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@MikeH thank you, this is super helpful. I’m starting to think about a lossless digital playback setup away from my work area, (I do audio work, believe it or not!) and I’m entirely new to the consumer’s end of it - my job ends delivering files! Haha. I’ve been using Spotify Connect for a while now, and I know Tidal Connect has just hit the market on limited devices thus far. I don’t have any allegiance to Tidal vs Qobuz, but what I’ve always found is that user experience/GUI/gapless playback/etc has consistently been the best on Spotify, and Connect has really made things very simple. Essentially just looking for that same experience, but with 24 bit and higher sample rate streaming. I’m getting the impression it’s not quite THAT easy, yet.
 
Crabbers said:
Alright...longtime lurker who occasionally asks for help:)

I'm going to be doing a basement renovation in the next month. I'm at the point where I'm ready to start upgrading to something a lil nicer for my new room. I have currently two turntables: one for upstairs playing that plugs into a portable Marshall bluetooth speaker (AT 120) and one for old basement setup (Grado) I'd prefer having a table where I could switch speeds easily, unlike the Uturn, in my new basement.

I'm looking at upgrading some things with a $1000 budget, possibly more with the sale of a few things:)

Currently I have:
Turntables: Uturn Orbit with Acrylic Platter AT120-> Grado Black/Nagaoka MP 110
Pre-Amp: Vincent Pho-8
Receiver: Onkyo TX 8020
Speakers: ELAC B6 Debut

Any suggestions? I'm thinking Receiver and turntable but who knows
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In my opinion, start with a turntable..........are you thinking another belt drive or direct?
 
AnthonyI said:
www.musicdirect.com

Mobile Fidelity - StudioDeck+ Turntable with StudioTracker Phono Cartridge **FACTORY REFURBISHED**

www.musicdirect.com

OR a PLX 1000, you'd love either or. I would lean towards the MoFi if you can...........and while it's the same type of "speed change", it doesn't EVER have the issue the U-Turn has ;)
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So how do you change speed on this...sort of like the same flick of your thumb thing...which i can never do from 45 back to 33...it's literally impossible for me:)
 
HayesWeighsIn said:
@MikeH thank you, this is super helpful. I’m starting to think about a lossless digital playback setup away from my work area, (I do audio work, believe it or not!) and I’m entirely new to the consumer’s end of it - my job ends delivering files! Haha. I’ve been using Spotify Connect for a while now, and I know Tidal Connect has just hit the market on limited devices thus far. I don’t have any allegiance to Tidal vs Qobuz, but what I’ve always found is that user experience/GUI/gapless playback/etc has consistently been the best on Spotify, and Connect has really made things very simple. Essentially just looking for that same experience, but with 24 bit and higher sample rate streaming. I’m getting the impression it’s not quite THAT easy, yet.
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I did a similar thing awhile ago in terms of getting a digital set up going, but I never had Spotify (I primarily stuck in the Apple universe since I have used it since high school and never switched over to Spotty). I originally looked into a digital streaming set up to try to buy less records. You can probably easily figure out how well that went lol....but i do love my digital set up now and use it a LOT.

I ended up going the route of Qobuz because MQA wasn't really appealing to me with its limits for hardware I could buy (and the idea that it could fairly easily become obsolete or MQA could decide to stop supporting certain devices). Qobuz seemed more flexible. The folks like @Joe Mac on the digital thread on this forum helped point me to some different options. I ended up grabbing a used Aries Mini as a network streamer but those are pretty hard to find now. There are tons of options though and I wouldn't necessarily let the digital streaming aspect of it affect what receiver you get for now in the price range you're looking at. You could always add something like a Raspberry Pi with hifiberry DAC or something similar to stream hi-fi through to a receiver as far as I know.
 
Crabbers said:
So how do you change speed on this...sort of like the same flick of your thumb thing...which i can never do from 45 back to 33...it's literally impossible for me:)
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You move it just like the U-Turn, but no fancy flick needed, just move it from one part of the pulley to the other, no stretched out issues or anything, just move and spin ;)
 
Ethos99 said:
Agreed, however my love of Marantz and Denon is not shared by everyone else and I'd agree there are cheaper high-performing options out there.
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Not sure if that's completely true, I was going to say, depending on when and how much wiggle room, if any, to look at the NAD C316BEE V2 or Marantz PM6006 ($500 on Amazon at the moment)
 
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