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Nothing still has the pace, aire and swing of a proper Analog front end, good on ya mate ! Here are a couple of mine.......Linnemeyerhere:
No argument from me! Below is a crappy pic of my Pro-Ject RPM 9.2 Evo on a Ground It Deluxe plinth from my main system. 60lbs of analog bliss! Cartridge is an Ortofon Cadenza Black and phono preamp is a Manley Labs Chinook. Also attached a 200x microscope view of the stylus on the Cadenza Black. I use a digital microscope to help set the SRA (Stylus Rake Angle). Diamonds maybe a girl’s best friend but not when they are a Nude Shibata tip on a Boron cantilever!!
Layback Bear:
I actually wanted to sleeve my own – thought it would be a fun project. But I stumbled across pre-built at a local computer shop for the cheap…couldn’t resist. I’ll take on the project another day.
Shinigami8671:
Huge improvements in sound can be had when using a separate DAC/Amplifier. Doesn’t have to be as “hi end” as what I have. The Asus Essence STX is an amazing 2 channel PCIe sound card that has a pretty damn good headphone amp built in. The Teac external DAC I am using is acting as my sound card. Connected via Asynchronous USB which allows PCM sampling up to 24bit @ 384 khz and DSD sampling up to 5.6 mhz. It does have a heaphone out connection but that doesn’t hold a candle to the big Bryston headphone amplifier. Bryston is world renowned for their hi-end amplifiers. And they are CANADIAN EH!!