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What, the record brush and 45 adapters get no love?

chrono_1980 wrote:K - got mine today, just in time for x-mas... uh, nevermind about that...

The 12" box, very cool.
The 7" box, very cool.
The single, very cool.
Headphones, very cool.

The turntable - looks very cool. But it sounds like my inchophone... curious if something is wrong with it, or does everyone's sound like that? It's got a tinny almost vibrato sound to it. I've tried messing with the tone knob, which helps a bit. Tried 3 different 45's, all the same. Anybody else have this? Did my cartridge get damaged? Should I call TMR?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Mine is pretty loud and full sounding. Decent bass response for a set of built in speakers. I was a little let down that it didn't have any other outputs, after using it for a while though, I think it sounds fine on its own. Hopefully you get yours figured out so you can enjoy it!

Side note: Has anyone used the usb function? I was wondering if it puts out a stereo signal or a mono signal like the usb ION's have.

It outputs to stereo just fine, I wouldn't use the audacity software though. It does the trick but won't allow you to manipulate anything else. I actually did a couple of tests from the Crosley and then from the set up I usually import from:

Dual 1225
Sony TAE 5450

I bring it out of the pre-amp into my mixer / input from my Mac Pro. I then have a preset I've made within soundtrack pro which has really nice bass tones. I record and tweek if necessary. Maybe boost or do some leveling if I'm feeling "creative." I then export uncompressed then from that file I will export it to an itunes friendly file while keeping the uncompressed archive on a HD. It's a little tedious as I usually will spend most of my time renaming files, encoding etc but in the end it creates a really nice digital sound.

The Crosley is "standard" yeah you can hear it but it doesn't really pack a punch regarding tone, it exports a good argument why we listen to vinyl as it doesn't produce a digital file to the .5th of what my dual can turnout. The interface is great for someone that isn't very tech about things so that's definitely a plus. As far as the turntable it's self is concerned I love it, it's a nice little portable player and I was very surprised how well the speakers sound.

In a nut shell Crosley playing = win. Crosley importing USB = fail (in system preferences it says the device can only transfer 12mb/s)

hawke000 wrote:It outputs to stereo just fine, I wouldn't use the audacity software though. It does the trick but won't allow you to manipulate anything else. I actually did a couple of tests from the Crosley and then from the set up I usually import from:

Dual 1225
Sony TAE 5450

I bring it out of the pre-amp into my mixer / input from my Mac Pro. I then have a preset I've made within soundtrack pro which has really nice bass tones. I record and tweek if necessary. Maybe boost or do some leveling if I'm feeling "creative." I then export uncompressed then from that file I will export it to an itunes friendly file while keeping the uncompressed archive on a HD. It's a little tedious as I usually will spend most of my time renaming files, encoding etc but in the end it creates a really nice digital sound.

The Crosley is "standard" yeah you can hear it but it doesn't really pack a punch regarding tone, it exports a good argument why we listen to vinyl as it doesn't produce a digital file to the .5th of what my dual can turnout. The interface is great for someone that isn't very tech about things so that's definitely a plus. As far as the turntable it's self is concerned I love it, it's a nice little portable player and I was very surprised how well the speakers sound.

In a nut shell Crosley playing = win. Crosley importing USB = fail (in system preferences it says the device can only transfer 12mb/s)

how bad is the clipping from the crosley?

mine arrived! apparently my usual fed ex guy was on vacation, so it was a dolt sub. who missed me 3x.

anyway, lovely in person!!!

i might sell it anyone interested?

elduderino wrote:

hawke000 wrote:It outputs to stereo just fine, I wouldn't use the audacity software though. It does the trick but won't allow you to manipulate anything else. I actually did a couple of tests from the Crosley and then from the set up I usually import from:

Dual 1225
Sony TAE 5450

I bring it out of the pre-amp into my mixer / input from my Mac Pro. I then have a preset I've made within soundtrack pro which has really nice bass tones. I record and tweek if necessary. Maybe boost or do some leveling if I'm feeling "creative." I then export uncompressed then from that file I will export it to an itunes friendly file while keeping the uncompressed archive on a HD. It's a little tedious as I usually will spend most of my time renaming files, encoding etc but in the end it creates a really nice digital sound.

The Crosley is "standard" yeah you can hear it but it doesn't really pack a punch regarding tone, it exports a good argument why we listen to vinyl as it doesn't produce a digital file to the .5th of what my dual can turnout. The interface is great for someone that isn't very tech about things so that's definitely a plus. As far as the turntable it's self is concerned I love it, it's a nice little portable player and I was very surprised how well the speakers sound.

In a nut shell Crosley playing = win. Crosley importing USB = fail (in system preferences it says the device can only transfer 12mb/s)

how bad is the clipping from the crosley?

I lol'ed.

cheeseprocedure wrote:

chrono_1980 wrote:K - got mine today, just in time for x-mas... uh, nevermind about that...

The 12" box, very cool.
The 7" box, very cool.
The single, very cool.
Headphones, very cool.

The turntable - looks very cool. But it sounds like my inchophone... curious if something is wrong with it, or does everyone's sound like that? It's got a tinny almost vibrato sound to it. I've tried messing with the tone knob, which helps a bit. Tried 3 different 45's, all the same. Anybody else have this? Did my cartridge get damaged? Should I call TMR?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Mine is pretty loud and full sounding. Decent bass response for a set of built in speakers. I was a little let down that it didn't have any other outputs, after using it for a while though, I think it sounds fine on its own. Hopefully you get yours figured out so you can enjoy it!

Side note: Has anyone used the usb function? I was wondering if it puts out a stereo signal or a mono signal like the usb ION's have.

It's funny - a 12" will play okay (relatively speaking) but the 45's sound wacky... oh well, it still looks cool.

Arrived in Ottawa today with this nice note from Canada customs
They had opened it up and gone through everything. Thankfully nothing was damaged or missing.

The super rare Canadian customs edition!

pj101ca wrote:Arrived in Ottawa today with this nice note from Canada customs
They had opened it up and gone through everything. Thankfully nothing was damaged or missing.

The same thing is happening to me right now with my headphones. I called UPS customs is holding them. Apparently Nixon put "20 dollars" as the value of the headphones. Because Nixon didn't fill out their paperwork right and with a small google search they know these things cost a shit ton more... Which means an empty wallet for me (used to work at the border.) I emailed an UPS manager and explained the situation. Here's hoping they can release it after knowing what's going on.

Damn, that sucks about the headphones!

My vinyl set was delivered by Canadapost, not fedex or ups, and TMR had declared the value at only $100. got charged $44 customs.

Box was a little beat up.....

That red shredded paper left a pretty good red powder residue, unpacker beware. Found a peppermint candy mixed in there.

7th_son wrote:That red shredded paper left a pretty good red powder residue, unpacker beware. Found a peppermint candy mixed in there.

The red paper left red marks all over my 45 record box, I'm not too happy about that..

Thats funny - mine was all white paper...