Andy wrote:
> OT: My CD music collect finally on iPhone!
>
> The 3G 16gb left me about 5 gigs shy of my total music collection.
>
> Now I have my entire collection on the 32gb i4.
>
> Took about 4 days to import every album.
>
> I even dug out my DVDs to see if they were importable. Nope.
>
> Spend a good day blasting it through my Bose sound system. SPENT A
> GOOD DAY BLASTING IT THROUGH MY BOSE SOUND SYSTEM!!!
>
> A spectacular occasion. A SPECTACULAR OCCASION!!!
>
> Andy
> ANDY!!!

Congrats! Technology has done wonders for music.

My 12-year-old has been obsessed with the Beatles. After learning that my
dad has all their music on LP (the records I grew up on), he begged us to
find a way to play them. I dragged out my old dusty Technics turntable
(state-of-the-art when new), borrowed two speakers and an amp, and a week
later I still can't get them hooked up!
This technology is obsolete for very good reasons!

Andy wrote:

> Agreed. I have an old Dual turntable atop the stereo cabinet. The Shure
> stylus must be 30 or more years old!
>
> I wonder if it's useful for playing records or sawing through them!
>
Depends on how many coins you stick on to counter the counter-weight.

-j

Andy wrote:
> jack > wrote:
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>
>>> Agreed. I have an old Dual turntable atop the stereo cabinet. The
> Shure
>>> stylus must be 30 or more years old!
>>>
>>> I wonder if it's useful for playing records or sawing through them!
>>>
>> Depends on how many coins you stick on to counter the counter-weight.
>>
>> -j
>
>
> jack,
>
> You have a valid point there, but your hair conceals it!
>

Hey, I'm not a Merkin, nor do I own one.

-j

Andy wrote:
> jack > wrote:
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>> jack > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Andy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Agreed. I have an old Dual turntable atop the stereo cabinet. The
>>> Shure
>>>>> stylus must be 30 or more years old!
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if it's useful for playing records or sawing through them!
>>>>>
>>>> Depends on how many coins you stick on to counter the counter-weight.
>>>>
>>>> -j
>>>
>>> jack,
>>>
>>> You have a valid point there, but your hair conceals it!
>>>
>> Hey, I'm not a Merkin, nor do I own one.
>>
>> -j
>
>
> From what I read here at rfc, "Merkin" is a recently made up derogatory
> remark.
>
> NOT funny!
>
> Do the world a favor and refrain from using such a term.
>
> Andy
> Made in America

Whoosh

On Jul 8, 7:32*pm, Andy > wrote:
> "dejablues" > wrote:
> > Andy wrote:
> >> OT: My CD music collect finally on iPhone!
>
> >> The 3G 16gb left me about 5 gigs shy of my total music collection.
>
> >> Now I have my entire collection on the 32gb i4.
>
> >> Took about 4 days to import every album.
>
> >> I even dug out my DVDs to see if they were importable. Nope.
>
> >> Spend a good day blasting it through my Bose sound system. SPENT A
> >> GOOD DAY BLASTING IT THROUGH MY BOSE SOUND SYSTEM!!!
>
> >> A spectacular occasion. A SPECTACULAR OCCASION!!!
>
> >> Andy
> >> ANDY!!!
>
> > Congrats! Technology has done wonders for music.
>
> > My 12-year-old has been obsessed with the Beatles. After learning that
> > my dad has all their music on LP (the records I grew up on), he begged
> > us to find a way to play them. I dragged out my old dusty Technics
> > turntable (state-of-the-art when new), borrowed two speakers and an
> > amp, and a week later I still can't get them hooked up!
> > This technology is obsolete for very good reasons!
>
> dejablues,
>
> Agreed. I have an old Dual turntable atop the stereo cabinet. The Shure
> stylus must be 30 or more years old!

I've got an old Accutrac turntable with the same problem, And more
too! Like the strobe light is out, and the speed adjuster is flaky as
hell!

Bryan offered me his turntable that converts LPs to MP3's when I was
over the other day, but I had ridden my bicycle and didn't feel it was
prudent to carry the turntable home on my bicycle. Plus it's just not
a project I want to get into right now.

John Kuthe...

On Jul 8, 8:12*pm, "dejablues" > wrote:
> Andy wrote:
> > OT: My CD music collect finally on iPhone!
>
> > The 3G 16gb left me about 5 gigs shy of my total music collection.
>
> > Now I have my entire collection on the 32gb i4.
>
> > Took about 4 days to import every album.
>
> > I even dug out my DVDs to see if they were importable. Nope.
>
> > Spend a good day blasting it through my Bose sound system. SPENT A
> > GOOD DAY BLASTING IT THROUGH MY BOSE SOUND SYSTEM!!!
>
> > A spectacular occasion. A SPECTACULAR OCCASION!!!
>
> > Andy
> > ANDY!!!
>
> Congrats! Technology has done wonders for music.
>
> My 12-year-old has been obsessed with the Beatles. After learning that my
> dad has all their music on LP (the records I grew up on), he begged us to
> find a way to play them. I dragged out my old dusty Technics turntable
> (state-of-the-art when new), borrowed two speakers and an amp, and a week
> later I still can't get them hooked up!
> This technology is obsolete for very good reasons!

Don't feel bad. I'm still trying to find away to pump my old vinyl
thru the Bose, using my old turntable. Need a pre-amp, I think, but
have no idea what kind to buy. So, the project sits on the back
burner. My other half is no help!!

Kalmia wrote:

> Don't feel bad. I'm still trying to find away to pump my old vinyl
> thru the Bose, using my old turntable. Need a pre-amp, I think, but
> have no idea what kind to buy. So, the project sits on the back
> burner. My other half is no help!!

Something like:

http://www.google.com/products?q=ria...title&resnum=3

(http://tinyurl.com/2vrycqp)

I'm amazed at the rip-off prices though, seems $50 is about the average
price for putting $5-$10 worth of components in a box....

-j

On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:39:06 -0500, Andy wrote:

> jack > wrote:
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>> jack > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Andy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Agreed. I have an old Dual turntable atop the stereo cabinet. The
>>> Shure
>>>>> stylus must be 30 or more years old!
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if it's useful for playing records or sawing through them!
>>>>>
>>>> Depends on how many coins you stick on to counter the counter-weight.
>>>>
>>>> -j
>>>
>>> jack,
>>>
>>> You have a valid point there, but your hair conceals it!
>>>
>>
>> Hey, I'm not a Merkin, nor do I own one.
>>
>> -j
>
> From what I read here at rfc, "Merkin" is a recently made up derogatory
> remark.
>
> NOT funny!
>
> Do the world a favor and refrain from using such a term.
>
> Andy
> Made in America

how about 'fag'?

blake

Kalmia wrote:
>
> Don't feel bad. I'm still trying to find away to pump my old vinyl
> thru the Bose, using my old turntable. Need a pre-amp, I think, but
> have no idea what kind to buy. So, the project sits on the back
> burner. My other half is no help!!

Get a converter card and convert it to a digital format.

dejablues wrote:
>
> My 12-year-old has been obsessed with the Beatles. After learning that my
> dad has all their music on LP (the records I grew up on), he begged us to
> find a way to play them. I dragged out my old dusty Technics turntable
> (state-of-the-art when new), borrowed two speakers and an amp, and a week
> later I still can't get them hooked up!
> This technology is obsolete for very good reasons!

I have an Ion cassette desk that came with a USB interface and MP3
conversion software to rip my cassettes onto disk. At Target and in the
Sky Mall catalog I have seen a similar device that is a recorder player.
I have also seen a combination record player and cassette deck with the
same USB interface and software.

The software is rather trivial. You turn the record on an off manually
so you have to be there as the cassette/record plays. There's no way to
enter the time to automatically stop. I wasn't ****ed at having to
listen to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone over again but it
sure took a long time.

We no longer have any vinyl albums at all. We still have plenty of
audio cassettes and VHS tapes.