OT: Hacking a turntable (think: vinyl)

Another good reason to boycott them.

I never buy BJs ice cream primarily cuz it sucks. I can't think of one single BJ flavor I'd eat even if given it free.

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I don't buy their products either. ...Jim Thompson

All of my "vinyl" is 33rpm... mostly classical... even some "hard" stuff like Gregorian Chant (I took all the music electives at MIT... middle ages to Baroque to Romantic era... :-)

As a teen I was never into R&R, so no 45's... I got into R&R listening to Wolfman Jack on radio when I went into my 30's, then collected all the Beetle's works.

I have a 300 CD "juke-box", about half classical, 1/4 Dixieland, and

Thats by far the most stupid reason not to buy an icecream I've ever heard. Do you hear yourself saying that to your (grand)child?

Same here, my wife however...

Ben and Jerry certainly are Vermont fairies and Unileaver (bought Ben&Jerry Ice Cream in '00) is a Europeon company, so being anti-gun is an automatic. ;-)

We tend to buy home-made, over-the-counter, when walking around with the grandchildren... though that doesn't happen so much anymore... one already in grad school, three (this fall) at UofA, several graduating into middle school... and just one a year away from Kindergarten.

I take politics seriously. You hadn't noticed ?:-) Offend my sensibilities, lose my business.

And I'm sure I've lost a lot of business myself, by being intensely pro-American. That's life. I have to be true to myself. ...Jim Thompson

Probably *never* work in this turntable, then. One of those wacky "tangential tracking" designs (I should look at the mechanism to see how it actually works. One of those things that you don't really think about -- as long as the sound comes out! :> )

Ditto. I've been going through slides, photos, old business paperwork, tax returns, etc. -- paper is *heavy*!

If it was just a matter of hacking the microcontroller to change the operating point of the motor's servo loop, that would be a no brainer. But, if there are lots of other issues related to the *physics* of the recording and reproduction process that don't magically "scale"... then it's one of those things I don't feel motivated to *learning* in this lifetime! :>

(I.e., I haven't heard many of these tunes in 40 years... I can wait ANOTHER 40!! :> )

OTOH, if I can find a firm locally that will do the job for me, then it may be worth it just to get rid of that excess weight "justifiably".

Jim Thompson wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

don't have any grandchildren,or children. Besides,there are other brands of ice cream.

I REFUSE to do business with companies that fund anti-American causes such as gun control or other "progressive" issues that I believe are bad for America. I don't see many movies because of all the activist actors and directors. I just had to add Robert Downey Jr to my list,he was at that G.Clooney Comrade Obama fundraiser. A shame,I liked him as an actor.

Progressive means going forward. For some people change is difficult to accept. You have to admit though that a car is much better than a horse + carriage. And a house beats living in a cave hands down. Going forward is the only way to stay in the game.

So your 'believes' are preventing you from living a normal live? You sound even more ridiculous than a fanatic Muslim!

"Progressive" in the Democrat Party sense means socialism. I prefer NOT to be like France, Italy or Greece. ...Jim Thompson

Bullshit.

My "believes" include not supporting entities who are actively and openly working against my interests, when at all possible. Nothing immoral about that. My "live" is just fine without either B&J or G. Clooney, or GE.

Spoken like a normal leftist moron.

Jim Thompson wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

their actions are far more REGRESSIVE that moving "forward". the current economic problems in Europe AND America are fine examples of that regression.

I have principles. you should try having some,"Nico". IMO,it's stupid to channel my money to those who would use it to further ruin America with their socialism,and make me suffer.

the Communists of the USSR called themselves "progressives",the communists of Red China call themselves "progressives",communists of Central and South America call themselves "progressives".Communists worldwide call themselves "progressives". (but their actions are far more REGRESSIVE than moving "forward".) So,"progressive" DOES equal socialist/communist. socialism is the first,necessary step to communism. But people make too much about minor differences in definitions,when essentially and practically speaking,socialism IS communism.

"Progressive" is just a marketing term adopted by the socialist. Socialism has never worked anywhere so the name needed to be changed. As you say, it really is regressive-ism. Just look at the democratic (socialist) inner cities for the perfect example.

On a sunny day (Thu, 17 May 2012 11:23:22 -0500) it happened Jim Yanik wrote in :

I received an investment letter from ABN-Amro, and it showed that during demorats presidencies the US economy was doing a bit better than during repugblican suppression. We all know Bush ruined the economy with his pointless wars, just to fill Cheney's pockets. While Clinton actually had a surplus. People like Jim have their head in the sand so deep that they never will be having a clear view, and I wonder why you still eat, as much of it was grown by leftists commies. You do not even know the difference, and NASA flies Russian taxis because YOUR knowledge of it is retarded after your prisoner of war Von Braun died you canny get it up!

Now I am not sure that AAB folder was right, I am sure they have an agenda too. but it is all out there for all to see who do not have head in sand.

Go optical young man, go optical.

Start here:

-- Roberto Waltman

Given the range of (mostly negative) comments, here, I suspect that would just confirm these issues. *Or*, result in "unverified suggestions" ("you might try...") for which I'm not willing to play guinea pig! :<

I'll chalk this one up as something best "farmed out" and donate the Beogram 8000 to a local thrift store/nonprofit.

Thx!

Yeah, seems like the "right" way to do it -- if the folks with the technology truly understand the recording and playback processes *intended* in the media's design.

I'm just not keen on spending the time that is probably required to learn and chase down the required tools. If it had been something simple/trivial (effectively pitch compensation in post processing), that's one thing; beyond that it starts to become a "project" :-/

Well, i suggest buying an appropriate new turntable and cartrige/stylus. The stylus is one of the most important changes, as there dimensional and functional differences in 78s versus other formats. I have a three speed turntable with a different cartrige/stylus for 78s. The TT is an AudioTechnica and the cartridges and styli are Stanton. I will get you the model numbers if you want. Or maybe send you a photo.

?-)