My Music Gear Overview - Vinyl Community
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- I've been asked to go over some of the gear I use to enjoy music and vinyl.
My Soundcloud: / user-551461074
My live broadcast: vaughn.live/craigtube
My other UA-cam channel: http;// / craigtube
Your channel is like fresh breath of air, after those many audio snob channels available on UA-cam. Good job
Thank you!
Def ! Just because !
Don’t normally bother commenting on Yt vids but I really do dig this channel. It’s refreshing to have some real ness amongst all of the ‘audiophile’ posturing that’s on here, which I’ll admit I’m guilty of pandering to. Anyway, really entertaining - keep it up, Craig....
Love your channel Craig you're like the Bob Ross of vinyl.
Always a fountain of information. Thank-you for continuing to make these videos!
Good to see you back showing us what you have for your set up.
Clear, honest and to the point, nice video Craig.
Craig, really enjoy your channel. I recently returned to vinyl after several years away. I have about 400 albums that were collecting dust. Finally bought a Fluance RT82, the 85 isn’t in stock, and upgraded the cartridge to a Sumiko Olympia, which I really enjoy. I also started washing all of my old vinyl and what a difference in the noise level. After not playing any of the old albums until I washed them I skipped ahead and played an unwashed one, way different noise level. I am sold on washing my vinyl. Keep up the interesting shows, I watched most of them. Also got the Onzow ZeroDust and like what that does for keeping the stylus clean
I discovered DBX disc through techmoan’s channel and I was so curious I bought a working DBX model 224 on eBay fairly cheap. Unfortunately I didn’t fully understand the requirement of a tape monitor loop which my main system did not provide and I had to acquire, at some expense, a vintage setup to use the dbx feature. As discussed in that video, Discogs has sellers who offer some titles in DBX disc and I’ve acquired 6 records in that format, also at some considerable expense. DBX encoded records are not cheap! I won’t speak to whether it was all worth the money as that is subjective. I will say it works exactly the way it should! No record surface noise whatsoever! My personal favorite in that format is Supertramp’s Even In The Quietest Moments! That one is simply spectacular! Incredible dynamic range and dead quiet between tracks! If you accept the steep price of admission DBX will not disappoint!
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thanks for sharing Craig, it is good to see you again
Cheers!!
Thanks Craig, I always look forward to your videos and it was nice to see we don't need to spend a fortune either 🎶
Unbelievable..............
I had the Nikko Beta 20 and Alpha 220. I started DJ'ing with them. Upgraded the amp to a Peavey for more power (couldn't afford the Crown).
The Beta 20 is really decent. Its step attenuator volume is nice. I recently bought the Schiit Freya+ with the even better Beta 40 in mind.
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Hi Craig
Here I the uk we had a lot of dBx records,I use to work in a hifi store and use to sell them I still think they are superb. I have The Police 2 Carpenters 2 Supertramp Dreamboat Annie and a few Clasical, all Decoaded through my Technics cassette deck,just brill keep up vlogging. I would send you a Technics sampler record if you where closer.Did the Rockies a year or to back WOW love your country 😎G
Hi Craig
Loving Vinyl TV here in the U.K. Been watching for a little while now and thought I would say how much I enjoy your videos which has rekindled my love affair with Vinyl once again. As a child of the 60’s it’s great to go back down memory lane.
Hoping to buy a Fluance RT85 turntable when they finally land in the U.K. Thanks and keep making the videos.
Great video. Its a very honest and contrived presentation.
You can get in Love with Vinyl or always good sound Quality, without spending tons of money, you are one of the realistic People who on the ground. Greetings from Germany
Love that comment at the end about intros-so true!
Nice setup and rocking shirt!
Hi Craig: I´m from Argentina. I´ve learned a lot from your videos. Thanks for your job . Very kind of you. Cheers
I haven't listened to Tug of War in decades. I will give it a listen. I just listened to Back to the Egg after probably 40 years - it's way better than I remember.
Some great gear & a nice setup overall.
Love your videos
I love your broadcasting microphone, it sounds great.
Another nice video Craig .... Thnx a lot ... love those videos..... :)
Nice analog gear
Lovin' the shirt, Buddy.
Yay, Craig is back!! - Love your basement chats. I was waiting for another video from you, then bam!, there it was on my notifications... Just bookmarked your radio broadcast site as well. Will be joining you Friday for the first time.... Please keep these videos coming. Although I realize you're probably running out of topics, lol... No matter. Just love these basement audio chats. Cheers from Toronto! - Maybe see you around the record stores!
Hey Neighbor!
Good to see you again. My next upgrade for my home stereo is going to be a subwoofer. Probably a 12. When I added the 12 to my cars trunk I was amazed by the sound. Not super power to rattle the car, but good linear response ( around 100 watts). Got a kick out of the upright string bass of acoustic recordings. Sounded like it was right there in front of you. Also when I would play recordings with the sub I would hear stuff I totally missed without it. Lots of low frequency stuff in music these days.
Keep the vids coming, love watching your views and opinions, your the reason I turned back to vinyl from digital, I still love my audio technica 120 though,
Hey I didn't want to knock the AT-LP120. I heard they fixed a few things in later generations. It's a solid deck.
Hey, great to see you again, Craig! That CD changer you have, you might want to check to see, it might have file management, where you can program titles and song of each one of those CDs. Some changers came with an album were you just slip in the cover of the CD case and the slots were numbered so one knew which slot had which CD.
Again, thanks for sharing your great videos.
checking out lots of your vid's good stuff you make so much sense , keep it up . cheers
I also have that Paul McCartneys album, it's great. Love your channel Craig.
Killer! I have the Audio-Technica 120X USB table with the Audio-Technica AT540ML ... love the Micro Line!
I'm house hunting and one of the things.im most looking forward to os upgrading gear a setting up a proper music room. Liked looking into your world.
I had one of those v500xs when I was in high school. I went through 3 of them and all of them had something wrong. I ended up with a Nak bx150 and it had transport issues. Luckily I had a great dealer and eventually it got worked out. I really liked the dbx type2 on the TEAC though on some types of music.
Ah, I was just thinking that I should order a pair of headphones. And now I just decided to get an AKG. Can't wait to try it :)
Look at the Superlux range they're AKG clones at a fraction of the price and sound as good if not better.
I bought my Exposure Vi, VII & IV Dual Reg pre and power amp set up in the mid 80's and I still have this set up I've not found anything that to my ears outperforms it without costing me big bucks. As my tastes have changed and have broadened my scope of what I listen to the only changes I've made to my system have been the front end with a Project Xtension 10 which I bought for its mix of practicality, namely digital speed control, gorgeous for and finish wood etc but a great arm that works well with Ortofon cartridges. I'm pretty much done with my system bar the amps becoming dead for any reason, hopefully they won't though!.
Good Heavens! How similar in appearance to the SAE Pre-amp \ Equalizer and Power Amp I had in the early to mid eighties
I sold top shelf audio back in 1979-1980 DBX was an amazing technology in it's day The store i worked in had a DBX demo display people were amazed we would drop the needle on the DBX encoded album you would hear nothing until the first note it would startle most customers, the main setback was no enough music was released. the good old days of audio!
I have a copuple of dbx discs. I use a standalone encoder/decoder in my system. The sound is fantastic. The catalog is somewhat limited, and prices can be a little high, but I love it.
Interesting video, thanks!
Love the videos. I had the exact same cd player for years until I copied all my cd to my PC.
You sold me on those AKG headphones. I bought those exact ones. I can't believe how great they sound. I'm never buying bose again! Thanks Craig.
Just wondering how they compare to the "standards" of studio monitoring (from what I hear) - namely, the Sony MDR-7506 or the Audio-Technica ATH-M50X headphones.
nice one on the speakers.. I have smaller m1active 520's and they're quite good for the price I paid 7-8 year ago. I'm in a small apartment so anything bigger would be overkill.
Hi Craig
Nice video and overview of your stereo gear! Hope you try a LOMC cart on one of your turntables since you have the capability through your preamp.
I took the plunge a few years back with a Denon 103r. There is the more affordable Denon 103 too.
Best,
Virgil
Liked before watching the Video^^Great Channel for Vinyl Enthusiasts
Great video and channel thanks for sharing your gear . Thank am in the mood for playing some sounds 🤔 bert jansch I think 👍✌🙏🔊🎛🇬🇧🎵
There are some GREAT titles in your collection! Did I see an original pressing of Eye In The Sky with the foil inlays? Great stuff! I know you are a major Rush fan too (as am I). You and I have so much in common in our musical interests! I did also notice that record which includes your own music. It is your channel after all ;-)
Top Video! Always enjoy ur videos! ;)
Nice set up craig you will like the Nikko amp once you hook it up I have the Nikko 450 running my ev 1502 speakers and it sounds sweet take care And cheers rick From Georgia
Hello Craig, Nice video as always. When you get time, can you do a review video, on your newly AKG K240? Thanks.
Thanks for not making intros.. You're right, most of us skip them, anyway. 🙂
Nice gear you've got there, mister. Hope you can fix your LP120 motor, it seems it lacks some lubrication. Cheers!.
Awsome shirt 3rd
You may be able to find some dbx encoded records on eBay perhaps. I've never tried myself as I don't have equipment to decode them. I know they exist there via Techmoan actually as he does quite a few videos on obscure audio formats (Elcaset, DCC etc). It's worth a shot.
Good video as always, Craig. What I'd really like to know, though, is what pro gear you used to record back in the 80's, like for "After All" and "Dream on the Horizon". You mentioned a couple pieces of pro gear, but I'm curious about the main gear like the mic you used for the vocals, the audio mixer, the multi-track tape recorder, etc. My son and I love those songs I mentioned, and my son bought a vinyl copy of each from Discogs. These are some beautiful songs, Craig. You should consider doing a repress.
Tug of War is one of Macca's best, but i am not so convinced with the release being a 2015(?) remix.
I would have loved to hear the original mix remastered on vinyl.
So i'll stick to my original pressing.
Awesome that you have that. I wasn't aware it was re-mixed. Didn't sound like it. Re-mastered, probably.
Hello Craig, funny your talking about the DBX decoding. I do own one DBX record and I saw you own that album aswell. It's the selftiteld album of Boston. So check it out, maybe your lucky your copy is allso a DBX version. I allso like to know if you can put a link where to buy the shirt you're wearing. Kind regards.
Ya, my Boston copy is not dbx. Love that album. The shirt was a gift from a friend, so I have no idea where it came from.
yeah good job on this video... i might even watch your live broadcast! now isn't there something else you should be working on?
Cool video! Loved hearing about your gear!
I also have a Sony Carousel disc changer, Model CDP-CX225! I absolutely love it, but I do have to admit that I don't use it nearly as much as I used to. I have found that it gets glitchy if I have CDs in consecutive slots. It also gets glitchy when it gets really dusty inside. It is a challenge to keep it clean in there! So, I no longer keep all of my CDs inside it. I just choose a number of CDs I want to hear in one session, and put them in specific slots.
I want to check out your live channel this weekend. Is there any way you could do notificatons to remind your subs of your broadcast? Even if I were to tape a reminder to my TV screen, I could easily still forget! (And I don't have a smartphone!)
Also, can't wait to check out your cooking vids!
Blessings!
Thank you! If you go to the live channel page (create a free account) and click the bell under the video window, you'll get an email every time I start. No other emails will be sent. It's a good site. Hope to see you there this Friday! There's your reminder :D
@@VinylTV33 Thank you!
i think he really annoyed by that bloody bright light so i appreciate a bit more his effort and suffering what he put into this vids nice one geeza keep it up
You didn't talk about it, but you showed an at 440ml cartridge with lots of dust after one play. I have an at 540ml with the same issue. Sometimes I have to clean the stylus half way thru a record, even though I cleaned the record before hand.
I didn't get to finish. I don't know if this is good or bad. On the one hand, it makes me feel it's tracking deep inside the groove giving me a fuller sound. On the other hand it's a bit of a pain to have to clean halfway thru a record side. How do I clean the record, which looks clean to me, in a way that gets deep inside the groove? Any thoughts on this?
I'm possibly looking into a 540 cart myself. Does it come with a plastic dust guard like my AT-VM95ML has to keep the dust off when not playing a record?
@@ebinrock Yes it does.
Man, really enjoy your channel, great content! You mentioned that AT-LP 120 usb, and thought it would be great if one of you guys that actually knows a lot about turntables goes in-depth...dj's always talk about its functionality in their understanding of dj'ing pros and cons. Ex: portability, pitch, power of the drive ...but what advantages does it have for the lay-listener? Another curiosity is the claim that one can increase the sound insulation, swap out cartridges and the unit supposedly is just as great as more expensive belt-drive arty-farty hi-fi players? It's all so confusing...at the end of the day does any of this substatively matter? Love the channel☆☆☆☆
I had it as my main turntable once, it's a good turntable for it's price. Many suggest to cut off it's preamp. I never did that and it sounded fine. Now i have a Technics SL-1210GR and could not be happier.
There is a new version of atlp120, the x model. Should be a bit better than the normal version. Flaws fixed.
Hi there Livewire,
Update :I ended up with the AT-LP usb-× , and am really enjoying it. Damn fine for my purposes, namely the love of hearing great music....thanx again for the post and help! Cheers to you ☆☆☆☆
@@rogra2087 Glad to hear! Does it have the new AT95 cartridge? I have read that it's a great cartridge for it's price.
@@Livewire91 Yes it did come preloded with the package...that stylus is magic far as I'm concerned. Produces a very rich and warm & * lively sounding effect that makes music pop to life. The turntable is paired with a pair of powered *Klipsch speakers-wow! It all really rekindled my love of vinyl!!! Im soo rehooked☆☆☆
Thanx again LxWx!
What do you think of the technics sl-q30, thats my current turntable.
Craig, you should really try some Nagaoka Cartridges.
Just recently bought a Nagaoka MP-200 and it knocked me out. It beat my Ortofon 2M Blue by a long shot!!
Question is... Will it beat my AT440mla? I'd be surprised if there was enough of a difference to justify the purchase. Yes I have been curious about the Nagaoka carts. One day.
That would depend on which of the Nagaokas you would match up against the AT 440. The MP 110 would be a very close call against the 440, but the MP 200 would definitely beat the 440.
The 440 is by no means a bad Cart, but I find it to be a bit too much on the bright side. The MP 200 is a very neutral sounding Cart and very well balanced. It is also a tracking champ like the AT 440 and there is no Inner Groove Distortion. I can highly recommend it!!
@@stud2578 How does it do against a Ortofon 2M Blue. That's the one i have.
@@Livewire91 I bought a 2M Blue two years ago. It's a fine cart, but the Nagaoka MP 200 beat the 2M Bronze, so the 2M Blue is no match for the MP 200.
@@stud2578 Ok thanks!
Hey Vinyl TV. Is there a dbx noise reduction device that can found on ebay? :) If so, how much will it cost for one of those? :) Thank you! :)
I think the best thing would be to have a look.
Hey, I really need some opinions here and I can't think of much better of a place to get them. I'm looking for a new turntable, something to buy new and not used. While you may be able to get better deals used, I unfortunately can't given my area and I don't want to order one through ebay or anything like that. I've got a budget of about $550-600 CAD and I'm really just not too sure what would be the best turntable to get in that price range. Any suggestions?
Well I can tell you that I love my Fluance tables. The RT-81 is half your budget, so you could go for the RT-85. I'm listening to B.T.O. on it as I type and loving it.
Fluance turntables has been really well received. Sadly they dont sell in EU...
Hey Craig, what did that CD carousel end up costing at the thrift store? Wish I had one of those in my setup 👍
I think I paid around $20 for it.
@@VinylTV33 Wow! That is quite a find at a decent price. Great come-up!!!👍
i recently got into vinyl and my dad gave me a hamilton speaker with a built in preamp but i would a much nicer quality so where do you suggest i find a good receiver?
or would anyone suggest me what to use to improve my sound experience while listening to vinyl?
i am a teenager so i would like something that sounds amazing but on a budget
1:00 "I might give it a third listen." Why ever wouldn't you?
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What drums have you got Craig ?
I currently have a 10 piece set of Tama and a cheap 5 piece, but they are pack away in a room because I live in a townhouse. My current working set is a Roland TD-17 electronic kit, which sounds very good and feels like a real kit. I can play them any time of day or night.
Love your channel mate !! @@VinylTV33
Hi Craig, are your albums available anywhere to purchase, I would love to own every single one you produce, so far from what I hear from some of your videos I would love to add them to my collection. Keep up the great videos my friend.
Unfortunately, I never released an album, but had a few singles out, one of which is on vinyl. I just haven't figured out how to get them to people without going to the post office every week. I don't drive. Thanks for the kind words!
@@VinylTV33 ok, any chance of recording them to Cassette tapes or 2 track reel to reel at
7 1/2 ips?
If you haven't, would you give your thoughts on speaker wire(s)?
Love your gear .
Just dont say the " b " word LOL
YES..... any intro more than 2 seconds is starting to waste my time. It's the bane of DVD playback.... having to sit through all the production intros just to watch one performance on a concert DVD... i'd play my DVD's more if I could get to a favorite track quickly...……………...
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Almost without exception, heavy vinyl sucks. It is a marketing ploy.
Heavy vinyl will often play quietly. That is the only positive attribute it has. Heavy vinyl usually has little to no life to the music. It makes the music boring.
Are there exceptions? Yes. Few things in life do not have exceptions.
Can you find a world class surgeon in a dirt poor country? Yes. But you will have a much better chance of finding one in New York City.
If you want a great sounding pressing, you need know which stampers have a chance of sounding great, and which stampers have little to no chance of sounding great. Heavy vinyl falls into the latter category. Which pressings have a chance of having great sound? Trial and error. But knowing what to avoid (like heavy vinyl) will save you time and $$.
Cheers!