Recent content by winty

Good advice which I will take on board. Particularly as the IFI DAC is in itself, not an expensive item.

Don't want the expense of the two formats, Streaming and vinyl, Tidal masters is £240 per year. Worth every penny if that's what you want particularly if you are a fan of fully unfolded MQA.(made possible by the budget priced IFI Zen DAC V2.) For me,purely subjective of course, it's going to be...

All sorted and sounding great, I swapped the rubbish cables (RCA )supplied with the deck for some better quality I already had. Using the decks built in phono to Line on my Onkyo. Bought 23 mint condition LP's from a friend (has over 100, now no longer used) eclectic mix of artists from the...

Thanks for your thoughts . I have used the turntable with its built in phono on and off, using phono and line in on my onkyo, and aux on my old Cambridge Audio Topaz. Good sound all round ,with a little more buzz/hum detected using decks built in phono.,but not a big issue. It's very early days...

I have been listening to Tidal Masters streaming ,mostly MQA for last 4 months. Used Tidal app on my phone connected to my onkyo amp via a IFI Zen V2 DAC. And very nice too. But today , a new Audio Technica AT LPW 50 PB turntable arrived. It sounded horrible and distorted , until I realised,in...

Final note. And a huge thank you to Skinny puppy 71. I have just tried Tidal on my laptop, laptop via High quality HDMI to my spare Samsung Smart TV, smart TV to a mains op DAC (bought last year from Richer Sounds) via optical lead, DAC to Topaz amp. Absolutely awesome , best sound I have heard...

Thanks for the replies. Yes I have full wireless internet and yes I do have both a laptop and desktop computer. I have decided to purchase a new front end to avoid clutter, laptops or desktop PCs in the room are not what I want. The Lenovo does have an older USB micro usb socket, but After much...

Thanks for that. Unfortunately the Lenovo is a tablet that does not have a USB, it's only output is the jack socket. I had also considered other'front ends' but current streamers can be hellish expensive. There is a big difference in sound using the Lenovo on You Tube MP3 sound versus Tidals...

I am, I use a cable with 3.5 mm jack to 2 phono Rather than amps front panel headphone socket. I would spend £500 , but don't want to spend a lot more. I have abandoned my 60 plus CDs and Cambridge cd player in favour of streaming.

Hello, I am a newbie so please be patient. I have a small upstairs (spare room) brick walled music room.About 3 metre Square. I listen to a wide range of music and have just purchased some Wharfedale diamond 9.1s(a replacement for my Diamond 9s) which are mounted on Mission stands.Amplifier is...