Recent content by Gray

Parallel parking that must be challenging - all boot and bonnet, with restricted window views. I've never had parking aids on any car - but I think I'd want them on that one.

First thing to do (as you've got all you need) is to try using the Sony as a DAC - and see if you notice any improvement, even into the BT speaker. If you did go for a USB DAC, I can assure you that this is a bargain (if you can put it in a case or out of sight): https://amzn.eu/d/fp4tLmA My one:

Well nobody is better placed than you to find out.

Good price there👍 Just reading the spec reminds me.....I was talking rubbish about the limitations of internal memory 🤨 I should've remembered, I actually bought a 500GB SD card to use with that JM-21 of mine 🙄

That's the one thing that you can be certain of....not least if you were to obtain a good value balanced cable for your HD600 - as both players offer that facility (on their 4.4mm 'Pentacon' outputs). EDIT: The Fiio certainly has, but the Walker doesn't seem to have 'balanced' - not the end of...

I tried one of these for a while. Quite a nice little thing and right on your budget: https://amzn.eu/d/2NRUveo Fiio JM-21 (Light years ahead of the Sansa).

I should've said, if they think they need one - use it and put it into a phono input (as many have done). It's hard to imagine spending hundreds of pounds on a turntable - and being unaware of a such a crucial aspect of its operation (or not reading user manuals).

...or even if they do need one.

Yes, Al explains the cause of the distortion below: Where a signal already 100+ times bigger than it needs to be....is amplified a further 100+ times bigger 😱 Not great for ears or speakers.

Half a volt = 500 millivolts 👍 (and that equals about 125x more than a MM phono input expects to get 😱.... hence the distortion).

I was given one of those little SanDisk Sansas. No question you could find a portable player that would make your HD-600 sound better. How much are you willing /able to spend?

I know (to my cost) about a company called Hyperfi - a company that once had had a physical retail outlet. It took Barking trading standards' threat of court action to make them see sense in my case. I'm not saying it's the same company, but I can't imagine any company willing to inherit their...

Quad FM4 has been a classic to me. Has needed 1 or 2 repairs - but the fact that it can be repaired is why it's done 41 years so far. And my Thorens 160S might be regarded as semi-classic.

Really counters the cheap knock-off image many have of Chi-fi. No Eversolo employee looked older than 25, only the MD was an old man of about 40 🙂 Plenty of British speakers knocking about in their test rooms - as we might expect.

It's OK Del, I was replying to nads in post #11. Thanks for the offer, but I spent a few years in electronic / audio service departments, if I can be bothered, I'll sort mine out (y)