Good evening,
I have just purchased my first turntable - the Rega RP1. I managed to break the needle on set up and now have the agonizing wait before a new cartridge arrives. Opted for the upgrade / performance kit. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
This comes with the Rega Bias 2 - I'm a little unsure how to remove the old cart and connect the new one. At least there will be a stylus guard in place this time! After that, as someone completely new to vinyl, do I need to purchase a vertical tracking force indicator or will using the cardboard spacer get me pretty close?
There also seems to be a lot of confusion regarding cartridge alignment? Is this actually as tricky as some folk make out? Surely getting it square in the head and matching up with the provided protractor will be enough no?
Moving on, I have the Pro-ject Phono Box USB V as a pre-amp. Choice of phono or usb outputs. I think I read that there's some analogue to digital conversion here. Am I being silly but have I defeated the purpose of listening to analogue by converting it to digital? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick entirely?
And finally, I'll do the majority of listening on my head phones but I have a nice sound bar which has a phono IN for those sociable (or loud listening) occassions. I need to purchase a phono to phono cable here. I'll keep the distance short, but beyond that, is there much difference between a £2-3 ebay phono (listed as shielded, ROHS compliant, gold plated etc) to one from the audio specialist shops? Again, I don't want to defeat the purpose and effort here of creating some high quality music.
If you've read this far, thank you. Any cable advice / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cannot wait to give those first few LP's a spin =)
I have just purchased my first turntable - the Rega RP1. I managed to break the needle on set up and now have the agonizing wait before a new cartridge arrives. Opted for the upgrade / performance kit. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
This comes with the Rega Bias 2 - I'm a little unsure how to remove the old cart and connect the new one. At least there will be a stylus guard in place this time! After that, as someone completely new to vinyl, do I need to purchase a vertical tracking force indicator or will using the cardboard spacer get me pretty close?
There also seems to be a lot of confusion regarding cartridge alignment? Is this actually as tricky as some folk make out? Surely getting it square in the head and matching up with the provided protractor will be enough no?
Moving on, I have the Pro-ject Phono Box USB V as a pre-amp. Choice of phono or usb outputs. I think I read that there's some analogue to digital conversion here. Am I being silly but have I defeated the purpose of listening to analogue by converting it to digital? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick entirely?
And finally, I'll do the majority of listening on my head phones but I have a nice sound bar which has a phono IN for those sociable (or loud listening) occassions. I need to purchase a phono to phono cable here. I'll keep the distance short, but beyond that, is there much difference between a £2-3 ebay phono (listed as shielded, ROHS compliant, gold plated etc) to one from the audio specialist shops? Again, I don't want to defeat the purpose and effort here of creating some high quality music.
If you've read this far, thank you. Any cable advice / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cannot wait to give those first few LP's a spin =)
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