Hey guys, I just picked up a technics SL-D2 from the audio shop here. Its in a great condition and even came with the manual They put a audio technica SS331E/U cartridge on it, but obviously I'd like something better. I want to spend $100 or under, so should I be going for something like the...

This sounds unnecessary. Its just fm radio. The m audio card is already pretty decent.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tiemen M-Audio Audiophile 2496 I will second this. I found one for 50 bucks on craigslist and its perfect.

After a short first foray into vinyl which ended with a dead belt engine, I've been wanting to get into vinyl. I wanted to know if it were possible to create a good vinyl rig on the cheap. What I bought: Ion Turntable, TTUSB10. I got this particular one because it seemed like it was cheap...

I would also suggest switching from ALSA to OSS (not OSS emulation, real OSS). Get that here opensound.org

Actually there IS a program like ASIO in Linux. Its called Jack. It brings the latency down to ASIO levels. I highly advise you get it working. It has trouble working with amarok, so I would suggest going with Audacious or Juk

Computers have an incredible amount of interference in them sometimes, and to me it wasn;t very obvious until I did an A/B test. Get a 2nd source, even if its a cheap dvd player, and compare it to the sound of the headphone out jack. I think you will be in for a shock.

Hi everyone. This might be a stupid question but here it goes. I use a headroom ultra microdac. This has an upsampling ad1896 chip which also functions as a reducer of jitter before sending off to the cs4398. Right now I am using an onboard Intel HDA soundcard to push the digital out via...

Theres probably a way to hack cygwin with coreaudio's linux port to get this working. Or maybe in a native linux enviornment. Anyone have a duet who is willing to lend it out for science?

Why are you getting a high price sound card if you aren't playing games? Why not get an external dac?

If you are looking for a dac in that price range you might want to use the Headroom Ultra Microdac. It does 24/192 upsampling using an AD1896 to the dac (CS4398). It has inputs for optical and coax, and usb and is in a nice looking small form factor. It hasn't been reviewed much, as it came out...

You have been teased? Will your girlfriend get upset when you take her home? Chef could sing a song "I'm gonna make sweet sweet love to you DAC, I'm gonna lay you down by the fire..." rofl

bigshot, you are a well oiled machine. You win this thread.

The microdac is better than the emu 0404 as a dac.

use command line players, seriously its not as crazy as it sounds and doesnt mess with your stuff

Objectivist?

Feeding of 5000

How are you liking the ultra microdac?

If I used a usb > coax box would I still get usb line noise?

Is it preferable to use coax over spdif? I usually use spdif

I listened to your staff's advice and bought the astrodyne for my ultra microdac. It improved the already great sound enough to make me wonder about the dps... How much would the dps improve the sound of my ultra? I wont be using it on anything else. Thanks

I have some zu cable which I bought while I was still new here. Its quite nice looking and sounds fine. It was expensive but I don't regret the purchase, though in the future I will be buying blue jeans as I don't appreciate looks enough to pay twice the price for the same sound.

Sorry, I was confused and read someone elses post. Didn't think you had an amp. Buy an 0404.

The Alien has a couple distinct advantages: Its small. Very small in fact. You could take it with you on a trip with no problems. It can be powered by just usb, without an external power supply. It won't take up half your desk like an 0404. Its cheaper. And the alien dac does sound good. It...