found the buried treasure
I didn't think it could be.
I went to Gibson Sound & Vision in Waterloo, where Liz's mum said I might find a turntable belt. They looked at me like I was bringing alien technology into their building when I stood there with a turntable. I went to Encore Records to ask the dude there who he goes to; he told me to talk to Natural Sound in Kitchener. I told Natural Sound I needed a belt for a Taya FP-400. They told me they didn't carry such a thing and that they had no luck in the past trying to find one. That guy told me to talk to SoundStage in Waterloo. SoundStage told me they had no belts for Tayas and that I should talk to Orion in Kitchener. I called Orion and they said they had no listing for Taya turntables, but that I should bring in the belt. I brought in the belt and dude #1 looked at me funny (even after I told him about calling beforehand) and asked if I knew the length. I told him I had the belt right there. Dude #2 said we could measure it. Dude #2 said it looked stretched and asked if I knew the model of my turntable. I told him it was a Taya FP-400 (which I knew they had no listing for). Dude #2 looks through his book and tells me there's no listing for Taya, and looks at me like I'm insane and that I made up the name Taya. We look at the belt measuring device again and we guess that the old belt is stretched a bit and pick a length slightly lower. He bags it up and sells it to me for $8.
I come home after karate, open up my turntable, remove the platter, and stare at the belt and the turntable, unable to figure out how these two pieces could possibly fit together to make something happen. I ask my dad. He is also completely confused. I go online. I find this site. It shows me how to put on the belt. I put on the belt (and breathe a huge sigh of relief that it actually fits). I go to plug in the turntable and see there are no open outlets. I yank out the CD player's power (inferior technology be gone!), steal the stereo RCA cables hooking up the DVD player in the living room to a stereo, and hook up the turntable to our stereo system. I grab The Sadies' Favourite Colours, the first record I ever bought, and put it on the mat. I start the record.
IT PLAYS!!!
Hum, crackle, and the beautifully authentic crisp sound of Telecaster twang is thrown out of the speakers, unfettered by the evils of lifeless digitally presented Compact Disc audio.
The first full record I will play on my new turntable: Isis - Live 3.
Music makes me smile. :)
I went to Gibson Sound & Vision in Waterloo, where Liz's mum said I might find a turntable belt. They looked at me like I was bringing alien technology into their building when I stood there with a turntable. I went to Encore Records to ask the dude there who he goes to; he told me to talk to Natural Sound in Kitchener. I told Natural Sound I needed a belt for a Taya FP-400. They told me they didn't carry such a thing and that they had no luck in the past trying to find one. That guy told me to talk to SoundStage in Waterloo. SoundStage told me they had no belts for Tayas and that I should talk to Orion in Kitchener. I called Orion and they said they had no listing for Taya turntables, but that I should bring in the belt. I brought in the belt and dude #1 looked at me funny (even after I told him about calling beforehand) and asked if I knew the length. I told him I had the belt right there. Dude #2 said we could measure it. Dude #2 said it looked stretched and asked if I knew the model of my turntable. I told him it was a Taya FP-400 (which I knew they had no listing for). Dude #2 looks through his book and tells me there's no listing for Taya, and looks at me like I'm insane and that I made up the name Taya. We look at the belt measuring device again and we guess that the old belt is stretched a bit and pick a length slightly lower. He bags it up and sells it to me for $8.
I come home after karate, open up my turntable, remove the platter, and stare at the belt and the turntable, unable to figure out how these two pieces could possibly fit together to make something happen. I ask my dad. He is also completely confused. I go online. I find this site. It shows me how to put on the belt. I put on the belt (and breathe a huge sigh of relief that it actually fits). I go to plug in the turntable and see there are no open outlets. I yank out the CD player's power (inferior technology be gone!), steal the stereo RCA cables hooking up the DVD player in the living room to a stereo, and hook up the turntable to our stereo system. I grab The Sadies' Favourite Colours, the first record I ever bought, and put it on the mat. I start the record.
IT PLAYS!!!
Hum, crackle, and the beautifully authentic crisp sound of Telecaster twang is thrown out of the speakers, unfettered by the evils of lifeless digitally presented Compact Disc audio.
The first full record I will play on my new turntable: Isis - Live 3.
Music makes me smile. :)