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Post by speakertom on Oct 4, 2020 7:21:41 GMT -5
Maybe "preamp" is no longer the right word, but I think you still need something to control all your input signals. I'm using the Puffin vinyl preamp with its S/PDIF output, a Bluesound Node 2i for streaming, a CD player via toslink and a cassette tape deck analog output, all feeding into a DEQX DSP device. Maybe "input selector plus dac and dsp" would be a better name for it! I admit I no longer own a tuner I also feed a DEQX with analog inputs but it has limited analog inputs. My preamp gives me enough inputs and gain when I need it. If I were to create a preamp for today's functions it would have individual level controls at the input for analog sources that did not have output level controls, a gain stage for those inputs that needed it and remote switching for selection of the analog inputs to pass to the DEQX. With the devices that are available today I am not worried about signal contamination. My favorite OP AMP, the LME 49720 has been discontinued but the good news is that it has been replaced by the LME 49860 which is a pin for pin replacement and has the same specs but the added benefit that it will work at voltages up to +/- 22 volts allowing even more output swing.
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Post by mark on Oct 4, 2020 8:46:23 GMT -5
Good point about the DEQX analog inputs -- it only has two! Now that I think about it, for analog inputs I'm using a more conventional preamp that offers multiple switchable inputs, with the output going to a single DEQX analog input. Its not the most elegant solution but it works. I'd endorse your dream preamp with gain adjustable inputs and remote switching as the right way to go! I bet someone makes something like that, too.
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Post by sailor on Oct 4, 2020 8:46:56 GMT -5
Well I never really got into it. The latest software is much better but still takes some work to get tracks start and stopping points right. The album recognition is very good and metadata capture is great. The scratch and pop removal sort of works. Gets most noise reduced with out any noticeable degradation. My personal feeling is that this is the feature they push and it really is not worth it. I thought this is was a good device to archive your prized and valuable LP's. Well rethinking this I decided just buy a second copy to put away and get a CD if available. I just felt that this was interesting tech but not really useful with so many ways around the problems it was supposed to fix.
if you have albums that are so bad that you feel you need scratch and pop removal just replace the album. You can buy a lot of albums for $2k
Once I find out from Dan Eakins what support the next user will get if I sell it, it will go on US AudioMart, if not in the trash
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Post by larrys on Oct 21, 2020 10:59:26 GMT -5
My albums, really, are in good shape. All are cleaned with a VPI MW-1 RCM before ripping and, if necessary, with an ultrasonic cleaner. When I rip them I may delete the leadin or runout groove if either is particularly noisy but I don't even usually do that. Right now my chain is from my preamp to a Lynx Hilo A/D D/A to a Mac. I'm pretty happy with the quality of the rips. I only rip albums so that I can conveniently play the music when i don't have time to sit down and really listen. For that purpose, I pretty much invariably play the album.
Let me know if you do decide to get rid of the SweetVinyl.
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Post by sailor on Oct 21, 2020 14:23:32 GMT -5
The SweetVinyl SugarCube sold very quickly. I had offers within hours of posting. When I answered back that I had received many offers I had a bidding war. I sold it for $300 more than I originally asked.
The quality of the rips were 24bit 192k flak files. the were very good. could distinguished different cartridge's. I just decided that it was not a necessary item in my rid. It sat between phono preamp and system preamp. Extra cables, extra connections. With Qobuz there is always music to listen to. No muss, no fuss.
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