Pro-ject Optical Box E Review (Phono Stage)

[SOULKAT]

Has anybody got a Pro-Ject Optical Box E Phono ? i have run out of inputs on my Arcam SA10 amp & I need to add my Denon Tape player and the old Moth turntable with Optical out to my amp so if i do sell my Moth i can flick a switch and add a CD Player as well plus there's a 3.5 audio in & out on it as well The output could run to my PC for direct recording and the input could be used for another Aux DVD TV Ect Plus i could place my Turntable anywhere as i could use a long Optical Toslink cable I Know it was given a bad press with sound quality but has anyone owned or own one with there own thoughts on the matter as at sub £100 new it seems to me to qure my lack of inputs problem & Phono amp ect ect ??

 

[Willem]

I am not quite sure what your question is, but I have the Optical Box Ephono and am quite happy. My expectation for vinyl sound quality is not that high anyway, so I doubt the deficiencies of the Project box matter much. Anyway, my DAC is a lot better of course: an RME ADI-2 and I hardly use anything other than digital sources. As an automatic switch to have more digital inputs I use this: https://www.tindie.com/products/beni_skate/automatic-spdif-opticalrca-audio-switch/ It works very well, and signal quality was tested by RME and judged to be excellent.