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In Reply to: RE: Digital recorder question posted by Goober58 on May 22, 2025 at 17:17:21:
Sorry about that - I had used the "less than" symbol when I quoted the price for the Korg but forgot that it was a magic character that meant the text afterwards was lost! It took me a few goes to realize where the problem was.....
Think of the Korg as basically a computer controlled phono stage with a built-in headphone amp (WinPC or Mac not Linux). The line out will function as your phono pre (EQ or flat output) going straight into your analogue Pre or Integrated amp. The output is line level so you can't feed a flat signal into your analogue phono pre without attenuating the signal again. If you want the flavour of your analogue phono pre, then just use the line-in of the Korg. However, I personally think it sounds better with digital EQ - it is basically "perfect" EQ with perfect channel balance since EQ errors due to the topology of the circuit and/or component tolerances are eliminated. Also multiple signal path components have been eliminated so I think it is the purest route for listening to your records with your chosen cartridge. The Phono Load is 50k but you can always use T-dongles with loading resistors and capacitors in parallel with the cartridge output connector. MCs require a SUT of course.
You need to have your laptop or PC connected to it all the time to function - I only use the headphone amp to monitor recordings and it makes an ideal companion for an office or bedroom setup where you don't want clutter.
The way it works (for phono or line in) is that the ADC feeds the data to the PC that then processes the data (applies EQ or record flat) and sends it back to the Korg to the internal DAC to convert to analogue which is fed to the Line Out and to the headphone amp. Up to 2496 it doesn't require a powerful machine to run - I happily use it with an old Ultrabook from 2012 (2nd generation low power i3!). More powerful hardware is needed though if you want to go up to fs=384kHz or DSD512.
Given the relatively modest price of (at the moment as low as USD226 from Japan) I think it is worth the asking price for a much more versatile device that gives you alternative curves for vintage records if you have any that need Decca, Columbia and NAB etc in addition to using with your existing phono pre. I actually use it most of the time now.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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- RE: Digital recorder question - flood2 19:00:09 05/22/25 (2)
- RE: Digital recorder question - Goober58 20:00:39 05/22/25 (1)
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