[PLUG] USB Turntable
Richard C. Steffens
rsteff at comcast.net
Wed Jun 14 16:24:26 UTC 2006
Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> I have Dual 1019 which has served very well, but it has a rumble or a low
> frequency resonance. It is inaudible, but it takes up considerable dynamic
> range. I have been unable to isolate the cause.
>
> On rim-drive Duals the part that wears out is the idler. They are no
> longer
> manufactured, and replacement idlers cost in the $60-$70 range. If your
> Dual
> has a good idler, and you are considering selling the machine, I would
> like to
> talk to you.
Mine is a 1216. Amazon told us that the new turntable has shipped, so
once we get it and give it a try, I'll decide if I want to let go of the
old turntable. I have thought of trying to replace the underside with
something else, like a direct drive, but I'm also aware that the motors
in these things are a little special, as in having more stability in
their speed, so that's probably not going to happen -- certainly not
anytime soon.
> I would also like to get some advice on using gramofile--I found the
> documentation confusing. But Audacity does not have the automatic
> scratch removal capability that gramofile is said to have.
I think I always just used the default filter. As I recall (it's been a
year or more since I recorded anything), when I tried selecting
something else, I ran into trouble. It did take a bit of getting used to
the user interface, but it seemed to work fine.
--
Regards,
Dick Steffens
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