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My preamplifier has single-ended RCA “record out” jacks but no “loop” so there’s no way to monitor the results. While you may be saying here “which is never”, after spending some time with the SC-1 you might want to amend that! Putting any device, regardless of its claimed transparency, between a preamplifier and amplifier is less than ideal, though the designers have done their best to provide a transparent, relay based bypass for when you don’t want to listen to digitized vinyl.

And of course never plug the SC-1’s output into an active “phono” input (there are some integrated amplifiers that have an input labeled ”phono” that’s not really connected to an active phono preamp and is meant for use with an outboard phono preamp but be sure you know you’ve got that before using it with the SC-1’s output. If your turntable has a built-in phono preamp, plug the turntable’s equalized and amplified “line level” output into the SC-1. If your integrated amp doesn’t have a tape loop but has “jumpers” the can be removed to separate the preamp and amp sections, remove the jumpers and insert the SC-1 there. Or if you have an integrated amplifier with a “tape loop” definitely use that. You can run the phono preamp into the SC-1 and its output into your preamplifier. Regardless of your system, chances are there’s a way to connect the SC-1. It's how most users will access and control the unit. The app reproduces all of the functionality.

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The unit’s front panel includes “bypass”, “click remove” and “click mon” buttons and a “strength” knob plus a status screen. When the power is off an internal relay bypasses the “Line in to Line out” (so the signal will pass even when the unit is switched off). The back panel also includes a wired LAN jack, a USB port for the supplied WiFi adapter, a “pair” button to link the unit to the smartphone or tablet app (for iOS and Android), the power adapter jack and the power switch. Build quality is high, especially the use of rugged, chassis-mounted, gold-plated RCA jacks for signal “in” and “out”. I chose to start with a review of the “basic” unit because if it wasn’t as “non-destructive” as claimed, why bother with the more costly one? The SC-1 incorporates a 192/24 bit A/D and D/A as well as the aforementioned algorithm based adjustable pop and click remover. The SC-1 reviewed here is the “basic” $1999 version that offers real-time pop and click removal said to be “non-destructive”, while the more costly SC-2 offers one button USB 3.0 recording and graphic display plus automatic metadata identification and tagging and track splitting. It was the first record I played after the installation. Unfortunately it was the quietest, most sublime on the entire album.ĭid the seller know about the defect? Who knows and what’s the difference now? But that bottom line is I haven’t played that side since….until the arrival of Sweet Vinyl’s Sugar Cube SC-1. Fortunately only one was seriously injured. The record’s last owner or another along the line had dropped the arm and the stylus skidding across three tracks. This one sounded like The Grand Canyon had opened across “Blackbird.”Įxamining the record in the kind of good light you never have in a used record store, which is why you should never shop without a flashlight (a dated suggestion now that everyone’s carrying one in his or her smartphone), made obvious what had happened. Same with vinyl.īut if Morris sitting behind me taps his cane to the music, it’s very distracting as are rhythmic “clicks” produced by radial scratches. How can you stand it?” Of course they can because the music is so compelling it’s easy to ignore the EMTs and their stretchers. They are coughing, sneezing, spitting up mucous and occasionally keeling over. Like I tell people who say they can’t stand them on classical music “Then you’ve never been to a live concert. We can all put up with a few pops and clicks on a record. Then came “Blackbird” and rhythmic, once per revolution “POP” “POP” “POP”. “Martha My Dear” sounded “minty” starting side two, but there were a few clicks on “So Tired”. I was sure I could always sell it and get my money back or more. The first side played through “minty” though it was immediately clear that though this version sounded good, the original UK pressing was sonically better. The laminated “top loader” jacket was mint, all of the head shots the poster and the black sleeves were inside looking as if none of it had been touched and the records appeared as minty as advertised. About a dozen years ago at a used record store in San Francisco I bought a “mint” original German pressing of The Beatles (“The White Album”).