Howie - amazing set up you have! Guessing you have the only key to the door to that room. Curious about your Avid/Nagra integration with the 861/DSP's as I am looking at options to add vinyl to my system too. Is the Meridian A-D conversion working well with a heavy duty analog system like that? Also, have you been able to compare playback of any recordings through both the CD through the 808.2 and vinyl through the Avid? Seriously, that has to be the most beautiful equipment rack I've ever seen.
Thnak you so much John! A lot of work and thought went into this set-up to being it up to scratch.
I have often thought whether I should ditch the analogue end seeing as it might seem strange to integrate it into an all digital set up. But each time I play an LP I decide not to do so. Honestly, I have not really analysed how good the A/D converter is nor do I really think it is possible to do so because there is no equivalent M set up in analogue to compare it to. There are just too many variables involved.
At the end of the day, I take a more relaxed view. It sounds significantly different from playing cds. It sounds more analogue if that means anything, the analogue traits you hear on an analogue system are carried over into this digital one. For me that is enough reason not to throw it away. I guess I could go and find a DCS A/D converter and compare them but the M one is good enough for me for now. Would I add an Avid and Nagra to an exisiting M system. That might be more difficult to answer!
Which type of cartridge suits the M A/D converter. Ha that is another ball game entirely!
howie
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