HW RE: off into dodgy vinyl ness

[Eric Siegerman]

On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 07:19:51PM +0100, Jon Jarrett wrote:
>         I'm curious as to this idea of recycled vinyl; what was it being
> recycled from? Not old records surely!

There were rumours of this as far back as the late 70s.  We
believed that funky-coloured records (red, clear, etc.) couldn't
be made from recycled vinyl, and so offered a guarantee against
that particular form of shoddiness.

All of this was rumour and hearsay; now, I wouldn't bet a nickel
either way on any of the above assertions :-)

Picture discs were a different story; they were pretty much
scorned.  There was a reason for that.  I can't recall what it
was, but it too sounded plausible at the time :-)  (Could just
have been pseudo-audiophile snobbery of course.)

>         Oh, and while I'm on the subject, does anyone know if such things
> as one-channel pre-amps are available which might solve my turntable
> problem?

I take it your amp is too new to have a "phono" input?  Yes, you
can get a "phono preamp" to boost the turntable's outputs up to
the standard levels expected by amplifiers' "auxiliary" inputs,
computer sound cards, and other devices.  I've never used one, so
I can't make recommendations.

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