Pat Farrell;148007 Wrote: > ntom wrote:[color=blue] > > Was just giving some thought to recording my album collection for > SB3. > > Anyone have a view as to whether it would be worth attempting 24/96 > > recording....? > My personal opinion is that 16/44.1 is plenty good enough for vinyl transfers, and it's not because I'm not interested in getting the best from LPs. (My vinyl transfer setup uses a Linn LP12/Lingo/Ittok/Karma and a Naim preamp). Others hold differing views, and I am sure they may pop in to give you their side of the story.
Pat Farrell;148007 Wrote: > > My opinion is that it is not worth it for albums that are still > available, in print, or whatever the phrase is. I agree, with the additional caveat that some CD reissues of LPs have been butchered (either by editing, remixing, or hypercompression). In those cases, you may feel that a transfer of the original LP is preferable. Pat Farrell;148007 Wrote: > > If you are serious about quality, you have to have a ADC that is > external to the PC. Nothing about the insides of a PC is compatible > with > quality analog signals. Of course it's true that the inside of a PC is awash with RFI, but the amazing thing is that there are plenty of decent soundcards out there that seem immune to it. The Lynx Two and DAL Card Deluxe are the obvious examples at the very high end. But even the humble M-Audio AP2496 (available for under $100) achieves a S/N ratio around the 93dB mark, which is plenty good enough for vinyl. Pat Farrell;148007 Wrote: > > I could be wrong, but I thought that once it was digital, the SPDIF > input's quality makes next to zero difference. If you do use an external A/D converter running at 44.1kHz, you need to be careful. Many of the cheaper mainstream cards that have SPDIF inputs (eg. Soundblasters) resample the incoming stream to their internal clock speed (48kHz), and since they do it in real time, tend not to make a particularly good job of it. -- cliveb Performers -> dozens of mixers and effects -> clipped/hypercompressed mastering -> you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28490 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
