So my girlfriend of almost one year (march 7th) is turning 18 march 11th. I want to get her a record player (vinyl), but I'm really a noob regarding that kind of stuff. So if I got her a record player, would she have to get specific speakers? I don't know, any insight would be helpful, thanks.

 

whats it going to be used for? Just playing music, mild mixing/spinning, hardcore mixing/spinning?

 

ill sell you my old turntables with mixer but ill have to look for em lol

if you want turntables, youll also need a mixer and for sound im just using my stereo with an aux port and does the job.

 

also, dont forget that you just CANT a turntable to a normal RCA inputs on a receiver since the output has what is called an RIAA curve:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_curve

newer turntables these days know about the curve and has it built into the output section. that's why you'll see turntable specific INPUT jacks since those have the RIAA CURVE equalization compensated for. if you plug the TT outputs into other jacks you can hear the difference.


some really newer TTs even have a USB output so you can plug them directly to a computer to rip vinyl... lol...

http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/90a0/


of course if you really treat her, get her some really high end stuff in the 4 figure range...

 

1200 FTW, just make sure her stereo has phono inputs.

 

technics still selling new 1200s????

 

I would love to pic up another set of 1200's if anyone has a set for sale or knows of a good deal let me know.

Mike

 

they sure do.

 

Got two turntables and a mic-ro-phone