HW RE: off into dodgy vinyl ness

[Jon Jarrett]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Eric Siegerman wrote:

> 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 :-)

        I didn't quite understand where they were supposed to be getting
the old records from, is all? Remaindered stock thrown into the furnace? I
suppose it could have happened... But actually I see Mike Montfort cleared
that one up, thanks.

> >         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.

        No, it's more complex than that. My amp has a phono input, but my
turntable has a very weak output. As otherwise it's gorgeous and they're
not easy things to get anyway, for the sort of money I have at least, I
need something that will whack up the voltage from the turntable to what
phono level should be. I suspect a phono to aux one, if it's fixed
voltage, will be much too powerful. I need some sort of variable resistor
with its own power supply I can tape in the right place I guess. Must do
some looking. Thanks everyone for responses on this yours,
                                                           Jon


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