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So your experience is that the ADC is not a big player in the overall quality of the rip? What ADCs have you tried? Thanks, Steve L.

Audiozorro, I can't say I have A/B'd the two, for me it more a matter of cost. I believe I should buy the rights to use music in my own environments, no need to purchase twice, unless I lose my first copy or am trying to get improved sound quality out of a second purchase. You do get very good sound out of ripped vinyl when done well. So by buying the vinyl and ripping it I am getting more use as I can throw it on an Ipod and use it in my car or when I travel as opposed to only at home... Convenience factor of just using the ripped formats for background music is also good when you don't have or want to spend the time to deal with flipping sides or just to randomly go through your music... Only wish Ipod, as limited as its DAC is would do high rez formats like 24/96 up to 24/192, as it would reduce the need for maintaining multiple versions for the various uses... Regards

Clay, The mic pre in front of the Orpheus would be because my cartridge only outputs .2mV and believe that to be too low or the gain in the Orpheus. At least that is what their website seems to indicate. Dan, Yes I am overall very happy with the Transporter and would not get rid of Slim Server outright as I use a Boom as an alarm clock and a Squeezebox in my office. Since the above solution puts a mac mini and a DAC in my stereo rack there is no real need for the Transporter there. Similarly the Alesis can go and the phono pre. I would have to consider whether I would hang on to the Esoteric also as I do not own many SACD or DVD-A discs and just might record those bypassing the mic pre a sell the Esoteric. I think between the 4 devices I could get rid of I might cover a little over half my outlay for the new configuration... Thanks Steve

My beginning in the digitizing of vinyl was with the Alesis Masterlink and Audactiy for 24/96 file format. I also used Audacity to convert the AIFF format that the Alesis unit creates to FLAC and then converted the FLAC to m4a in 16/44.1. The FLAC allowed me the greatest flexibility while the AIFF and M4a got tagged for iTunes->Transporter and Ipod use respectively. This solution does not require much computer savvy at all and does create very good sounding rips... I am considering moving it up to the next level after reading the article in Stereophile about Pure Vinyl at 24/192. Although I do not have the hardware yet for A/D/A and Firewire connection. In your case, I think the Lynx card might be redundant to the Benchmark ADC and Weiss DAC2 combo connecting to the Mac Pro over firewire... By the by, nice analog rig, out of curiosity what phono pre do you use? Good luck

Hey Chris,<br /> Different thread same topic...<br /> <br /> just did some looking at the Sonic Studio website and saw the Model 305. I wonder how it might compare to the Gordon Audio->Prism Orpheus combo?<br /> <br /> For me, I would need the 305 for the mic preamp, but would assume the ADA aspect of the 304 and 305 are the same.. What are your thoughts on the 304? Do you think Sonic Studio would allow for server software->305 as a solution or only doing it with the full blown Amarra system? <br /> <br /> And thank you very much for your efforts on this forum...<br /> <br /> Best,<br /> Rhody

I have been looking at all the options that include firewire and 24/192... Apogee, Aurora, Lavry, Weiss, etc... It is particularly challenging to make choices without ever hearing anything. Once I narrow it down then I will try and acquire a couple of demo units... I really liked the thought of the Aurora/Apogee, but not a huge fan of needing customized cables or lots of unused connectors dangling around. I actually buy into some of the snake oil related to cable choices and impact on sound quality having upgraded over the years through the various types and quality with electronics staying constant with various upgrades. Just a little concerned now about SRC on the Mini impacting the output to the A/D/A... Too bad the Transporter doesn't allow for 24/192... Do you know of any players hardware or software that might be a good choice to avoid SRC issues? Regards

I am going through an evolution in my 2 channel stereo to make it easier to archive vinyl, hopefully improving the sound, but not hurting it at all. I would appreciate some feedback about my potential changes. Current setup: Spectral DMC30SS preamp Spectral DMA360 amps Basis Debut Vector Koetsu Jade Tag Mclaren PPA30 phono stage Slim Devices Transporter(server running on Mac Mini) Esoteric DV-50s Universal Player Alesis Masterlink(for vinyl archiving) Proposed system changes: Remove the Tag phono stage, Alesis Masterlink and Transporter and replace it with Gordon Audio mic pre, Prism Orpheus A/D/A, Mac Mini with Pure Vinyl Thoughts or alternate suggestions, Rhody...

Has anyone tried the Lynx Aurora 8 FW? I am considering adding this a mac mini and the Pure Vinyl software to replace a Slim Devices Transporter, Alesis Masterlink and my phono preamp. Any thoughts Thanks