Equipment > Vinyl Ripping and Archiving
my newest recording gear - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
shadowlord:
I recently i upgraded from my internal ESI maya44 to a usb based Focusrite Scarlett 2i2.
That way i can use my laptop and connect the recording "rig" to both of my systems. (or easily take it elsewhere )
here is one of my first needledrops i made with it.
Elton John - Funeral for a friend / love lies bleeding. (44,1kHz / 16 bit - Flac . zip file)
http://www.freefilehosting.net/sample_4
let me know what you think of it.
Equipment used: Pro-Ject Xpression III / Ortofon 2m blue - Musical Fidelity V90-lps - Cambridge Audio 640Av2 - Focusrite Scarlett 2i2.
BSD2000:
Nice! The sample sound great! I always preferred the sound of Cirrus Logic A/D converters for PCM conversion and the Scarlett uses the CS4272. The synth sounds nice and clean with a lot of presence. I don't have a clean copy of that album, it's on my 'want' list though.
In my small home studio, I use the Focusrite Liquid 56 which also uses the CS4272 chip. 8)
That speaker looks interesting (ribbon tweeter?) - who makes it?
shadowlord:
Thank you!
The speakers are ELAC BS243.
here is a better picture of them in my home office/man cave system.
BSD2000:
Nice! I love the framed cassettes on the wall! One of my favorite brands of cassette tape is Denon, especially the HD-M and HD8's. 8)
Is that an Audio-GD NFB-12.1 DAC I see in the second photo? What's your opinion of it?
shadowlord:
well spotted.
Its a first gen NFB-12.
it replaced my ZERO Dac unit.
I was never happy how the zero sounded ( i had better sounding DACs, but i needed the headphone amp and pre amp function for my computer setup)
so i researched a bit and sold some DACs to fund a new combo unit.
The NFB-12 is a great little unit. Good sound and powers my AKG headphones fine.
Since then i upgraded the powered speakers to the integrated amp / passive speaker combo seen in the picture, so the pre-amp function is not that important anymore. But the DAC still sounds good to my ears. ( it reminds me a lot of my Cambridge Audio CD player)
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