musiklov3r;227005 Wrote: > I would think that adding an a/d converter so that you can feed your > vinyl through the Transporter dac in order to use the Transporter as a > preamp would work for convenience, but it would be counterintuitive for > audio quality. > > The benefit of vinyl is that it is analog and was never subject to an > a/d conversion nor an eventual d/a conversion. Unless you only care > about the convenience of accessing your records and not their audio > quality, I would suggest another route. > > A simple preamp with phono stage should sound much better, however, you > would need to switch your SCM100 interconnects to change sources... > > -Will > > Oh, and I agree, the Transporter through ATC100's is fantastic. I have > the active towers myself.
erm...well that is true if you ignore a lot of what was recorded in the Eighties onwards...lots of really nasty 14-bit! digital gear started creeping into studios at that point... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33868 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
