On the search for Xmas presents in one of our better known department
stores, I came across a device described as a "USB Turntable" for making
one's own CDs & MP3s. As it was available to touch, I tried rotating the
turntable, and couldn't believe just how light it was - they must be
air-freighted here from the far east! Price was around £120.

Just hope it performs better than I fear - my own HDD recordings use a
decent quality Pioneer turntable and separate external audio to digital
converter.
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M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK



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On the search for Xmas presents in one of our better known department
stores, I came across a device described as a "USB Turntable" for making
one's own CDs & MP3s. As it was available to touch, I tried rotating the
turntable, and couldn't believe just how light it was - they must be
air-freighted here from the far east! Price was around £120.

Just hope it performs better than I fear - my own HDD recordings use a
decent quality Pioneer turntable and separate external audio to digital
converter.
--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK


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I saw one of those things described as "state of the art". I might just get
one to find out how absolutely AWFUL it sounds.

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John the West Ham fan

housetrained wrote:
"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message .. .
On the search for Xmas presents in one of our better known department
stores, I came across a device described as a "USB Turntable" for
making one's own CDs & MP3s. As it was available to touch, I tried
rotating the turntable, and couldn't believe just how light it was -
they must be air-freighted here from the far east! Price was around
£120. Just hope it performs better than I fear - my own HDD recordings
use
a decent quality Pioneer turntable and separate external audio to
digital converter.
I saw one of those things described as "state of the art". I might
just get one to find out how absolutely AWFUL it sounds.

It contains the Numark Groovetool cartridge (or similar) 'A high value,
adjustable cartridge in a traditional headshell mount design -- great sound,
great tracking! 6 mil spherical diamond cartridge with 2.5g to 3.5g tracking
force.' which should do wonders for your record collection :-)

Must be a ceramic as the output of anything else wouldn't be high enough, I
think.

In article ,
jasee wrote:
It contains the Numark Groovetool cartridge (or similar) 'A high value,
adjustable cartridge in a traditional headshell mount design -- great
sound, great tracking! 6 mil spherical diamond cartridge with 2.5g to
3.5g tracking force.' which should do wonders for your record
collection :-)

Must be a ceramic as the output of anything else wouldn't be high
enough, I think.

If it's USB surely it has a built in preamp and A-D convertor?

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*Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
jasee wrote:
It contains the Numark Groovetool cartridge (or similar) 'A high
value, adjustable cartridge in a traditional headshell mount design
-- great sound, great tracking! 6 mil spherical diamond cartridge
with 2.5g to
3.5g tracking force.' which should do wonders for your record
collection :-)

Must be a ceramic as the output of anything else wouldn't be high
enough, I think.

If it's USB surely it has a built in preamp and A-D convertor?

Yes, of course. (I'd forgotten USB) But at about £12 for the cartridge, I
can't imagine it would be even moving magnet.

In article ,
jasee wrote:
Yes, of course. (I'd forgotten USB) But at about £12 for the cartridge,
I can't imagine it would be even moving magnet.

I dunno the relative manufacturing costs of MM versus ceramic. This sort
of thing has shifted dramatically with CAD machinery.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:53:09 -0000, jasee wrote:


Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
jasee wrote:
It contains the Numark Groovetool cartridge (or similar) 'A high
value, adjustable cartridge in a traditional headshell mount design
-- great sound, great tracking! 6 mil spherical diamond cartridge
with 2.5g to
3.5g tracking force.' which should do wonders for your record
collection :-)

Must be a ceramic as the output of anything else wouldn't be high
enough, I think.

If it's USB surely it has a built in preamp and A-D convertor?

Yes, of course. (I'd forgotten USB) But at about £12 for the cartridge, I
can't imagine it would be even moving magnet.

Considering the millions (billions?) of MM cartridges made since the 60's, I
can't imagine ceramic being cheaper to make. A MM cartridge can be made for
about the price of a cheap pair of headphones.

"jasee" wrote in message
...
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
jasee wrote:
It contains the Numark Groovetool cartridge (or similar) 'A high
value, adjustable cartridge in a traditional headshell mount design
-- great sound, great tracking! 6 mil spherical diamond cartridge
with 2.5g to
3.5g tracking force.' which should do wonders for your record
collection :-)

Must be a ceramic as the output of anything else wouldn't be high
enough, I think.

If it's USB surely it has a built in preamp and A-D convertor?

Yes, of course. (I'd forgotten USB) But at about £12 for the cartridge, I
can't imagine it would be even moving magnet.


The Goldring Elan retails for about 19 quid retail - my local telly shop
pays about 7 quid each for them in boxes of a dozen or so (set in rows, in
polystyrene) and sells a continuous stream of them to people wanting 'a new
cartridge'.

I was given one to fit to a Thorens that I borrowed to audition and it
sounded perfectly fine, see:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/elan.JPG

jasee wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

If it's USB surely it has a built in preamp and A-D convertor?

Yes, of course. (I'd forgotten USB) But at about £12 for the cartridge, I
can't imagine it would be even moving magnet.

NITWIT

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
jasee wrote:
It contains the Numark Groovetool cartridge (or similar) 'A high value,
adjustable cartridge in a traditional headshell mount design -- great
sound, great tracking! 6 mil spherical diamond cartridge with 2.5g to
3.5g tracking force.' which should do wonders for your record
collection :-)

Must be a ceramic as the output of anything else wouldn't be high
enough, I think.

If it's USB surely it has a built in preamp and A-D convertor?


The preamp and converter would be normally built into the turntable
itself, but how about if some enterprising manufacturer built a
cartridge with a direct digital output? Firewire, USB or S/PDIF? Built
in RIAA equilisation?

And, could use the standard arm wiring to power/connect the output.

What an idea for retrofitting old decks!

:-)

[If someone patents this.... er.... I mentioned it first, and may be
after you...!]

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Adrian C