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In Reply to: RE: Digitizing my 500 albums posted by LtMandella on February 11, 2021 at 11:31:47
You are going to get varying opinions about DSD vs PCM. DSD is going to result in larger files and editing is normally done as PCM before converting back to DSD so you really want to stick to a sample rate that is based on a multiple of 44.1kHz.
Depending on what you are going to do with the digital files (i.e splice, make compilations or listen to the LP in its entirety), PCM will still give you the greatest flexibility once you have the PCM file and you will have smaller files - DSD uses the most storage space and restricts you to players and DACs that support native DSD or DoP.
I would recommend for best flexibility/quality compromise you set your MR-1 to 24/176.4 which will allow you to down convert to whatever you want (including 24/96 or Redbook) and you could easily convert the file to DSD64 or 128 using Audiogate without compromise because the reference clock is still based off 44.1kHz which simplifies the sample rate conversion.
Eliminating the phono stage and doing the EQ digitally has distinct advantages (apart from eliminating phono stage colouration) mainly in that the frequency components above 1kHz have lower quantisation noise proportional to the pre-emphasis amount which translates to higher resolution. The EQ is "perfect" in that you don't have component tolerancing errors and the channels are as matched as the ADC inputs are and you are not limited by the phono stage overload margin (as long as you set the ADC input gain appropriately!)
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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Yup, ask a dozen vinyl enthusiasts about something and you'll get three dozen opinions. :-)I prefer to record at 24-192 PCM WAV because I don't intend to burn CDRs or down sample lower than 24-96 for play back. Disc storage is inexpensive enough and the processing demands of 24-96 PCM rendering is easily handled by even bargain players.
Regarding your comment about using digital RIAA equalization to avoid phono stage coloration: The recording is colored by all the components we're using to play a record. That's what listening to our vinyl setup is all about. I'm not recording LPs to have perfect versions of digital albums that I could otherwise purchase, I'm recording LPs in order to listen to vinyl without needing to play them on a turntable. It's for a future time when I can no longer manage a vinyl setup but can still enjoy the sound of when I did. I want the nuances of my cartridge, tonearm, turntable, and phono stage to come through loud and clear, something I'll fondly remember.
Tom
Edits: 02/14/21
Storage is indeed cheap so file size isn't such an issue, but I still feel DSD is the least useful format in terms of versatility.
Everyone has different priorities in what they are wanting to preserve, how they want to hear the music and the emotions that playing a record triggers....right down to the frustrations of playing the damn things!
My interest is definitely to preserve the grooves as accurately as possible so for me I don't want to "hear" my phono stage or cartridge for that matter. However, I fully understand that for many, it is the sound of their system they want to preserve so that they can take it with them in their pocket or demonstrate the sound through a needledrop.
"It's for a future time when I can no longer manage a vinyl setup but can still enjoy the sound of when I did."
I am definitely getting more aware of this as time marches on....ageing is a scary prospect! I also wonder what will happen with my collection ....and (worse) whether anyone will even care to have them when I'm gone!
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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