Mulder
Addicted to Fun and Learning
I have a Thoréns TD 321 turntable. I think it was their last model before vinyl became obsolete. Until now that is.
Now. I have installed it again, and I must say it is a very fun way of listening to music.
I don´t say it is superior to digital or anything like that.
But, for the moment at least, I have realized it creates a kind of engagement in listening to music that I sometimes miss when listening to streaming music digitaly.
I have a phono-preamp without a volume control. For volume control i use a transformer - a Music First audio transformer. This also has the advantage of converting the RCA from the phono-preamp into a balanced XLR-signal. I have a rather long cable run to my power-amplifier - about 10 meters - so I think balanced is an advantage. My problem is that I has to either switch the balanced XLRs from the transformer to my DAC every time I want to change between vinyl and digital, OR I can run the my DAC through the transformer and just use the transformers switch and the volume.
My question is, do this setup degrade the sound of the digital? How good or bad solution is a transformer?
Now. I have installed it again, and I must say it is a very fun way of listening to music.
I don´t say it is superior to digital or anything like that.
But, for the moment at least, I have realized it creates a kind of engagement in listening to music that I sometimes miss when listening to streaming music digitaly.
I have a phono-preamp without a volume control. For volume control i use a transformer - a Music First audio transformer. This also has the advantage of converting the RCA from the phono-preamp into a balanced XLR-signal. I have a rather long cable run to my power-amplifier - about 10 meters - so I think balanced is an advantage. My problem is that I has to either switch the balanced XLRs from the transformer to my DAC every time I want to change between vinyl and digital, OR I can run the my DAC through the transformer and just use the transformers switch and the volume.
My question is, do this setup degrade the sound of the digital? How good or bad solution is a transformer?