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In Reply to: RE: DSD vs. 24x192 pcm posted by LtMandella on March 01, 2022 at 10:06:52
Verry interesting. Could explain some of the differences I hear in high signal strength passages - not just grit but "congestion" in loud complex music passages.
Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
Mark Twain
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Thanks for the link. I may have already pointed to a related commentary about Headroom Management. Although this is from Roon Labs, they do a good job of describing the fundamental issues.
Are you digitizing LPs? Or making live recordings?
I am working on my 500+ LP collection. Between the ultrasonic cleaning, the actual digitizing, then naming all the files, converting to PCM if I want to de-click, etc. it is a lot of effort.
I will invite the 2 or 3 local used vinyl shops to purchase the collection when I am done. Whatever they don't want will then be dumpstered.
I acquired the records long before spotify, tidal, qobuz, etc. existed...
Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
Mark Twain
I digitized a couple dozen LPs before I decided I didn't have the patience for it ;-) In my case, I had many of those titles already on CD so they were easy to rip to the computer. And then Tidal & Qobuz came along so they're also available via high quality streaming services.I digitized my vinyl and removed major clicks and pops manually. Otherwise, I just digitized them as they were. I would digitize an entire side then break up the tracks manually and insert all the metadata manually as well.
I understand there is vinyl digitizing software that will help automate the process. I just used Audacity which is free and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Phono preamp + HRT Linestreamer ADC to MacBook Pro:
It helped that this phono preamp has a variable output level control so between it and software
settings it was easy to get the levels correct without clipping.
PS Audio NuWave Phono Converter on loan:
The PS Audio NuWave Phono Converter combines the phono preamp with the ADC. These originally
sold for $2000 when first released. They dropped the price to $999 just before it was discontinued.
This unit could do hi-res PCM and DSD while the $300 HRT Linestreamer+ went up 24-bit 96-KHz
which I found to be more than sufficient. Interestingly a couple other 'high-end' companies came out
with ADC products for digitizing vinyl including Ayre. These were short lived products as audiophiles
can be a fickle bunch and interest waned. You can still find used PS Audio NuWave Phono Converters
for around $1000+
Audacity software on the Mac:
Edits: 03/05/22
I have to say that so far, after only ripping about 25 LPs to DSD, they sound sweeter than the QOBUZ versions.
Zero harshness,vocals sound smoother. Bass is there but not as tight as the digital versions though.
I'd rather have the smoothness, so I will keep ripping...
Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
Mark Twain
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