I don't, other than to say that most of the music I currently have in electronic form has been transcoded from analog to FLAC. I can hear the difference between MP3 and FLAC formats, and my hearing is pretty lousy in one ear.
I used to have a pretty big vintage setup with a Fisher 400, Soundcraftsman preamp, tuner and amp, Dual turntable and a pair of Magnepan IIa planar speakers. When we moved to FL I lost the space necessary to really use the Manepans, so I sold off the system. Plenty of online resources on the subject, for sure. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Dec 3, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Listers: > > > > I know that some of you are audiophiles to some degree. So this is directed > at you. We have an eclectic collection of LPs of all types of music. A > while back I bought my wife (the main music lover) a cheap ION USB > turntable. She already had a good quality component turntable, but I > figures the USB interface would make it easy to transfer vinyl to digital. > The results were so-so. Recently she gave away the vintage quality TT to > our son, a recent convert to vinyl. > > > > In addition to creating a need for a quality component, this event also > cleared a spot on our A-V components rack. After much research and > comparison shopping, I bought an Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB TT from > Amazon. > > > > I received this unit yesterday, and have just converted my first LP to MP3 > files today. My workflow was to use the most recent version of Audacity to > convert my wife's old ELO Eldorado album to wav files on my HTPC through the > USB interface. The HTPC has a 6-core AMD FX processor and an ASUS XONAR DG > Headphone Amp & PCI 5.1 Audio Card. I then transferred the files (one for > each album side) to my ThinkPad T61 laptop running Sound Forge 10 (SF) and > equipped with a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS PMCMCIA card. I ran the SF audio > cleaner module on the wav files, then saved them to MP3 files, all using the > default settings in SF. > > I then saved the MP3s to the network HD, and am currently playing them back > through the HTPC using VLC. All I can say is that the results are totally > satisfactory! There is still a little bit of vinyl noise remaining after the > SF cleanup, but it is significantly reduced from the original recordings. > Considering that the cleanup took only a few seconds I am very impressed > with the results. > > As to the turntable itself: After reading some negative reviews, I examined > the platter and all other criticized items carefully. I could notice no > warping of the platter, and all other parts of the turntable looked very > good. As an amateur machinist, I do have a stand and dial indicator. I may > gauge the runout of the platter just to see if there is any measurable > warpage that I am unable to detect visually. I am favorably impressed with > the quality and feature set considering the moderate cost of the unit. I > have read that a DIY mat made of cork or rubber will improve the sound > quality, and am pleased to see that the height of the tone arm is adjustable > to accommodate a thicker mat. > > > > Since I am a rank beginner at doing this, I am curious if any of you have > experience with this activity to share. > > > > Greg > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
