Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

Might get my hands on a cheap Quad 306 in the next week or two - be nice to compare it to my tripath amp

I so want a subwoofer. But have never been able to justify one in my fourth floor flat.
Friend mentioned this to me, which has now been discontinued, but would have been perfect. Anyone have one, used one, know of something similar?
https://rel.net/shop/powered-subwoofers/habitat1/

Interesting. Isn’t physically coupling a subwoofer to your wall a bad idea in a flat?

It came with a floorstand.
Possibly mounting it to the wall could be a bad thing in my flat. But think it would be better than a downward facing sub.
Like the idea of wireless connection and that it’s not about having as much bass as possible, but just enough..

Idler probably needs a clean and motor might need lubing.

They are great turntables (when replinthed especially) and pretty easy to work on. Lencoheaven if you haven't already found it has plenty of useful guides.

Will you do mine?

Jesus, just got started. That’s a no! There is a service where you can ship them all your discs and they’ll do it for you though.

It’s alright tbf, there’s never been a better time for it. Just got all the boxes of CDs down from the loft. Software working well, all the gear working, tested playback through my streamer via Volumio, that’s all good. Thanks @ChasnotRobert that Dbpoweramp is great.

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One of my favourite records right there!

yeah I'm going to get on this in the next couple of weeks.
What cd/dvd drive did you get in the end?
Seen a couple for £20 on amazon, but I haven't pulled the trigger yet.

If my missus wasn't working in the study I'd use the desktop machine with dvd drive to rip them, but if I did that I'd be ripping through the night, when she's not working..

I bought the £35 one off amazon, I’m that 2nd cheapest on the wine list mug. It looks nice though, does the job. Douper it’s called. Super.

I've got an old pc out of the cupboard. I've looked at it. I've set it up.
Input a disc or two. Done that.
Thought about doing more.

Sacked it off.

Well. if you're going to do it. I've got a stack you can add.

There is probably a certain amount of overlap in our musical collections.
I will not be doing the hard yards for you..

If you've got the pc up and running, just leave it out and put cd's into it when you get the chance, kids allow.

you've got the pc up and running, just leave it out and put cd's into it when you get the chance, kids allow.

Which lozzles goes here?

You’ve got to commit fully. You can do this.

My thinking is I'll never have a better time, so fuck it, let's crack on, I'll enjoy the music once it's digitised and I can future proof myself a bit, by ripping them as lossless file formats at the same time.
It's been on my list for at least a decade, I can tick it off the list in the next month.

@StevePeel, is your mac usb-c? I'd need an adaptor to get usb-c into my work laptop..

Yes it is

I know I know!

Do I stop pretending I'm working at home and move the desktop back upstairs?
Do I make a headless ripping machine?
I could get side tracked here.

This doesn’t work. The internet is shit.

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The internet is shit

It might be lying to you about how big of a scratch you can polish out with toothpaste, but on the other hand it probably contains a lossless rip of the disc that's scratched, so swings and roundabout 🙂

Cosmic innit :)

That’s a nice setup. Damn, you’ve got me back in the zone of thinking about system upgrades again 😂

Digital source upgrades (not inc DAC) are some seriously bad science and seemingly misunderstand the USB standard. Unless you’ve got a problem with RF noise on the earth connection, there aren’t audio upgrades to be had. Aesthetics/usability/etc are another matter!

Digital source upgrades (not inc DAC) are some seriously bad science and seemingly misunderstand the USB standard

So nothing has changed in the past decade 🙂
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