Saturday, March 27, 2010

Sound Upgrade

File digitization on this blog has just gone from this:


To this:

You should be able to hear a significant improvement in sound quality beginning with my next post. Let me know what you think...

6 comments:

Mikel J said...

You might want to consider moving the tuntable off the top of the receiver. There is a hum field generated by the power transformer which might be picked up by the magnetic cartridge in the turntable. A good way to test this is to turn the volume way up & with the tone arm locked down, move the turntable. If you're getting hum it would be in the 60hz area and would intensify or subside depending on where you place the turntable. Good Luck! That looks like a good Ol' Sony Receiver.
Mikelj3

Todd Lucas said...

Ha, good for you. I'm still using the Numark.

Jukeboxmafia said...

@Mike: Thanks for the tip! I'll try that out. I appreciate the advice...

Jukeboxmafia said...

@Todd: This thing fell into my lap, so I might as well use it...

Hank said...

I have an old Sony reciever as well, needs a little work cause one of the channels is out, but I love those things. I was wondering, Blake, what would you suggest as far as something to transfer vinyl to mp3/soundfiles in the realm of the new turntables?
-H

Jukeboxmafia said...

Hey there Hank! Believe me, I am no expert on this stuff. That little Numark PT-01 worked great for me for quite a while and will only set you back about $100. No need to spend a ton of money...