o_holter
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| Where are the cheap home streamers? I used a Logitech Touch for several years, upgrading the streaming capability, first with wired ethernet instead of wireless (would never go back) and next with Touch software mods making it - in theory - able to playback PCM 24 - 196. It was not ... | |
| Next Upgrade?? rmdmoore - I think your strategy is right. When upgrading, start with the source component, in this case, the cartridge. This doesnt always work out, depends on your context, dont ignore good possibilities further down the chain, good second hand ... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Audio2design argued that analog tapes suffer from use, not (proper) storage.My experience is different. Storage, over time, means more dull sound. Most notable on poor tapes, after 15-20 years especially. Judging from the nearly 1000 tapes I recor... | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? I ordered the NT-505 in August and received it two weeks ago, after an extra corona wait I was told. No problems so far. Ethernet playback of my high res files, usb playback (flash drive, also from a hard disk, usb-conneced), and streaming from Ti... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux I also love Its a Beautiful Day. I have a promo copy of the LP that plays very well indeed. Must play it - thanks for reminding me! I remember White Bird, is just mesmerizing. Seventies - thank you - I think the issue here is that magnetic tapes d... | |
| TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW Testing the headphone amp:I need a long extension cable to enjoy music from the NT-505 from my listening chair, or the sofa. So I bought a standard four-pole (TRRS) 5 meter extension cable to test, with Fiio EX1 earplugs and AKG 450 over-ear headp... | |
| Questions about recording vimyl to computer? First - just to clarify, regarding the NT-505: I have no complaints, in most respects. No problems connecting to the network, playing DSD and other hi-res from my server, streaming, the Lumin app (getting to know it), etc. What I said concerns the... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux I recorded 1000 or so albums on the Revox A77 1970-90, fully analog, to tape. I have great respect for tape detoriation, over time. With time, tapes lose magnetic bounding, or whatever is the term for this, and you can hear this especially in the ... | |
| Questions about recording vimyl to computer? I am still investigating the Teac NT-505. Sometimes it seems good - other times not so good. Maybe still burning in. I will soon getter a better headphone, Audioquest Nightowl, to compare. | |
| Questions about recording vimyl to computer? Thanks bondmanp. I also skip the computer, so far (using a Teac NT-505), though who knows, in the future. The Sugarcube looks nice but does not seem to be able to handle dsd -? I know that pcm top level is nice, but still not the best format. I am... | |
| Questions about recording vimyl to computer? Almarg made a good point in the beginning of this thread. Make sure that the ADC is good enough, before starting to invest much time on recording from analog. This is like the source of the Nile, so to speak, when recording from analog sources lik... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Mijostyn >I never evaluate music with the headphones- - Me too. I like the staging and feeling of music better through my speakers. Using phones only for reference e g when recording from vinyl. Recently I’ve considered, maybe I should give he... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux I should add, re: "blew away". This was the result using the Lyra Atlas cart with the Aesthetix Io phono preamp - costing much more than the Teac, so in those terms the playing field is not even in my system. | |
| vinyl versus digital redux I am not sure, who is this listener what hears exactly what is "objectively better" - ? And I am sceptical to such claims regarding digital. It is not as if I have not tried. I played analog for many years, until I switched to digital, naively thi... | |
| TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW I can confirm that the Teac NT-505 can play files from a hard disk (not just a flash drive) through the front USB port. I have a Seagate 2tb that connects OK, although it takes a while to read the files, before it appears as a library in the Lumin... |