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I sold mine on eBay, I highly recommended it

Did anyone go out and see Victor Crowley (Hatchet 4)? Need that in my life 

So I decided to do a very simple veneer job, it's come out very nice so far. I've put this project off for long enough and I don't want to make it any more complicated than it needs to be or do something that's completely out of my wheelhouse or skill set while still learning something new (I've never worked with veneer before)

I was thinking of staining the table a very basic espresso or walnut color that would look nice, but then the more I thought about it I thought why make this look like a table that could have come out of the factory since there's a billion walnut turntables out there, including my main table I use now, so I'm going to stain it a cool mix of blue and green and give it some type of fade effect between the two colors and just have it be a truly unique looking table. Should be finishing it up the next couple days (veneer is set 100%, sanding is done and edges are good) and once it's all done I'll post a lot of pictures of the process and finished product.

It's not the most elaborate or complex job; I'm not cutting a new plinth out of wood or 3D printing a new base out of acrylic... but it's a fun project and a million times better looking than the fucking Beatles table, man.

Not a purchase, but one of my neighbors was cleaning out his garage a few weeks ago and was going to recycle this poor guy. He said he didn't even know if it turned on anymore or not and had been sitting for the last few years.  It powered on fine, the pots and contacts needed some cleaning (had an issue with one channel on the aux input and crackly volume knob), but even with my limited knowledge of maintaining electronics, I got it up and running 100% now outside of the balance knob being physically broken off and missing

From my understanding I think the 2238 is a "nothing special" type of marantz from its era, but it sounds fantastic and is powering my def tech towers beautifully. Even with the volume dialed at 8:30, the speakers are comfortably loud 

Grabbed a clear from napalm since splatter was sold out, was just looking for any reasonably priced option that isn’t white. 

Yeah I love NOES, but $250, Jesus. I was thinking a 4xLP like Last of Us for $70x2, so maybe $150.  Me thinks this will be a hard pass.

I hope that eventually the OST to the original film becomes available on its own. 

I love everybody's strong opinions, just ordered an LP and a shirt. GG

1 hour ago, allenh said:

Much like mobile phones or a lot of computer software I think its probably a case of whatever you used first is going to be what you are used to and anything else is just wrong.

 

 

This statement wins the thread

Discogs is essentially the Amazon of record collecting at this point. Attempting to maintain and use any other type of online collection database is redundant and unnecessary

On 8/27/2017 at 8:41 AM, AndrewSS said:

Anyone ever buy from this label before? What's the quality? I don't own the Moonshake Mega Man 2 or Zelda so I'd be interested in grabbing these 

This is not an original soundtrack recording.  Bit Brigade is a rock band that plays video game soundtracks.. Their live shows usually consist of them playing through a game soundtrack in sync with a dude who sits on stage and speedruns through the actual game which is projected behind them.  It's fucking awesome!

The quality of their releases are usually spot on, I own both the Zelda and Mega Man LPs.  The Zelda album was remastered from the original digital release and sounds amazing.

Not sure if it was posted, but Bit Brigade pressed their Legend of Zelda album on vinyl

http://www.hellosirrecords.com/contraband.html

Got mine in the mail a few days ago and it sounds fantastic. It sounds like they re-recorded it for this release as well. Recommended. 

Shit will probably sell for quadruple digits on the 'bay when it surfaces

This guy rules, I'm surprised there isn't already a thread for this one.  

Buy it from his bandcamp here: https://photay.bandcamp.com/album/onism-2

Can we please get a decent press of Miasma? I've always thought the mix was a little rough and could use a remaster. 

A guy can dream

1 hour ago, necroking said:

So if you already Preordered do you still get to choose which metroid cover you want? Didnt see it mentioned

It looks to me like the email is just showing the front and back covers of both albums.  I don't think there are different versions

For those around LA/SFV looking for this, freakbeat got about 45 copies of the blue for $32.99.  There were like 3 other dudes there to buy it at store open 

Local shop apparently got a bunch of blue and are selling them for 32.99, plus they're giving away a litho with purchase. Initially wasn't going to get this because I already own the parlophone release and I've probably spun it twice in the last 5 years, but I have the day off tomorrow so why not. I'll probably cruise in the morning and try to score one. 

Yeah I had to cop one of the vault boy versions. Definitely my variant of choice for this release

Fallout 3 Repress is up 

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/jort/

this is perfect for me because originally I didn't want the shitiness of a picture disc or the elaborate box set and it's high price point. 

yeah, jumping from $60 bookshelf speakers to $200 bookshelf speakers (new) is not going to help you "hear things a lot better"IMHO

Save more or try to hunt down a good deal on some used speakers

The Califone has a 1/4" jack that would need to go through some converters and adapters to most likely make it work with the Bose speaker you are referring to. 

If they enjoy listening to records at all, they should look into a new record player instead of spending more money on getting the Califone serviced as it probably has pretty terrible sound quality and is more importantly damaging their records.

See the beginners guide thread

URC MX-890 

Finally was able to program a turntable activity/icon into a universal remote control

9 hours ago, kindgott said:

Thanks for your reply Yanquiuxo (another fellow GYBE! fan here). As I wasn't very sure about this turntable because of little feedback about it I didn't want to heavily invest on the cartridge. After all this turntable costed 60 euro, same as the cartridge.

 

I read that Ortofon OM10 is quite similar to the 2M Red, but the latter seems to be quite bright and that may not pair well with the sound of the AS500, right? 

I am happy with the sound I get from other sources (cd and chromecast audio), not so happy with the sound from the turntable. Given the peculiarities of the Yamaha AS500 what cartridge would you recommend? Or would it make sense to invest in a turntable instead of a cartridge?

 

Thanks again for the comments. 

Well since you are happy with the way other sources sound I wouldn't rush out and buy new speakers just yet...  The cartridge is going to be your cheaper fix to the problem, I have no personal experience with that turntable but from what I read online it is somewhat decent, probably worth keeping and throwing a nicer cart on there for the price you paid, if anything as a backup table for the future if you do end up upgrading.

The 2M Red is a good step up over the OM10e or the Shure M97xe is also a decent suggestion for a similar price point.  I'm personally not a big fan of the brightness of the 2M Red and prefer the Shure over it.  The AT-440mlb is my personal choice for a bit more budget.  

My main suggestion if you decide to replace the cart is make sure you align it properly (or have it professionally installed) because it can easily take a $100 cartridge and make it sound like a $10 one if not properly installed.

For turntable suggestions if you want to replace yours all together, you are going to want to visit this thread here: