Vintage HiFi. Sounds great, looks cool, costs peanuts
For a while now I have been using a raspberry Pi to stream music from my NAS to my vintage HiFi through an Audioquest Dragonfly DAC.
Originally my choice of hardware and software was dictated by performance considerations. I now have a new Synology DS220+ NAS, which is quick. Time to re evaluate my streaming system and do things a different way. Continue reading “Digital Streamer now with Volumio on Raspberry Pi.”
Everything should have its shape. This is my own capture of the vinyl recording of the KT Tunstall track of the same name.
If only the same was true of the digital download version of the same track.
My friend Anita found a 5 inch reel to reel tape from her childhood. I offered to transfer the contents into mp3 files so she could hear herself again.
Should be a straightforward job. Famous last words. Continue reading “Anita as a baby on reel to reel. Converting to digital”
My Main HiFi System is mainly concerned with playing vinyl, but it can also do that modern streaming thing and lots of other formats.
The equipment to do this was produced over a range of five decades. So let’s take a trip back in time from the newest component to the oldest. Continue reading “Half a century in one HiFi.”
A technology from the 1950’s and one from the 90’s make a great partnership.
Despite the age difference there can be a fine symbiotic relationship. Continue reading “MiniDisc and 8 Track Tape Cartridge Complementary Technologies”
To successfully play digital music though my HiFi several software components play a part.
It’s not just about throwing numbers at a digital to analogue converter.
I love Denon Mini systems and I love Minidisc. So, why was this a disappointment? Continue reading “Denon DMD-M30 Minidisc”
In a previous article I described why I wanted to build a Raspberry Pi based music player.
Here I describe the hardware part of the project. Continue reading “Raspberry Pi music player. Hardware”
My passion is vintage analogue audio but, pragmatically, I also listen to digital stuff for convenience. The trouble is that, with a large collection, it isn’t that convenient to use. This is a project to do something about that.
