Question upgrades for AT-LPW40WN?

[Maddie]

No the yellow sockets are only for (lowest quality) video signals, not for audio 👍

I'm using the two white inputs below the single yellow input.

 

[WayneKerr]

Around $600 for the pair. not sure that's enough to make huge difference?

Agreed, you'll probably be swapping like for like.

 

[camcroft]

Around $600 for the pair. not sure that's enough to make huge difference?

Are you from the US.

 

[WayneKerr]

I'm using the two white inputs below the single yellow input.

Connections look good to me

 

[camcroft]

Do you use your receiver for films or mostly for music? or both

 

[Gray]

...you all know my name now.

We do.
(Not so long ago someone called Daisy was being referred to as female...it turned out that she was a he......we didn't ask questions 😳)

 

[Maddie]

Are you from the US.

Yes. Are you all from the UK?

 

[Maddie]

Do you use your receiver for films or mostly for music? or both

Both

 

[camcroft]

Yes. Are you all from the UK?

Yes

 

[Maddie]

We do.
(Not so long ago someone called Daisy was being referred to as female...it turned out that she was a he......we didn't ask questions 😳)

It shouldn't really matter anyway.

 

[Maddie]

...back to the subject:
People frown upon YouTube demonstrations of hi-fi....with good reason usually.
For example, someone did a cartridge comparison - but because his recorder didn't have direct line input, he used microphones. So you not only heard the cartridges, but his amp, speakers, room acoustics and the mics.

But this one is more useful.
He does cut between them a bit too quickly, but even so...
Note that the 'E' stylus here is the black version rather than the more common green (which you probably have).
True enough, YT is far from the perfect medium and much will also depend on the playback equipment involved.
But with, say, a decent pair of headphones you may well hear some difference between the two.
(The fact that you might struggle, could also tell you something):

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWr-cKcP7nU
For those interested, he provides links to lossless files (just as well with the inner groove distortion test, that he's had to mute due to copyright).

I really listened today with my beyerdynamic 990's on and I can't tell the difference. Maybe I should just spend money on records instead. No problem with that of course, when I was looking at cartridges, I ended up buying two records.

 

[camcroft]

Both

I really listened today with my beyerdynamic 990's on and I can't tell the difference. Maybe I should just spend money on records instead. No problem with that of course, when I was looking at cartridges, I ended up buying two records.

Thats the way to do it.Enjoy

 

[camcroft]

Do you listen to your headphones connected to the receiver or some other way.

 

[Maddie]

Thats the way to do it.Enjoy

Wow, I really have respect for you all on this forum. You all respected what I was trying to do and never tried to push me to more expensive equipment.

 

[camcroft]

Wow, I really have respect for you all on this forum. You all respected what I was trying to do and never tried to push me to more expensive equipment.

That comes next

 

[Maddie]

Do you listen to your headphones connected to the receiver or some other way.

Right to the receiver, no headphone amp. I much prefer listening to speakers than to headphones.

 

[Maddie]

That comes next

Just when I started to trust you! 😂

 

[camcroft]

Right to the receiver, no headphone amp. I much prefer listening to speakers than to headphones.

I love both. At night when my wife is reading her kindle I can blast tunes through my headphone amp and she can't even hear it.

 

[Gray]

I really listened today with my beyerdynamic 990's on and I can't tell the difference. Maybe I should just spend money on records instead. No problem with that of course, when I was looking at cartridges, I ended up buying two records.

Yes, even making allowances for YouTube, if you have to listen so hard - you really do have to question the value of the 'upgrade'.

You've got an excellent cartridge supplied with what looks like a very nice turntable.
(Being AT, I can't imagine it's built-in preamp being sub standard either).

 

[Gray]

Yes. Are you all from the UK?

Most of us - we do get the odd foreigner but we soon get rid of them 👍

Edit : You know I'm joking...I hope.

 

[camcroft]

Most of us - we do get the odd foreigner but we soon get rid of them 👍

Edit : You know I'm joking...I hope.

You've scared her off now. What ever you do don't start talking to her about cables.

 

[Al ears]

Is she not using the phono stage from the LPW40WN as the receiver doesn't have one.

that's what I understood.

 

[Maddie]

Most of us - we do get the odd foreigner but we soon get rid of them 👍

Edit : You know I'm joking...I hope.

 

[Maddie]

You've scared her off now. What ever you do don't start talking to her about cables.

No problem there, I just get monster cables for everything lol

 

[WayneKerr]

What ever you do don't start talking to her about cables.

We won't as long as you don't either. Cables are just cables nothing more to say