The *NOT BORING!* Hi-Fi faff chat and sales
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Next up for sale is a Technics SU-600
2x 40w into 8 Ohms
Very nice oomf to it given its 'low' wattage
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£40 inc UK postage
Currently running it via a tip-find Yamaha MCX-1000 Music Cast server and Canon wide imaging speakers - the Yamaha has a good reputation for sound quality. It is well deserved.
Next up for sale is a Technics SU-600
2x 40w into 8 Ohms
Very nice oomf to it given its 'low' wattage
Googly pic:
£40 inc UK postage
Currently running it via a tip-find Yamaha MCX-1000 Music Cast server and Canon wide imaging speakers - the Yamaha has a good reputation for sound quality. It is well deserved.
coundonroad
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Mention hereon of phono pre-amps reminds me....
I am shortly likely to be sans phono stage, so am looking into a mm phono pre. Does anyone have any views on the Rega A2D one? It appeals partly due to the inclusion of a USB plug 'ole which would allow a bit of Audacity-ing of some of the LP collection.
Yes, I know, MP3 = crap, but I do like to have a bit of background noise on my long daily walks on the beach (apart from the surf and gulls!).
Cheers, Steve
Mention hereon of phono pre-amps reminds me....
I am shortly likely to be sans phono stage, so am looking into a mm phono pre. Does anyone have any views on the Rega A2D one? It appeals partly due to the inclusion of a USB plug 'ole which would allow a bit of Audacity-ing of some of the LP collection.
Yes, I know, MP3 = crap, but I do like to have a bit of background noise on my long daily walks on the beach (apart from the surf and gulls!).
Cheers, Steve
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I havent transferred vinyl for a long time and even then it was onto a CD recorder, then to the PC. The sound quality will rely on the bitrate. I've been playing with a PCM recorder and comparing it directly to MP3/4 sources and the PCM machine is 'different'. Unfortunately it is also hard drive hungry.
I can't see how the Rega will be anything other than perfectly adequate
coundonroad":2gahhtgp said:
I havent transferred vinyl for a long time and even then it was onto a CD recorder, then to the PC. The sound quality will rely on the bitrate. I've been playing with a PCM recorder and comparing it directly to MP3/4 sources and the PCM machine is 'different'. Unfortunately it is also hard drive hungry.
I can't see how the Rega will be anything other than perfectly adequate
coundonroad
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Fair enough. Thanks for that. The potential for transferring is only a 'by-product' though. It'll mainly be used as a mm 'step-up', so hopefully it'll be OK at that too!
legrandefromage":1c1gyosz said:
Fair enough. Thanks for that. The potential for transferring is only a 'by-product' though. It'll mainly be used as a mm 'step-up', so hopefully it'll be OK at that too!
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There is very little to a phono pre-amp. All it is is a low noise amplifier with a gain of around 20-ish roughly in the centre of the audio band and an RIAA filter response. The main goals are usually as low noise as possible, and as accurate an RIAA curve as possible. A decent one with be within 0.5% of the curve, but 0.1% is easily achievable at a slightly higher complexity. I would imagine that ANY branded pre-amp will be capable of far better performance than the medium of vinyl itself.
There is very little to a phono pre-amp. All it is is a low noise amplifier with a gain of around 20-ish roughly in the centre of the audio band and an RIAA filter response. The main goals are usually as low noise as possible, and as accurate an RIAA curve as possible. A decent one with be within 0.5% of the curve, but 0.1% is easily achievable at a slightly higher complexity. I would imagine that ANY branded pre-amp will be capable of far better performance than the medium of vinyl itself.
mrkawasaki
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Digital Streaming Basic Questions
I'm obliged to rearrange various hifi in the shared spaces of our dwelling and am about to fall headlong into a load of streaming questions I don't have answers for - can the panel help??
1. I have a Mac which feeds an Apple TV (via WiFi and iTunes) which feeds a TV (via HDMI) which then feeds a traditional amplifier and speakers. I'm happy with that - but where is the digital conversion actually taking place? Or is this pure streaming in that the audio card in the Mac is the provider of the sound?
2. DACs - I read about the greatness of DACs when used with Macs/PCs but I don't fully understand where they fit into the above set up. In between the HD and iTunes? Post iTunes - when the track is being outputted but before the amplifier/speakers?
3. I'm worried that although my digitised songs are stored on an external hard drive (not the Mac) that one day the HD will pack up (it does make some weird clunky noises already). Are standard HDs designed to be repeatedly accessed for music files or are there more specialist versions for this task? Can HDs alter the sound quality in any way? Is a Network Attached Storage device (NAS) the same thing as I already have?
4. Streaming - in general are there any compromises in streaming? Is WiFi better than Bluetooth for instance? I'm aware of compression relating to files but how does streaming compare with analogue or hard wired distribution of signals? Is there good, bad and better streaming? What might make one streamer better than another other than the DAC (if it has one)?
5. So - a Network Player... what is that then??! I'm drowning...
6. Bluetooth and/or wireless active speakers? I can't abide drop outs in sound which my iPhone displays with a cheap portable Bluetooth speaker - will I have to live with that if I go down a more serious route with say Ruark MR1s with AptX: "audio quality virtually indistinguishable from a wired connection".
Thanks for any help in de-muddling!
Digital Streaming Basic Questions
I'm obliged to rearrange various hifi in the shared spaces of our dwelling and am about to fall headlong into a load of streaming questions I don't have answers for - can the panel help??
1. I have a Mac which feeds an Apple TV (via WiFi and iTunes) which feeds a TV (via HDMI) which then feeds a traditional amplifier and speakers. I'm happy with that - but where is the digital conversion actually taking place? Or is this pure streaming in that the audio card in the Mac is the provider of the sound?
2. DACs - I read about the greatness of DACs when used with Macs/PCs but I don't fully understand where they fit into the above set up. In between the HD and iTunes? Post iTunes - when the track is being outputted but before the amplifier/speakers?
3. I'm worried that although my digitised songs are stored on an external hard drive (not the Mac) that one day the HD will pack up (it does make some weird clunky noises already). Are standard HDs designed to be repeatedly accessed for music files or are there more specialist versions for this task? Can HDs alter the sound quality in any way? Is a Network Attached Storage device (NAS) the same thing as I already have?
4. Streaming - in general are there any compromises in streaming? Is WiFi better than Bluetooth for instance? I'm aware of compression relating to files but how does streaming compare with analogue or hard wired distribution of signals? Is there good, bad and better streaming? What might make one streamer better than another other than the DAC (if it has one)?
5. So - a Network Player... what is that then??! I'm drowning...
6. Bluetooth and/or wireless active speakers? I can't abide drop outs in sound which my iPhone displays with a cheap portable Bluetooth speaker - will I have to live with that if I go down a more serious route with say Ruark MR1s with AptX: "audio quality virtually indistinguishable from a wired connection".
Thanks for any help in de-muddling!
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Sheesh, don't know much about streaming apart from the streaming bit is in the digital domain and the conversion is done at the user end. I have a Logitech Squeezebox which is a 'network music player'
As regards a NAS, you can configure them with two drives onboard, one which is a clone of the other so if one packs in, you still have the other intact. All of the music on my HD is ripped from my own CDs, so I have backups. It's frequently as cheap (or much cheaper for older stuff) to actually buy the CD and rip it lossless yourself than downloading.
Sheesh, don't know much about streaming apart from the streaming bit is in the digital domain and the conversion is done at the user end. I have a Logitech Squeezebox which is a 'network music player'
As regards a NAS, you can configure them with two drives onboard, one which is a clone of the other so if one packs in, you still have the other intact. All of the music on my HD is ripped from my own CDs, so I have backups. It's frequently as cheap (or much cheaper for older stuff) to actually buy the CD and rip it lossless yourself than downloading.
porschenut911
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Having got interested in vinyl again with all the talk of vinyl resurgence I have resurrected my Linn. I've had this for many years but it has been stored away for long periods. New suspension, armboard (because I liked the modern logo!), cartridge and tonearm cable and it sounds fantastic. Haven't played a cd since I've had it back, I love it!
Only downside is secondhand vinyl has quadrupled in price since I last used it!
Having got interested in vinyl again with all the talk of vinyl resurgence I have resurrected my Linn. I've had this for many years but it has been stored away for long periods. New suspension, armboard (because I liked the modern logo!), cartridge and tonearm cable and it sounds fantastic. Haven't played a cd since I've had it back, I love it!
Only downside is secondhand vinyl has quadrupled in price since I last used it!
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