Portable vinyl playing solution suggestions?

kaban · 29th November 2006, 08:38 AM

Hello!

I am currently travelling (and regularly travel due to my job) and what I want to do is make a great portable analogue rig that is small, light, sounds good and doesn't trash all the lovely records I buy.

What I am going to purchase is a Numark PT01 , would I be right in saying this turntable is ideal? It's small, portable, has stereo outs, and looks well built enough not to ruin the record. I am just going on what I have read on the 'net about it. I have read some customer reviews but I am not so sure of their accuracy. Do you know about any other quality portable that could fit the bill? After a fair bit of searching, this looked like the best option for what I was after.

I am then going to compliment this with an amplifiier, most likely a Sonic Impact amp (of course!) and maybe some Sonic Impact Soundpax

This system will mainly get use in Hotel rooms so I want the sound to be full and detailed as possible, volume is not an issue (don't want to get thrown out or anything!) I know, given the nature that this is really a portable player and not something high end, I wont get "pristine" sound, but as long as it doesnt ruin the records played on it, I am ok with that.

Any suggestions, improvements, etc welcome! :-)

es44 · 29th November 2006, 08:59 AM

Have you considered the possibility af your precious vinyl getting damaged by traveling that much ?
I would go for a transfer of the vinyl to cd, actually i do that today for "everyday use", don't want to wear my old records more than neccesary.
If done without too much declick etc. i think the result is quite satisfying, illusion af vinyl is somewhat preserved. It's great for the car cd player too

Best regards
Ebbe

jrevillug · 29th November 2006, 12:03 PM

Hello,
One possibility is the Audio-technica 'sound burger'-

http://www.retrothing.com/2005/11/sound_burger_vi.html

Alternativeley, a Dolby S cassette deck, with some Chrome cassettes gives good results in my experience- I have a 3-head Sony. Also, the sound is not too bad when playing back through Dolby B- good for Walkman/in-car tape playing.

James

sreten · 29th November 2006, 03:55 PM

Hi,

Get yourself a "MP3" player, personally I use variable bit rate WMA.
Copy your albums into your laptop/PC with a decent turntable at
CD quality and convert those to seperate WMA files.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...=mp3&doy=29m11

Would hold about 20 albums or more at 135 to 215 kbits/sec
VBR, around 14 at best quality VBR (240 to 355 kbits/sec).

Could simply use a laptop with the sonic-T or a ~ 1GB "MP3" player.

I wouldn't consider carting around LP's and a poor quality turntable.

/sreten.

29th November 2006, 08:38 AM	#1
kaban diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	Portable vinyl playing solution suggestions? Hello! I am currently travelling (and regularly travel due to my job) and what I want to do is make a great portable analogue rig that is small, light, sounds good and doesn't trash all the lovely records I buy. What I am going to purchase is a Numark PT01 , would I be right in saying this turntable is ideal? It's small, portable, has stereo outs, and looks well built enough not to ruin the record. I am just going on what I have read on the 'net about it. I have read some customer reviews but I am not so sure of their accuracy. Do you know about any other quality portable that could fit the bill? After a fair bit of searching, this looked like the best option for what I was after. I am then going to compliment this with an amplifiier, most likely a Sonic Impact amp (of course!) and maybe some Sonic Impact Soundpax This system will mainly get use in Hotel rooms so I want the sound to be full and detailed as possible, volume is not an issue (don't want to get thrown out or anything!) I know, given the nature that this is really a portable player and not something high end, I wont get "pristine" sound, but as long as it doesnt ruin the records played on it, I am ok with that. Any suggestions, improvements, etc welcome! :-)

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29th November 2006, 08:59 AM	#2
es44 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Fredericia, DK	Have you considered the possibility af your precious vinyl getting damaged by traveling that much ? I would go for a transfer of the vinyl to cd, actually i do that today for "everyday use", don't want to wear my old records more than neccesary. If done without too much declick etc. i think the result is quite satisfying, illusion af vinyl is somewhat preserved. It's great for the car cd player too Best regards Ebbe

29th November 2006, 12:03 PM	#3
jrevillug diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006	Hello, One possibility is the Audio-technica 'sound burger'- http://www.retrothing.com/2005/11/sound_burger_vi.html Alternativeley, a Dolby S cassette deck, with some Chrome cassettes gives good results in my experience- I have a 3-head Sony. Also, the sound is not too bad when playing back through Dolby B- good for Walkman/in-car tape playing. James

29th November 2006, 03:55 PM	#4
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	Hi, Get yourself a "MP3" player, personally I use variable bit rate WMA. Copy your albums into your laptop/PC with a decent turntable at CD quality and convert those to seperate WMA files. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...=mp3&doy=29m11 Would hold about 20 albums or more at 135 to 215 kbits/sec VBR, around 14 at best quality VBR (240 to 355 kbits/sec). Could simply use a laptop with the sonic-T or a ~ 1GB "MP3" player. I wouldn't consider carting around LP's and a poor quality turntable. /sreten.

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