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| Turntable set up- How easy is it Have your dealer do it and ask questions as they set it up. The red flag is if the cartridge leads are not user replaceable; its all too easy to break a cartridge lead if you aren't experienced and replacing a tonearm wiring harness can be expensive. | |
| Old Sota Turntable Questions The bearing is critical... if its been shipped without the travel screws extended the bearing will be damaged to the tune of a few hundred dollars to replace. Had this happen with my Sota sapphire when bought used. Check to see how well the motor ... | |
| Turntable issue before starting make sure your pre is not set to phono1. check the ground wire, make sure its attached and not broken. usually you get very bad hum if its not connected but it can be lesser symptoms2. check your cartridge leads to make sure they a... | |
| Is my stylus damaged ? cheaper stylii are mounted in a lump of solder and commonly fail by popping loose from the solder... this is one cause of "sliding across a record". A common magnifier will show a crater vs a needle when looking at the stylus. If the needle is the... | |
| Upgrade amp or pre surround sound pre amps because they have integrated DAC's suffer faster technology obsolesence... doubt the Macintosh amp technology has changed much in a decade. Be sure to identify a specific problem you are trying to solve in a new pre else yo... | |
| Primaluna Integrated with a seperate preamp I've done this with a CJ PV10A plugged into the HT inputs on a Prologue Premium... the CJ was a better pre section before I started swapping out Solens for VCaps in the pre section of the Prima Luna. So have at it if you have a better pre to try a... | |
| FLAC, WAV or AIFF question I started with my entire CD library ripped to wav; sounded better than FLAC for local hard drive play. However once you try to stream music WAV sucks big time for meta data tagging and no sound difference versus streaming lossless FLAC; all mys mu... | |
| iFI micro DAC 2 as good as it gets? Common, get real. iFi is not in the same class as more expensive DAC's like Metrum or Chord. They are just a good niche product for headphone users | |
| What is the best usb convertor The Gustard U12 saw a lot of Audiophilleo users jump ship, about $180 on slow boat from China. Does a nice job with the Metrum Octave. Past $1k its time to get a newer DAC with integrated asynch USB | |
| Computer Upgrade Mac Mini with asynch USB DAC is the least challenging solution to get right for computer audio. PC's require a EE degree to get past all the things they do intrinsically wrong out of the box. | |
| Network Player The Cambridge is a good choice at its price point for combined streamer and DAC. Better choices take you into separate streamers and DACs. For the price of the Aurender N100 you could buy an Auralic Aries LE streamer and a Metrum Octave II DAC... ... | |
| Potential seller's strange policy It's common to not quote shipping until destination and shipping method is known. It's uncommon and suspicious if someone tries to separate the charges... sounds dishonest and manipulative. Best to walk away from anyone who tries to avoid 1 comple... | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... Not a fan of ceramic sockets for pre tubes like the PL Premium integrated has, much prefer Teflon or composite sockets for better damping at the junction of socket and glass bottom of the tube. Microphony is distortion, pure and simple, never good. | |
| Which computer for digitizing and streaming? Keep recording separate from playback in your requirements. Once you have "ripped" your vinyl, go Mac if you want direct connected asynch USB DAC or get a Synology or QNAP NAS if you want to stream music via UPNP to something like an Auralic Aries. | |
| Oppo BDP-105D mods I hate CD/DVD/blue ray players for audio use. The Oppo 105 with Modwright mod is one of the few players that will get me to stay in a demo room when its playing. |