re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.

Just found an old Bing Crosby Christmas record in a garage sale box set I got years back. I think it’s an original from the 40s or so. Definitely been played a lot, it was in another Christmas symphony box set and didn’t have a cover. There’s just something about Bing on the turntable at Christmas...

Welcome aboard!

I’ve been a little absent from this thread for a while.

I started a renovation/repair project in the house that caused a domino effect. After years of getting frustrated with sub-par house repairs and contracting work (not the audio room however—that was done right—because I was heavily involved in that on a daily basis), I decided to start doing all the home repairs myself.

I am pretty knowledgeable when it comes to just about anything regarding construction of a house, but about 15 years ago I decided to start letting the “pros” do the manual work. You hit a point in life when the Opportunity Cost factor kicks in, and it just wasn’t worth the time and headache to do the work myself.

Not anymore...a few back-to-back bad contracting instances this fall was the catalyst I needed. Over the last 8 weeks I have spent the equivalent of a new McIntosh amplifier on revamping my tool arsenal (both power and mechanical). Because of this, my tool room/work room had to be redone to accommodate all the new gear. This required me to empty and gut the existing tool room and start over, beginning with peg-boarding the entire room.

It snowballed, as I am the type that says, “well, if I’m in it this far, I might as well just go ahead and do ____”, so the project grows.

I am hoping to be done by March, as the initial project that spurred the tool room project still needs to be done.

I haven’t even unboxed the Xillica digital signal processor I bought 3 months ago...and that piece should make a HUGE difference in the performance of the big rig.

I plan on adding to this thread a detailed report of the installation of that piece as it is not plug and play...maybe I will get to it by April.

I haven’t been posting “what’s playing now” as the audio room is piled high with all the contents of the tool room while I make the changes to it—and it is a total mess!

Anyway, for those looking for advice on start up rigs, I will try to get to your posts, but it just may take a few days until these house projects are complete.







ETA...I will, however, reply quickly to a thread if involves trolling on the The SECRant...

Roll Tide!

I feel that I need to clarify my upvote was for the Willie record, and not the geaux tigers.

My wife got this shite for Xmas

It’s a audio-technica AT-LP60XBT model turn table with Bluetooth capabilities.

The Bluetooth speaker is a Marshall Stanmore cream model.

I can get them to pair, but when I play the record nothing comes out. Keep in mind I’m a millennial, but the record is spinning & I think I did everything right setting it up.


The ap for the Marshall speaker shows they are paired. At first I thought it just meant it wa L’s connected to my phone, but The speaker beeps when the pairing is done. It seems they are in sync

The song on the bottom of the ap is the last song that my wife played thru her Apple Music. It’s not the record I’m trying to play.






This is the set up for a visual. I realize this isn’t a traditional setup but this is what she asked for. Anyone have any tips?

Looking online at the Marshall site, is the Bluetooth LED lit on the top of the speaker? Turntable should have blue LED lit. Not sure what use the phone app would serve if you are playing the turntable. Could it be confusing the connection? Have you tried playing something from your phone to see if you get sound.

I’d get it on a sturdier table. Enjoy!

Amazon has a hifi for 12.99.

I’m curious how many in here can really tell a difference in 320 kbps vs FLAC. I think a good bit will be surprised.

Wife and I have twins arriving in the next week or two and we plan on setting them up near our turntable and spending our days listening through all the albums again. Need to get the bambinos accustomed to good music early.