01-02-2019, 04:17 PM
Arrived this morning. Has just the right look for a Marley turntable with the bamboo and red, green and gold highlights on the
dust cover and cartridge. Christened it with an immediate playing of "Stir It Up."
I believe the pre-amp feature is for when you're using the turntable essentially all by itself with headphones, your computer or a Bluetooth speaker; whereas you turn the pre-amp feature off when connecting the turntable via RCA plugs to an amplified stereo system (or else you'll hear lots of distortion).
I have a few album sized Marley singles which are extended versions of his hits played at 45 rpm speed.
That's "Kinky Reggae" on the platter in the photo and it's so hypnotic when the musicians just get to groove
I nearly teleported myself to Kingston in '75 while listening. Okay, the spliff might have helped.
On the downside it's essentially completely manual (no automatic shut-off) so when a record ends the stylus stays on the record
making that annoying scratchy sound once per revolution until you come over and lift the tonearm off the record manually with a little lever. Big drawback...err...bumbaclot...but one I'm going to reluctantly accept given my satisfaction with the overall packaging concept.
Nonetheless my record collection has been reborn.
dust cover and cartridge. Christened it with an immediate playing of "Stir It Up."
I believe the pre-amp feature is for when you're using the turntable essentially all by itself with headphones, your computer or a Bluetooth speaker; whereas you turn the pre-amp feature off when connecting the turntable via RCA plugs to an amplified stereo system (or else you'll hear lots of distortion).
I have a few album sized Marley singles which are extended versions of his hits played at 45 rpm speed.
That's "Kinky Reggae" on the platter in the photo and it's so hypnotic when the musicians just get to groove
I nearly teleported myself to Kingston in '75 while listening. Okay, the spliff might have helped.
On the downside it's essentially completely manual (no automatic shut-off) so when a record ends the stylus stays on the record
making that annoying scratchy sound once per revolution until you come over and lift the tonearm off the record manually with a little lever. Big drawback...err...bumbaclot...but one I'm going to reluctantly accept given my satisfaction with the overall packaging concept.
Nonetheless my record collection has been reborn.