Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC studio monitors: please indulge me and read this...
Does all of that mean that a professional turntable is not suitable for home audio ? Pretty much my only real chance of getting anything to play a record with is going to come from a professional gear/instrument store. In fact, let's start that way, let's assume you HAD to listen to your records with equipment from such a place. What would you purchase ? Thanks, B. -- brjoon1021 brjoon1021's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12136 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37168 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC studio monitors: please indulge me and read this...
Would you say that a professional turntable is not suitable for home audio ? Pretty much my only real chance of getting anything to play a record with is going to come from a professional gear/instrument store. In fact, let's start that way, let's assume you HAD to listen to your records with equipment from such a place. What would you purchase ? Thanks, B. -- brjoon1021 brjoon1021's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12136 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37168 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC studio monitors: please indulge me and read this...
brjoon1021;218047 Wrote: Would you say that a professional turntable is not suitable for home audio ? Pretty much my only real chance of getting anything to play a record with is going to come from a professional gear/instrument store. In fact, let's start that way, let's assume you HAD to listen to your records with equipment from such a place. What would you purchase ? I can't imagine the rules you are operating under. If all you have are flea market LPs at $5 each, they may not be worth an audiophile rig. One playing with a bad cartridge will wipe out all the high frequency signal. Depending on the rules, I'd be tempted to buy a nice guitar and sell it and buy an audiophile turntable. Its really not the turntable that is the issue, its the cartridge. But you need a turntable that can properly handle the audiophile cart, and that's not the space that DJs live. -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37168 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC studio monitors: please indulge me and read this...
You might also consider a Grace m902 (http://www.gracedesign.com/products/m902/m902.htm). It has a useful feature that the Benchmark and Lavry DACs lack: analog inputs. Thus, if you have a tuner or some analog other source, you can use the m902 without a separate preamp. And, you can get it with an optional remote control. I haven't heard the Benchmark or Lavry units myself, but in head-to-head comparisons using an SB3 as the source, the sound quality of the Grace was indistinguishable from my Dodson DAC-263 (a fabulous sounding $2000+ DAC that is unfortunately no longer available). -- TiredLegs TiredLegs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37168 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC studio monitors: please indulge me and read this...
brjoon1021;217607 Wrote: The only catch is that it has to come from a Pro Audio store rather than a Hi-FI store - due to insurance reasons. There's an online outfit called Parts Connexion that sells the Benchmark. They are more of a DIYer source than a pure hifi retailer, so it may satisfy your requirement about purchasing from a Pro Audio-type store. Google them for more information. -- Videodrome Two-channel System: SB3, into Musiland MD-10 DAC; Outlaw 970 Pre/Pro; McCormack DNA-125 amplifier; Quad 11L speakers; Sota Sapphire ttbl. w/ Grado Ref. Platinum Cart. into Rolls Bellari VP-129 tube phono stage; Marantz 10b; Nakamichi RX505; Cables Used: DH Labs, Van den Hul, Distech, Monster, many more. Videodrome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11727 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37168 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC studio monitors: please indulge me and read this...
brjoon1021;217607 Wrote: 2. active and passive monitors for home audio. Also, these powered monitors have XLR inputs, my preamp does not have that output. Have you seen a decent cable or adapter that would allow me to run my pre-amp into the powered monitors ? Pro audio shops sell different RCA/XRL adapters and/or cables. At least here in Europe www.thomann.de has all kinds of suitable stuff for this situation. Decent, I don't know, but they work. -- tot tot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11843 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37168 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC studio monitors: please indulge me and read this...
Proac Studio 100 / Lavry DA10 -- ErikM ErikM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37168 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DAC studio monitors: please indulge me and read this...
brjoon1021;217607 Wrote: 3. I have boxes of records that I bought for $5 at a church auction. All pristine classical records and some good rock like the Police, the Clash, etc... Yeah!. I don't have a record player. Can a pro audio mixing turntable make a decent/good record player ? Your advice on this if you don't mind. Professional turntables are designed for the needs of professional DJs. In the olden days, they were also designed for radio stations, but I don't think any real radio stations have used vinyl for decades. In either use, the professional use is not about audio quality it is about rugged use that will stand up to what DJs do. Which includes all sorts of evil things like back cue'ing, dropping needles, etc. If you subjected an audiophile moving coil cartridge to this abuse, it would die in a minute or two. If there is sonic quality you are trying to extract, I would strongly suggest you get something audiophile oriented, not aimed at DJs. There are a fair number of decent ~~$500 turntables, Project, etc. A pro-audio shop is a good place to get phono preamps that are decent quality and inexpensive. The audiophile shops seem to think that $3000 is a good price for a preamp that really is only good enough to feed into your real, line-level pre-amp. -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37168 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
