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Audio Din Plug Adaptors/Sligo

  • 26-09-2015 7:08pm
    #1
    Kettleson
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    Hi,

    Anyone know I might locally get an adaptor for a 5 pin din plug to phono? Converting old record player/turntable to use with amp. Thanks.


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  • #2
    ectoraige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    Kettleson wrote: »
    Hi,

    Anyone know I might locally get an adaptor for a 5 pin din plug to phono? Converting old record player/turntable to use with amp. Thanks.

    Maybe give AVA up in Finisklin a shout?


  • #3
    red sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    Have you tried Tahenys in Market St.? Or JJ McMorrow in High St. It wouldn't be a common thing to look for anymore.


  • #4
    Kettleson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭Kettleson


    Cheers folks, I'll check them out. You can buy them on the net, but I'd prefer to buy local.

    I'd be thinking a few will be dusting down the old turntables to play vinyl again.

    I was browsing the shops today, one of the charity shops had old 7" vinyl singles at €2:50 and the Record Room is selling used 70's and 80's 7" singles from €3:50 to €5. You couldn't give them away a few years ago.


  • #5
    red sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    Might be no harm to ask in the Record Room too. The lads there have been around for a while!! Let us know how you get on.


  • #6
    Kettleson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭Kettleson


    red sean wrote: »
    Might be no harm to ask in the Record Room too. The lads there have been around for a while!! Let us know how you get on.

    I never thought of them...I'll pop in tomorrow.

    Anyone know where I can get an amp serviced locally? (There is a place in Galway, but I cant be bothered driving it there).

    Thanks


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  • #7
    Kettleson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭Kettleson


    red sean wrote: »
    Might be no harm to ask in the Record Room too. The lads there have been around for a while!! Let us know how you get on.

    Record Room, close, but no cigar. Might have to purchase on-line or have rewired with new rca's.


  • #8
    Kettleson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭Kettleson


    This is the sorta thing I'm after.


  • #9
    Drag00n79
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    Kettleson wrote:
    I was browsing the shops today, one of the charity shops had old 7" vinyl singles at €2:50 and the Record Room is selling used 70's and 80's 7" singles from €3:50 to €5. You couldn't give them away a few years ago.


    Why are they so dear? And what is the attraction of them? I can understand vinyl albums' resurgence in popularity but 7" singles?Just wondering as I have a quite a few at home.


  • #10
    Kettleson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭Kettleson


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife/11592082/Who-really-buys-vinyl-The-answer-will-surprise-you.html

    Maybe some answers for you here.

    CD's always sounded a bit too clean to me. Some of the ambience was lost.

    For me particularly it was the size of the speakers and amp that I missed, everything seems to have gotten smaller, most people listening to music over iPhones or headphones. It's a different experience.

    Nobody seems to be annoying the neighbours with loud music anymore.

    Of course you can get big amps and speakers for CD players, but that doesn't seem to be popular anymore either.

    There is a difference in sound and a bit of nostalgia too.

    PS: Vinyl is more expensive to produce due to the cost of materials and the fact that most pressing factories closed down and little competition.


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