Mnyb;474208 Wrote: > RIAA/Phono stage is a jungle , I'm surprised that there are cheap > alternatives . I thought phono stage had gone high end boutique stuff > only . >
I think they are more mainstream now because PCs don't have a phono stage on their input and modern receivers don't include them for the most part any more. There is a mainstream demand for these devices now. I got one last year that has a built-in headphone amp, a DAC with both phono and line level inputs with optical, USB, and coax digital outputs for under $100. This allows me to perform vinyl transfers using my laptop without a stereo receiver - a much neater setup. For some reason, last year there seemed to be a surge of USB turntables on the market, along with phono stage/USB soundcard devices. Vinyl continues to remain popular with many. -- maggior Rich --------- Setup: 2 SB3s, 3 Booms, 1 duet, 1 receiver. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeCenter 7.3.3, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 27,698 songs, 2,304 albums, 439 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior Looking forward to new Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, and The Beatles Box set. September will be an expensive month :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69989 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
