Wireless Turntable/Speaker Help

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Stondagain on Thursday, February 3, 2022 – 10:39 pm

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Hey folks - long-time zoner back to the board with a question.

I'm looking to get a new turntable for the first time in decades, one with bluetooth.

I'm  trying to keep to a relatively low budget. I see on Amazon the Audio-Technicas seem pretty popular, but I want to hear what zoners have to say. 

Also, I'm looking to get a set of blue tooth stereo speakers and not sure where to start. 

Any suggestions? Tips on what to look out for?

I also have an old set of hard-wired speakers I'd like to convert to bluetooth. Any suggestions there?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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fabes on Friday, February 4, 2022 – 07:15 am

They have Bluetooth adapters that you can plug into your old stereo to make it Bluetooth, I know Yamaha used to make one.

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Bss on Friday, February 4, 2022 – 10:14 am

I have owned two audio technica turntables and have recommended the usb120LP to several friends who also ended up really happy with them. Feature and build-wise they are obviously on the lower consumer end of the scale but still represent the best entry level value. To my knowledge these TT's all have a built in phono preamp which makes them pretty versatile and compatible with a wide array of processors. A microline stylus will yield a decent upgrade to their sound but I wouldn't go any further than that trying to upgrade what is essentially a starter unit. I would purchase an audio technica TT again with confidence.

I use the Einskin Bluetooth adapter into one of my preamp aux inputs for streaming. It was about $30 from Amazon. Flexibility and use pretty much priceless.

No knowledge about Bluetooth speakers so I'll stop here.

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Stondagain on Friday, February 4, 2022 – 11:27 am

excellent. Thanks!

Anybody have any suggestions for bluetooth stereo speakers? 

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Christopher710 on Friday, February 4, 2022 – 12:09 pm

Does digitizing the analog output of the record player kill the sound your looking for from vinyl?

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Bss on Friday, February 4, 2022 – 01:02 pm

Depends when and how the record was made among a lot of other things.

with exceptions of course, basically any commercial LP issued in the 21st century has already been digitally mastered (the industry standard is protools) before cutting anyways.

In my humble opinion an all analog signal chain really only becomes relevant if the recording studio and the mastering lab that produced the media are also all analog. And that's a pretty rare bird any more.

So compared to a high quality pre-digital era record played thru a nice tube stereo, yes the sonic differences become immediately apparent. In the case of most casual/non-critical listening, no difference. JMO

 

now someone please smarten us up about Bluetooth speakers