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Great first post, William! Thanks for the links and info.

Welcome William! Thanks for the links! Nice piece on Don Lindich's site about Axiom and AudioBytes.

I'm lucky enough to live in a city where I can find brand new and used vinyl in real record stores. Remember those? But a site I'm a regular at is Gemm.com, which is like one big record store made up of thousands of smaller stores around the world. The prices are usually pretty good, but beware of hidden Gemm fees.

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Mark? Are you working on some photos of your 1210 for us? Or maybe a 3000 word review? OK, you're probably just busy listening to vinyl! Enjoy!

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Well I finally broke out the old Denon to give it a test drive. I really didn't know if the cartridge that is in it now was any good or not but I set it up anyway just to see what was what. When I got the TT I was told that the cartridge that was on it was going to be replaced by the original owner so my friend wasn't sure if it was operable or not, well it seems to be just fine.

The wife and I sat here and went through my entire LP collection this evening. That consists of Chicago's self titled 2 record set and Montrose Jump on It . It was quite an enjoyable experience I must say. The wife even commented on how good it was sounding . I do think the cartridge will be getting replaced and I will be in the market for a decent phono preamp as I just ordered a tube based preamp and it does not come with a phono stage like the Rotel pre. All in all I think trying out the table was real fun and I will find it a permanent spot in the rack once I get some new audio video furniture.

Congrats Rick! Sounds like you found a hidden gem hidden in your closet. And having the wife's approval is a bonus. But, women do have better hearing than men, so her comments regarding the sound of vinyl need to be heeded.

Now get out there and work on that record collection! Spring is coming (although the dump we got last night makes me feel like it will take longer to arrive this year). Plan on hitting some yard sales. Best place to find vinyl at good prices!

Enjoy!

Zoë

I know this is a dumb question but I have not played with turn tables since I was young enough not to care how they worked.

How does the phono amplification thing work. If you have a phono in jack on your receiver, I would have assumed it will do all the needed amplification. However, I see "phono pre-amp" mentioned a lot. Is this because some amps don't have phono capability or because the signal from the cartridge is actually pretty weak for input into amps that might have a phono jack but are not good at receiving the weaker signal.

Sorry but this older technology is like brand new technology to me.

Alot of newer equipment doesnt come with a phono preamp built in which is why you hear talk of seperate ones. Also on alot of equipment there is only one phono input, and no switch for MM or MC, And even though it will basically work fine there is a difference.

The reason why you cant plug a turntable into a cd input for example is because the output of a cart is much lower than a cd player and there is also RIAA equalization that is done to sortof re balance the sound coming off the record. This eqalization is done when a record is made too so its kinda like reversing what was done when the record was first made.

Now I need some suggestions for a good bang for the buck phono preamps.

There's always the Bellari VP129 - Tube Phono Preamplifier, though I've never seen it much less than $250.

Rat shack might have one.

Check musicdirect.com, they have a bunch.

Hey Rick,

The Bellari phone preamps are great - both solid state and tube. There are others out there, but these are a good start. Good luck!

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