrane.com/radios/am-fm-r...fm-radio-turnt
able-cd-recorder.aspx



That's not so daft for someone who just wants to spin *everything* - every
room in every old folk's home should have one!! :-)

See the manual:

http://www.teacgf-350.com/GF350_owner_manual.pdf

and see the cartridge life of 50 hours (Ceramic!!!)???

And the bit about 'unfinalising' CDRWs!

:-)

Busy biz....!! :-)



What I want to know is, where can you get it in the UK and for how much?
I think its a great idea, I will never go back to playing or owning LP's
but I occasionally need to copy one to CD and as I have a PC, do I
really need the TEAC?
--
Derrick Fawsitt

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"Keith G" wrote in message
...

" Dave xxxx" wrote in message
k...
http://www.ccrane.com/radios/am-fm-r...-recorder.aspx



That's not so daft for someone who just wants to spin *everything* - every
room in every old folk's home should have one!! :-)

See the manual:

http://www.teacgf-350.com/GF350_owner_manual.pdf

and see the cartridge life of 50 hours (Ceramic!!!)???

And the bit about 'unfinalising' CDRWs!

:-)

Busy biz....!! :-)

Isn't it sad to see a manufacturer like TEAC descending so low.

What sort of quality will be produced from vinyl on a machine like this?

So they'll probably sell by the truckload.

S.

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"Serge Auckland" wrote


Busy biz....!! :-)

Isn't it sad to see a manufacturer like TEAC descending so low.


These days a firm's gotta do what it can to survive!!


What sort of quality will be produced from vinyl on a machine like this?


The 'boppy' kind - I guess Nat King Cole and Ella will sound as good as ever
but I'm not sure I'd want one to 'digitise' vinyl'!! The thing to remember
with gadgets like this is they will probably be more greatly enjoyed by
their users than some/most 'high-end' stuff that belongs to 'audiophiles'
who can only hear its failings!!


So they'll probably sell by the truckload.


Yep!! Still not convinced by the 'ceramic' cart though....

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Keith G wrote:


Yep!! Still not convinced by the 'ceramic' cart though....

I think it's a 'starter' stylus made of cheese - similar (daft)
principle to half filled printer cartridges you get with new printers:

http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merc... e=TEACSTL153

Even so, it's got a heck of an output - should drive your latest
creations to ear splitting volumes without *any* amplification :-)

Rob

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"Rob" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:


Yep!! Still not convinced by the 'ceramic' cart though....

I think it's a 'starter' stylus made of cheese - similar (daft) principle
to half filled printer cartridges you get with new printers:

http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merc... e=TEACSTL153

Even so, it's got a heck of an output - should drive your latest creations
to ear splitting volumes without *any* amplification :-)



I'm confused about the mention of a 'ceramic cart' - unless I'm mistaken the
output from a ceramic cart is/was 'line level' (give or take) - if that's
so, what happens if it is replaced with a magnetic cart or are they talking
about stylus replacement only?

Baffled am I - musta got it wrong somewhere.....???

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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Rob" wrote in message
...
Keith G wrote:


Yep!! Still not convinced by the 'ceramic' cart though....

I think it's a 'starter' stylus made of cheese - similar (daft) principle
to half filled printer cartridges you get with new printers:

http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merc... e=TEACSTL153

Even so, it's got a heck of an output - should drive your latest
creations to ear splitting volumes without *any* amplification :-)



I'm confused about the mention of a 'ceramic cart' - unless I'm mistaken
the output from a ceramic cart is/was 'line level' (give or take) - if
that's so, what happens if it is replaced with a magnetic cart or are they
talking about stylus replacement only?

Baffled am I - musta got it wrong somewhere.....???

Stylus replacement only. They offer a diamond alternative to the sapphire
original.

Ceramic cartridges normally give out 100mV or thereabouts, and if fed into a
high impedance input (2M) are more or less self-equalising for the RIAA
characteristic. In the seventies when there were still a few "hi-fi" ceramic
pickups around (Decca Deram, Connoisseur, Sonotone etc) a few amps tried to
provide "proper" equalisation for ceramic cartridges, but the need for
higher compliances (especially vertical) for stereo effectively killed off
ceramic cartridges. That, and new magnetic cartridges coming available
relatively cheaply. I bought my first magnetic (Audio Technica AT6 for £5 in
1967) - A lot of money then for a student, but just about affordable.

S.

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"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote

I'm confused about the mention of a 'ceramic cart' - unless I'm mistaken
the output from a ceramic cart is/was 'line level' (give or take) - if
that's so, what happens if it is replaced with a magnetic cart or are
they talking about stylus replacement only?

Baffled am I - musta got it wrong somewhere.....???

Stylus replacement only. They offer a diamond alternative to the sapphire
original.

Ceramic cartridges normally give out 100mV or thereabouts, and if fed into
a high impedance input (2M) are more or less self-equalising for the RIAA
characteristic. In the seventies when there were still a few "hi-fi"
ceramic pickups around (Decca Deram, Connoisseur, Sonotone etc) a few amps
tried to provide "proper" equalisation for ceramic cartridges, but the
need for higher compliances (especially vertical) for stereo effectively
killed off ceramic cartridges. That, and new magnetic cartridges coming
available relatively cheaply. I bought my first magnetic (Audio Technica
AT6 for £5 in 1967) - A lot of money then for a student, but just about
affordable.



Interesting and informative.

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In article , Serge Auckland
wrote:

Ceramic cartridges normally give out 100mV or thereabouts, and if fed
into a high impedance input (2M) are more or less self-equalising for
the RIAA characteristic. In the seventies when there were still a few
"hi-fi" ceramic pickups around (Decca Deram, Connoisseur, Sonotone etc)
a few amps tried to provide "proper" equalisation for ceramic
cartridges, but the need for higher compliances (especially vertical)
for stereo effectively killed off ceramic cartridges. That, and new
magnetic cartridges coming available relatively cheaply. I bought my
first magnetic (Audio Technica AT6 for £5 in 1967) - A lot of money
then for a student, but just about affordable.

My first magnetic cartridge was the AT3 :-)

In principle, people could have made higher compliance, lower output
'ceramic' cartridges. However the practical problems counted against this
at the time.

Slainte,

Jim

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