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Post by manlystanley on Mar 22, 2010 6:56:25 GMT -5
Does anyone use the UMC-1 as their main preamp (and not just for movies). In particular, does the UMC-1 have a record player input? What does vinyl sound like on the UMC-1?
Thanks,
Stan
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Post by Mr. Ben on Mar 22, 2010 8:02:42 GMT -5
Does anyone use the UMC-1 as their main preamp (and not just for movies). In particular, does the UMC-1 have a record player input? What does vinyl sound like on the UMC-1? Thanks, Stan There is no phono input on the UMC-1. You'll need to purchase an external phono preamp. |
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Post by moe on Mar 22, 2010 9:11:03 GMT -5
Which if you're into vinyl I'm sure you would want anyway.The sound with music is fantastic so I see no reason vinyl would not be also.
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Post by ottaone on Mar 22, 2010 11:37:02 GMT -5
You'll need the USP-1. Even for the combo price of about $1,100, these can't be beat by any other close to this price range. Of course, I'm missing the UM... part of my combo.  But not much longer. Just another month I think/hope/pray. |
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Post by jraffety on Mar 22, 2010 13:24:38 GMT -5
If you hook the TT up to the UMC-1 with an external preamp, I believe it will still digitize the input. I could be wrong, but didn't read anything about a pure analog path in the UMC-1. To me that would be the reason to go for the USP-1. Not that the UMC-1 wouldn't sound good, but kinda defeats the point of vinyl if you convert the signal to digital in the preamp.
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Post by bigred7078 on Mar 22, 2010 13:31:50 GMT -5
If you hook the TT up to the UMC-1 with an external preamp, I believe it will still digitize the input. I could be wrong, but didn't read anything about a pure analog path in the UMC-1. To me that would be the reason to go for the USP-1. Not that the UMC-1 wouldn't sound good, but kinda defeats the point of vinyl if you convert the signal to digital in the preamp. This is correct. You will not get a pure analog path with the UMC-1. |
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Post by flamingeye on Mar 22, 2010 13:37:21 GMT -5
This is one of the reasons I`m waiting for the XMC
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Post by RadTech on Mar 22, 2010 13:48:58 GMT -5
^^^ +1 . Me too!
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Post by monkeypimp on Mar 22, 2010 13:51:29 GMT -5
Can you not use the Left and Right from the 7.1 inputs make it a pure path?
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Post by Mr. Ben on Mar 22, 2010 14:43:42 GMT -5
If you hook the TT up to the UMC-1 with an external preamp, I believe it will still digitize the input. I could be wrong, but didn't read anything about a pure analog path in the UMC-1. To me that would be the reason to go for the USP-1. Not that the UMC-1 wouldn't sound good, but kinda defeats the point of vinyl if you convert the signal to digital in the preamp. This is correct. You will not get a pure analog path with the UMC-1. Um, no, this is not correct. The UMC-1 has a pure analog path via all the analog inputs, when in direct mode. Source |
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Post by jraffety on Mar 22, 2010 15:19:31 GMT -5
This is correct. You will not get a pure analog path with the UMC-1. Um, no, this is not correct. The UMC-1 has a pure analog path via all the analog inputs, when in direct mode. SourceVery good to know. Thanks for the link. |
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