Notes from a remote island

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983

Gesundheit :wink:

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984

Isnā€™t that arm a bit lightweight for a Supex.

985

Rough calculation for the combo gives a resonant frequency of 8.9 ish. 7-12 is meant to be acceptable so it falls well within those limits.

Numbers aside (and Iā€™m using a non SME - i.e. heavier - headshell) it sounds pretty good to me.

YMMV

986

Heavier, like you put a brick on it?

Glad you have got stuff connected up. Must be quite satisfying.

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987

Not many headshells are as light as those crappy SMEs

Indeed, enjoying it immensely

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988

Kinell, Iā€™ve found a DAC!

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20201013_0009432322Ɨ4128 2.87 MB

What the fuck am I going to do with that?

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989

Plug it in! Itā€™s a good ā€˜un.

990

Lol, I can plug it in but what am I going to plug into it?

991

Whatever computer you have. Unless you just use a tablet for internet or something, I guess.

I have an old laptop that just sits on a windowsill and runs Tidal or Spotify, and straight into the DAC. Itā€™s no good for anything else, but it performs that task perfectly.

992

I should really get a CD player - Iā€™ve got ~2k CDā€™s and some of the stuff isnā€™t available on vinyl.

:bulb:

Iā€™ve got a fanless PC that @AmDismal made for me years ago (I used it once for about an hour) think it has a 3Tb drive and a back up (thatā€™s probably why I own a DAC) I could spend endless hours transferring them all to thatā€¦

Sorry, but Iā€™ve no interest in that kind of sorcery :man_shrugging:

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993

Does the PC have a cd/dvd drive in it? You could just play the CDs from it, rather than doing all that transferring. The DAC will guarantee the end sound is good.

994

Aye.

I should find it (along with all sorts of other things Iā€™m uncovering) in the next day or two. Maybe I will even remember how it works*

*unlikely, but I can hope!

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995

A stroke of luck, with correct application you may just be able to keep the Pagans at bay.

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996

The Pagans are fine, itā€™s the Christians I want to ward off

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997

Itā€™s not a bad idea tbh - Qobuz is only Ā£15/m for hi-res streaming. Itā€™s worth it not to rip in your discs!

The simple ability to play any new release before vinyl purchase is also of real value.

998

Or, like he said, just get a dirt-cheap CDP and save himself a LOT of pointless fucking-aboutā€¦ :roll_eyes:

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999

No sense doubling up decoding hardware.

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1000

Is still the answer, of course.

1001

Get a good second hand CD player Paul thatā€™s the easiest solution. There are plenty about.

1002

Steak thoā€™ not raspberry