[MOSFET]

Thanks man.

That same day I also scored a Technics turntable, model SL-B2 in a "FREE"
box you often find at garage sales so I grabbed it fully intending it not to
work, or need a new belt, ect. I thought it might be fun to try to get it
working if, as I suspected at the time, it was broken.

To my utter AMAZEMENT, it works perfectly (it has a strobe and adjustable
pitch and the speed stays right on the nose, indicating a decent belt with
no slippage).

It's simply missing a headshell (and, of course, all the things that go into
a headshell namely cartride and sylus). It's NOT a P-mount style but the
more common 1/2" style.

So I've ALREADY ordered a new headshell from Ebay and am in the process
right now of selecting a cartridge/sylus.

I haven't owned a turntable in close to 20 YEARS (I figured it out yesterday
and couldn't believe it)!!!! Yet I own nearly 300 LP's and EP's that I
would like to hear again and try to make MP3's out of them by sending them
into the microphone jack of my computer (I may have to run it through my
Denon AVR-3600 first as my trusty home-theater amp has a built-in pre-amp
for the low output of magnetic, I THINK that's the term, style turntables).
Hopefully my microphone input on the computer will give me nice clean
copies. I know there are some turntables now (Ion makes a couple) that
actually have USB outputs for DRIECT TO MP3 recording of LP's. They,
however, are not free like my Technics so I want to give this a try first.

Nick


"Mister.Lull" wrote in message
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Hehe - Congratulations on the find!! :-)

~Mister.Lull

On Jun 15, 11:11 am, "MOSFET" wrote:
BTW, the actual Sirus unit I now know is the Sportster 5, THE LATEST
MODEL!!! And, again, EVERYTHING for $2.00!!!!! Who couldn't say no to
that? I again spent a good part of the day yesterday driving and playing
with the absolute myriad of stations. Fun, fun, and more fun. And soooooo
cheap. Though I did notice that every so often I would lose signal for a
second or two. Obviously going under a bridge or something I expected
that.
But I was finding that for no explicable reason I would lose signal for
just
a second, never more than two seconds, and this was a rare occurance
happening perhaps once every hour of listening. Keep in mind I don't live
in the city where buildings, I've heard, can often interfere with the
signal, but in very rural farm and grazing country. And my antenna is flat
on the car facing up. It's not on the ROOF, however, where I imagine I
might not have these occasional blackouts if it were seated on the roof
(and, just to be clear, these momentary blackouts are SO rare and SO short
as to not be a bother or anoyance really at all, I just bring it up in the
interest of full disclosure). I may try puting it on the roof and snaking
the antenna wire behind the insulation/molding that runs along the inside
of
the car at the door seal. That should be a fairly easy switch and still
keep the antenna wire hidden (in fact it might prevent theives from
stealing
my antenna as it is clearly visable where it is now, basically on the hood
very close to the front door with the wire going quickly into the window
wiper recess. It's black, my car's black, so it certainly doesn't stick
out, but as it is not attached to the car (just magnetically attached), it
would pose no problem for a theif or trouble maker to simply rip it off
and
out. ON THE ROOF, however, it would be much less visable (INVISABLE prety
much unless you're 6'8"). I think I'll try that today. I'm quite sure it
would alleviate these occasional blackouts AND be less prone to theivery.

MOSFET

"MOSFET" wrote in message

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Was at a garage sale yesterday and someone was selling a Sirus device
and
car kit, magnetic antenna, mounting cradle, cigarrette adaptor (which,
of
course, I didn't use as I loped the cigarette plug off, run 12 volts
through it, and hid that and the antenna wire behind the dash coming out
right behind the device, making those wires invisable) ect. Anyway, they
wanted 2 FRIKKIN' DOLLARS for EVERYTHING!!!!! I could NOT say no, even
though I really had no plans of getting Sirus in the near future though
I
have FLIRTED with the idea as I get no clear stations where I live about
70 miles north of Seattle.

It was remarkeably easy to install, took me no more than about 15
minutes,
just stuck that magnetic antenna outside right next to the front door,
the
wire snaked inside and immediately behind the dash. Used velcro to mount
it on the dash (with a little spray of quick-dry glue on the back of the
velcro as I always do when I use that stuff), and the audio input was
simply the same input I use for my MP3 player and DVD player, so it
LOOKS
like there is only one wire going to that thing as the antenna and power
wire are hidden comming out right behind the unit.

All I had to do to activate it was go to the Sirus site and give them my
Visa and device serial number. I just subcribed to the $12.95 a month
package.

Like I said, I have flirted with the idea of getting sat radio for years
but it was always the cost of the gear (unit and car adaptor kit) that
diswayed me, I just didn't feel like I needed it that much. This thing
basically FELL into my lap as it cost no more than pocket change.

Anyway, I've been having a blast with it for the last 24 hours. SOOOOO
many stations I haven't even explored yet, but the stations I have found
and aready programmed as presets are TONS of fun. The quality is as
billed, certainly as good as MP3's (perhaps not CD quality, but to my
ears
they all sound fantastic, especially considering what I have had to put
up
with when I OCCASIONALLY listen to the radio).

Anyway, I certainly would recommend Sirus to anyone. Easy to install,
cheap, and SOOO MUCH MUSIC. As I get older it can get harder to find new
music (I use on-line streaming stations now and then and the 40 some odd
stations I have on my cable system, but really not that often as I don't
listen to music really anywhere except my car). So this is a great way
for me to hear new techno and hip-hop I currently miss.

Tons of fun. Cheap. Works like a charm. Easy to install. Sounds great.
No complaints. Sirus rocks!

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