Hi, any impressions on how well mastered vinyl rips played through a dac sound compared to the original vinyl played on a TT? Is it worth ripping well mastered vinyl or should one stick to finding the CD or dsd download?
Hi, any impressions on how well mastered vinyl rips played through a dac sound compared to the original vinyl played on a TT? Is it worth ripping well mastered vinyl or should one stick to finding the CD or dsd download?
the only way i'd undertake a task today is with the finest equipment available.... Mainly tt/arm/cart. I've found out over the years that the higher end tt combos are much quieter in the area of surface noise, ticks/pops and such. You can get away with using a less expensive a/d converter like the korg or tascam. Seems these things get exacerbated when going through an a/d conversion. On a less expensive tt, you can easily discern that it is a vinyl rip, but on a higher end rig, if there are not any noticeable noise, you'd swear you were listening to tape!
Hi Chris, what's your digital and analogue system, if I may ask
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I would be really interested in making some dsd vinyl rips with that Tascam AD converter (don't own one yet). Anyone been down that route?
You will also have to consider what I'm using as well...
I've done this a few times with my DA-3000 as well as the Korg MR2000s. These are very good rips. Unfortunately if you want to do any editing/processing, then you need software to do that. The hardware boxes have very rudimentary editing.
And to all the folks that want to do the RIAA curve in digital? Just think how a digital EQ sounds when you adjust a freq. more than a few dB!
Bruce what do you like better the DA-3000 or the Korg?
What about the stage depth, the brass and violin texture, that stands out on good vinyls played on good TTs, the thickness. Bruce, if I played a ripped TT file through my Lampi, would those characteristics be retained?
Of course the Tascam, and here's why.
The Tascam records to SD cards and you can connect an external USB drive to dump your files. But the main reason I like it is because it has digital in/out so in the future when funds become available, you can use better converters. The Korg does not have this option. Plus, it's under $1k !
which is the tascam model i am looking for? There are many tascam items out there
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