喔!!引用:
作者: 小葉
這種價格沒意義!!
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喔!!引用:
作者: 小葉
這種價格沒意義!!
Enjoying Turntables Without Obsessing
唱盤的價格可根據精準度與手工藝區分。可以從三個地方著手：唱盤平台、馬達與驅動器、以及拾音臂。
譬如說馬達需要無聲、唱盤平台越重可以維持速度的變動，同時也需要更大的馬達，但就會產生雜音。
較輕的唱盤平台則可輕易傳輸振動，但會有鈴鈴聲‧
看起來選唱盤還是不簡單!! 大家來研究唷!!
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Clockwise from top left: the Oracle Audio Delphi MK VI, the VPI Industries Classic 3, the Audio Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct-Drive Professional and the Music Hall mmf-2.2le turntables.
Buying records is easy. You can find them by the milk crate at yard sales, for a few dollars apiece in used record stores, and there are new, special pressings by contemporary musicians like Shelby Lynne, whose “Just a Little Lovin’” album, at $30, is a top seller. But buying the instrument needed to listen to them, a turntable, is a different matter. “Young people didn’t grow up with turntables,” said Kenny Bowers, manager at Needle Doctor, a Minnesota store specializing in turntables. “It seems mysterious and complicated because you don’t just push a button and have it play for you.”
There are advantages to old-fashioned analog music, according to some audiophiles. “There is a fuller sound to it, and more depth to the sound,” said Ryan Holiday, the New Orleans-based marketing director for American Apparel. He’s a new devotee of jazz and David Bowie, thanks to LPs. (For the youngsters, that stands for long playing, as in long-playing record; there were also small records called 45s). “I could hear hands going up and down the frets, and stuff that they probably didn’t want you to hear. Which is a nice little surprise,” he said.
Mr. Holiday is not alone in his appreciation. Record sales have climbed for five years. Now turntable sales are growing. They were up 50 percent in January over January last year.
Hi-fi elitists may debate competing technologies of moving coil versus moving magnet cartridges as if Middle East peace depended on the answer, but turntables are really simple machines. It doesn’t cost a great deal to get a good one, and today’s turntables give you more for your money than they did when vinyl ruled. The celebrated Thorens 125 MKII, with tonearm, cost about $500 in 1975. (That’s about $2,000 in today’s dollars.) A comparable one in performance today, like the Music Hall MMF-2.2 or the Pro-Ject Debut III Esprit, costs $300 to $500.
Nevertheless, some turntables, like the Clearaudio Master Reference at $28,000, cost as much as a Toyota Camry hybrid.
You are paying for two things, precision and craftsmanship. So here’s a guide to some of the costs. (It was just as confusing back in the 1960s, kids.) A turntable is basically three assemblies: the revolving platform the record sits on, called the platter, and the motor and drive; the tonearm, which moves across the record as it plays; and the cartridge and needle, which sit on the end of the tonearm and pick up the vibrations recorded in a record’s grooves.
Turntables are machines that read vibrations, but they often can’t distinguish a good vibration from a Beach Boys album and a bad one from your stomping across the room. A good turntable is designed to isolate it from the real world.
The motor needs to provide noiseless, consistent speed. A heavy platter helps to keep the speed from varying. But it’s an engineering game of Whac-A-Mole. Heavier platters need bigger motors, which may be noisier (and they cost more). Light platters can more easily transmit vibrations that can cause a ringing sound. The rule of thumb is make sure the table weighs at least 10 pounds. “If not, it’s made of plastic compound. It will sing along with music,” said Harry Weisfeld, the owner of the turntable maker VPI, based in Cliffwood, N.J. He advocates metal platters.
You can also buy mats and special feet to isolate the turntable from outside vibrations.
The kind of motor is even more hotly debated. One way the motor drives the platter is with a belt; the other is to mount the platter directly on the motor. Direct-drive mounting is preferred by some people because there is less chance the speed will vary. Rubber belts can stretch and loosen over time. But a direct-drive turntable is more likely to transmit noise, whereas rubber belts absorb motor vibrations.
The crazy thing is that the least and most expensive turntables tend to be belt-driven. It’s really a personal preference. Trust your ears. The tonearm needs to keep the needle where it picks the most vibrations from the record without so much pressure that it damages the grooves. “The main thing is the weight,” said Scott Shaw, audio solutions specialist for Audio-Technica, an audio equipment maker. “Lighter tracking forces tend to provide better audio quality,” he said.
With some exceptions, the better tonearms are machined in one piece of lightweight steel, not cast or pressed. There are more exotic tonearms of carbon fiber, composites, even wood, but you are going to find that only on turntables that cost more than $1,000, said Mr. Shaw.
The cartridge is mounted on the end of the tonearm and holds the stylus, or needle. “The stylus is where everything happens,” said Michael Pettersen, director of applications engineering for Shure, which makes cartridges. “When you buy a $100 cartridge,” he said, “the needle is $90 of the cost.”
Needles are either elliptical or spherical, with no significant price difference. Elliptical tends to be better at reproducing high-pitched sounds, said Mr. Pettersen. Spherical does a better job riding over flaws in vinyl, though, and may be better for 45s and worn records. (An even older form of record, the 78, require a special, larger stylus.) “If I have a very nasty record, I’ll use the spherical," Mr. Shaw said.
There are also two kinds of cartridges, moving magnet and moving coil. Most cartridges are moving magnet. While they tend to be heavier than moving coil, you can change the stylus yourself, which you may want to do to adjust to the condition of your vinyl or change the sound you get.
Moving coil is the type often favored by audiophiles because it has less weight, but changing a stylus requires a trip to the manufacturer. Both types typically wear out in 600 to 800 hours of use.
Although the sky is the limit on price, a very good cartridge costs $75 to $100, said Mr. Pettersen.
Getting the most from a turntable requires careful setup, although maybe not as careful as people who sell calibration equipment would have you believe. “Setting up the turntable doesn’t have to be as complicated as they make it,” said Mr. Shaw. There can be leeway from the exact specifications, he said, adding, “Set it up fairly close, it will be fine. My point is, don’t obsess.”
One additional piece of gear Mr. Shaw recommends is a stylus gauge to measure the weight the cartridge is putting on the record. “Don’t rely on the little numbers on the back of the tonearm,” he said. “They are very inaccurate.” Mr. Bowers of Needle Doctor recommends the Shure scale, the SFG-2, available online for $20 to $40.
It may also be worthwhile to buy a tool to make sure the cartridge is lined up properly. Mr. Bowers recommended the Mobile Fidelity Geo-Disc, which is $50 to $80.
Finally, you can check some of your work with a test record, like the Cardas Frequency Sweep and Burn-In Record ($15 to $30), which plays tones that help confirm that the setup is correct.
You may find that what sounds best is not the recommended settings, or what the gauges and protractors dictate. In the end, it’s as much art as science.
And isn’t that the beauty of analog?
Dalby Audio Design Parousia Turntable
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那家的盤啊？看起來不錯
Thorens 125 anniversary
56000USD引用:
作者: chsiang
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那是該說我眼光很好嗎？
眼光好,多半要多花錢..:D
有問題去找黃醫師弄一下............
忍不住介紹一張唱片Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (最後照片中櫃裡唯一可辨識的唱片)引用:
作者: 小葉
這是 Bruce Springsteen生涯第一張專輯唱片 發行於1973年
他的原作 在多年後被翻唱改編 變得暢銷 我覺得它的偉大在於他的原創性 與社會結合的庶民體驗
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欲罷不能 再推一曲
http://youtu.be/L0JOOEnRopM
推薦幾張唱片
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這張唱片不記得是什麼時候買的（不過不是在台灣買的）。前一陣子洗完拿出來聽，相當滿意。這張是1960年前後的錄音，錄的很好。封套背面還有樂團配置圖，可以一邊聽一邊看自己的音響調整的如何。Alexander Nevsky是Prokofiev為俄國電影導演艾森斯坦的同名電影寫的電影配樂，後來Prokofiev把裡面的一些音樂重新整合，寫成一齣清唱劇。這個錄音裡，我特別推薦的是“雪地大戰”這一段。Schippers以凌厲的速度描繪出激烈的戰況，讓人幾乎喘不過氣來。聽來非常過癮。
艾森斯坦和Prokofiev本來計畫要合作幾部電影和配樂，但是有幾個都不了了之。下面這套唱片
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是另一部電影“恐怖的伊凡”。這部電影本來有三部曲，但是艾森斯坦在拍第三部曲前心臟病突發，雖然沒死但是他的導演生涯也結束了。
嚴格的說，這個音樂不能算是100％的Prokofiev的作品。雖然裡面所有的配樂都是來自電影本身，但是Prokofiev並沒有像Alexander Nevsky那樣好好整理過，而是由Abram Stasevich整理後再演奏的。所以，這個音樂的整體性就沒有前一部那麼緊湊和完整。雖然如此，Prokofiev是個非常嚴謹的作曲家，既使是寫個電影配樂，他也是全力以赴。這些音樂的精采與創意，完全不在他的其他作品之下。
這套唱片在音響論壇的唱片評薦裡有介紹（好像是美國的TAS或Stereophile推薦的）。音響論壇的評語是“音樂不是很動聽。”:o:o
既然劉總編這麼說，我當然是非要聽聽看不可囉！在買到這套唱片前，我有買過CD
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這套裡面沒附解說，所以裡面的俄語口白就不知所云了。幸好，後來買到了這套唱片，裡面有精美的說明書（這是LP的優勢，也是幾年前我為什麼會重拾唱片的原因）。
這套唱片的錄音應該是多麥克錄音，裡面也有些片段有很深很寬的sound stage，拿來秀音響還蠻不錯的。如果您能接受像Alexander Nevsky，那您應該會喜歡這套唱片。我可以瞭解劉總編覺得這些音樂不動聽的原因。不過，如果您考慮到這是描寫俄國歷史上很黑暗的部份（伊凡甚至搞了一個像明朝的東廠一樣的密探組織），您會發現這些音樂和故事是很貼切的。
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My treasure
Teragaki Σ5000 is an analog player.It is said to be high precision measuring instrument.A technologist Dr Teragaki develop it for 17 years long,and it's cost is 500,000,000 japanese yen.
Because of high price,Σ５０００ was sold only 30 pieces.
But many audiophiles looking for this accurate analog player.