Analog Magik

[tony22]

Agree, I use Parks Audio Puffin directly with a Toslink 24 bit/96k to usb converter to PC. Works better than ART which tends to freeze the PC at regular intervals. Puffin is my RIAA, but also a fantastic diagnostic and set op tool for vinyl, a Swiss Army knife.

Now you get Waxwing that cost 499 usd, the Hifi-ME Toslink-to- USB is cheap. Make sure you order that and not USB to Toslink.

Hi Balle. This is an older post of yours but I need your help. I bought the UR23 you mentioned in the post, and tried it with my Waxwing. I wanted to use it with the second Line Out from my preamp, so I set the Waxwing up (I think correctly) with ‘EQ’ to ‘Line In’, ‘Output’ to ‘24/96’, and gave it a try by running the 1KHz Track 1 signal from the UA test record. What I saw on my computer was a nasty saw-tooth waveform. The Waxwing Gain is set to -4dB; the saw-tooth does not change if I set it to 0dB or even a bit higher. If I keep raising the Gain it winds up getting worse.

 

[Balle Clorin]

I am not sure what you are trying to do. I use the Toslink OUTPUT from Puffin to go via Toslink-to-USB to connect to my PC. A preamp has no place here.

 

[tony22]

I use the Toslink OUTPUT from Puffin to go via Toslink-to-USB to connect to my PC.

I’m doing the same with the Waxwing, but rather than taking the cartridge output directly into the Waxwing I am using the line out from my phono preamp. The Waxwing has the ability to be configured for Line In, and without RIAA. I figured since I’d normally be using the phono preamp output when using either Adjust+ or AM, this would be the way to use the Waxwing.

 

[Balle Clorin]

Try a Lower gain and make sure sampling rate is the same through the whole chain.