I have a rega elys cartridge on a rega p3-24 TT. the thing is - how do i know when i need to replace the cartridge if everything is sounding fine? i've read that chipped and/or worn styluses can damage your vinyls, so that freaked me out a bit. i have also recently done quite a few not so...

1) Ok, the first question is about the plastic cover thing you put on the TT that protects it: is there a way to actually MOUNT the thing on the TT, or do you just completely take it off when you listen and put it on when you don't listen? 2) in the manual it says that during a record...

i bought a rega p3-24 with pre-installed elys cartridge. the man in the shop set up the bias adjustment for me. i have it connected to quad 99 pre-amp's phono stage. from there it goes to wharfedale diamond 8.2 active monitors. so, the problem is following: on the outer rims of any LP i play...

Hello, i was wondering if you could tell me if scrstched or curved old LPs can potentially damage any parts of a turntable. if so, which part of a turntable (cartridge?) and what's a degree of an LP being damaged that would produce damages of a turntable. also, if LPs have lighter scratches...

can you tell me which one of these DACs is better, that is, which one of these devices would have better analog output sound quality?

i was wondering if there are any cd-players with s/pdif input, so that i could use it in two ways: 1) as a stand-alone source that i'd connect to my wharfedale diamond 8.2 pro active studio monitors for cd listening 2) to hook my s/pdif output from my computer to, so i could use the...

i have onboard AC97/ALC850 sound at the moment and also a tv-tuner which is connected internally into a "aux-in" on my motherboard's onboard sound. i was planning to buy a 0404 USB, and was wondering whether i could use optical S/PDIF out on my motherboard to output that internally connected...

first of all - hello to everyone since i'm new here now, i'm considering to buy e-mu 1212m sound card but have three questions that i have not found the answers to: 1. despite searching for pictures of the card(s) and specs i'm not sure if what i see at the end of the PCI card are two...