If you don't mind my asking (and I couldn't DM you to do so privately), what does a Puffin sell for these days?What's funny is I sold off my 2 Budgies and Puffin last week with no intention of buying the Waxwing. But when I saw the price was $499 I went ahead and ordered. I thought for sure they were going to be a hundred more. I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
If you don't mind my asking (and I couldn't DM you to do so privately), what does a Puffin sell for these days?
The form factor of the Puffin was always a turnoff for me. I like this little box.
Yeah, it's almost into "Too small, the cables will pull it around" territoryIt caught me off guard how small it is. Photos of it by itself seem to indicate it being a bit larger, but using the D30 Pro as a reference in my prior post shows it.
You should check out the Facebook pageI’ve moved over to the Waxwing from the Puffin. Would love to see some measurements as to how it performs. To my ear it’s the same as the Puffin, but with the better form factor and convenience of remote operation. I’m particularly interested in the PEQ filter. If anyone has a resource for its implementation and settings, I would be very grateful. I hear it can remove baked in mains hum from records. I have a Detroit Cobras record that has terrible AC hum, and would like to get rid of it!
It caught me off guard how small it is.
It is sublime in its design and simplicitySame. It might even be smaller than a miniDSP 2x4HD. I see that as a good thing.
You could ask Shannon Parks.Anybody knows about the internal ADC in this preamp?
Is the purpose of this device to make vinyl LPs sound more like CDs? If so, I will consider getting one.
This looks amazing! What is the deal with ripping records, could I ditch my audio interface and still capture at 24 bit 44.1?
I’d assume the ADC in this is going to be more than good enough. For comparison right now I have a Behringer 202HD and NAD PP2e and hate all the cables.