Connecting a CD recorder to my SP/PH10

Tidal is at CD resolution, using FLAC. 25 million tracks.

Two points:  CD-Rs or -RWs burned on a home burner use an essentially different process than commercially manufactured CDs. Lots of them have trouble playing correctly on any given player - especially, it seems, high-end players (such as my own Rega Apollo, which abhors CD-Rs.) And, crucially, ALL CD-Rs deteriorate over time. Sometimes they last a few years - but NEVER longer than 10 years - before they start to skip and eventually are altogether unrecognizable by a player.
Streaming services are coming along in terms of quality, but if your tastes run towards the Classical or the arcane, you might find a downright poor selection, and that quite poorly catalogued. Especially for long pieces, such as full opera. Even 4 movement symphonies may be broken into pieces and NOT adjacent on the playlist, necessitating long and frustrating searches. Caveat Downloaders. And Streamers. And Streakers, for that matter.

Even your own files can be subject to difficulty with filing and even FINDING them. The major filing "programs" such as iTunes are pop-oriented. Every file is a "song" which is unsuitable for filing multi-movement classical. After much complaining, Apple said they would make changes in iTunes. Haven't seen them yet, same old song and dance.

Think there's a bit of thread drift here; the question was how to archive vinyl onto a CD burner.
But as we're merrily off course, I'll cast my lot in with Audio Bill, who turned me onto Tidal a year or so ago. It definitely benefits from a high-quality external DAC but the sound quality is indeed redbook. All the android or iphone does is act as a controller. You can buy two CDs or one sheet of vinyl for Tidal's $20/month vig.
Their new releases to tend to be hip-hop or pop, but if you dig down you'll likely save a lot of wear and tear on your conventional playback media.

Let me just add that Tidal is now $12 per month for military and veterans.

Back to the buffer, when not recording will there be any frequency response problems if the buffer and recorder are powered off but still connected to the SP10? Thinking about tube life...

I may buy one of these for my SP13.

The tubes for the buffer are dirt cheap. I just bought a sleeve of five GE NOS 5654W's for $8.70 including postage(!).
If you switch out of the tape loop on the pre-amp it doesn't matter if the buffer is on.

I've got to say, and I don't know why, but my system sounds better going through the loop with the Yaqin buffer. This was well worth the $150. I've been copying vinyl over to CD like crazy and they sound really good in the car.

Dave_in_Va wrote:The tubes for the buffer are dirt cheap. I just bought a sleeve of five GE NOS 5654W's for $8.70 including postage(!).
If you switch out of the tape loop on the pre-amp it doesn't matter if the buffer is on.

I've got to say, and I don't know why, but my system sounds better going through the loop with the Yaqin buffer. This was well worth the $150. I've been copying vinyl over to CD like crazy and they sound really good in the car.

OK great. Guess I didn't think that through. Of course it wouldn't matter when the tape loop is switched out

Good to hear it works and sound good. I'm gonna grab one...

wgallupe wrote:

Dave_in_Va wrote:The tubes for the buffer are dirt cheap. I just bought a sleeve of five GE NOS 5654W's for $8.70 including postage(!).
If you switch out of the tape loop on the pre-amp it doesn't matter if the buffer is on.

I've got to say, and I don't know why, but my system sounds better going through the loop with the Yaqin buffer. This was well worth the $150. I've been copying vinyl over to CD like crazy and they sound really good in the car.

OK great. Guess I didn't think that through. Of course it wouldn't matter when the tape loop is switched out

Good to hear it works and sound good. I'm gonna grab one...  

Sooo, I think this question was asked but never answered: What about the one in the link below? Looks to have much better parts quality.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290827407364?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

wgallupe wrote:

wgallupe wrote:

Dave_in_Va wrote:The tubes for the buffer are dirt cheap. I just bought a sleeve of five GE NOS 5654W's for $8.70 including postage(!).
If you switch out of the tape loop on the pre-amp it doesn't matter if the buffer is on.

I've got to say, and I don't know why, but my system sounds better going through the loop with the Yaqin buffer. This was well worth the $150. I've been copying vinyl over to CD like crazy and they sound really good in the car.

OK great. Guess I didn't think that through. Of course it wouldn't matter when the tape loop is switched out

Good to hear it works and sound good. I'm gonna grab one...  

Sooo, I think this question was asked but never answered: What about the one in the link below? Looks to have much better parts quality.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290827407364?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Does it still work if you yank the tube?