Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

I've been wondering whether to post that as it seemed very unaudiophile and a sound engineer friend poo-pooed it as trickery.

All I know is that I had to stop my self look around and it was cute watching Mini-H look all over the place for where the sound was coming from. Would love to be a student again with a couple of albums like that and a pill - especially at a time like this it would be a great way to while away a day or two.

I've just ordered a new cartridge to replace my damaged one.
What do I need for installing/set-up?
Just print out a template thingy online or is there a better way?

Is it an old Play:5 with headphone out? That's how I'm putting Sonos through my hifi.

You could try doing the TruePlay room tuning while it's hooked up.

No, its the old Sonos Connect. I'll see if there is any way to do the tuning with it though

Needs a Diana Krall sings junior classics LP

Even better, should be able to tune through that fine.

Decided to get myself a little DAC and some new headphones as WFH is in for the long haul.
I found am open Box FiiO E10K from eBay for £25 and some open box AKG k702 (thanks for the advice @JB ) from Scan for £65.

DAC arrived very quickly, but still no headphones :(

WFH is in for the long hall.

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Damn i wasn't fast enough with my edit

not only are my andromedas in the office, my CA IO left ear has stopped working. it cuts in and out almost constantly, CA want me to post it out to oregon, so i guess thats me without decent headphones until ???? this is all over

Same seller have more DAC units or private individual sort of thing?

Seller had about 25 left when I bought on Monday but they're all gone now

what arm is it?

i find the protractors on vinyl engine with the arc printed on them the easiest.

cartridge protractor for alignment (print outs are fine) and scales to set tracking weight

Fiio is perfect to attach to your desk with some sticky backed velcro

DAC question.

Plan on rigging a modern tv to my vintage amp. I'll be running optical cable to the DAC then RCA to the amp. The TV and and amp 6 metres apart...so is it better to have:

A. Long optical cable to DAC, short RCA to amp.
B. short optical/long RCA
C. Make no difference.

A

1s & 0s are either there or not, analogue signals change more with longer cables as a cable is a form of LCR filter

Thanks!

I thought that would be the case but was hoping to be able charge the DAC from the TVs USB port rather have it fight for a plug socket with the hi-fi gear...

was hoping to be able charge the DAC from the TVs USB port

You can get a USB cable as long as your optical cable.

The (potentially #pretentiousaudiophilecunt) option is a battery. A cheap powerbank could provide low noise power to your DAC for days, for about £20

@danb
It's a Linn Basik arm.

Nagoaka MP110, nice fit with a Linn. I will probably buy one, but I reckon the planar 2 I have needs rewiring, so may be after that... Current set up is Rega Planar II, Rega Brio 2000, Linn Kann.

Cool. I just ordered a MP110 after recommendations on here and reading some bits online.
I just want to make sure I set it up properly.

They are quite forgiving. Lovely carts, I still fancy an MP500.

Cheers. Plug problem solved: A dual USB charger plug will mean I can double up DAC with my bluetooth transmitter.