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I record with a Korg MR-2000S

It's a digital recorder. It sits in the stereo rack and is connected to the monitor loop of the preamp. The recorder is something that you might see used in a professional studio for a final two-track mixdown. It was about $1,400 when I bought it but I amortized that over all of the CD's that I wouldn't have to buy to replace my albums, and with many to have better sound.

When I'm playing albums I just have to hit record and pause when flipping over. I modified the recorder so that it has a 320 GB drive instead of the original 80 GB. I record at the highest possible resolution, 1 bit at 5.66 MHz. At the end of the day, each album is saved as a FLAC file at 24/96. I could go with 24/192 but I don't hear a difference and the file sizes are double. I do keep the original DSD file, just in case.

Frankly, I haven't done a direct LP to digital comparison. When I play the digital files it sounds like the album, I don't hear any "digital overtones" or sense any loss of anything from the original recording. In other words, I believe that with the very high resolution recording and mastering, the final digital copy is very true to the original signal.

Edit: With the digital recordings of the LP's at high resolution, it's interesting to note that what I find truly makes a difference (not surprisingly) is the DAC, that's where it all happens.

I'm using an Arcam FMJ D33 SuperDAC and it seems to be continually improving.


Edits: 12/18/14 12/18/14
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