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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges.
Post Subject: Digital is good up a point, at least in my hands.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 10/16/2011
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 mem916 wrote:
I miss-understood.  I did not realize you were able to play my file in "natural 96K".  Since I am not able to play your file in "natural 88.2" I needed to make another recording before I can really compare yours to mine since my CD player upsamples at 4x48K and I am concerned about artifacts possibly introduced when going from 88.2 to 192.  I cannot turn this upsampling off with my CD player.

Yes, I can play and can record everything. However, I do not have in my A/D that I used the 48X recording modes configured in the way how I would like them to be. It is not difficult to do but I would like do not do it as I against the 48K clock and with no one use it. So, naturally I would like do not breed the 48X file.
 mem916 wrote:
As for downsampling from 176.4 to 88.2 it is a very simple operation (throw away every other sample). 
It is correct only theoretically. In practice I never was able to change sample rate twice with destroying Sound, remind you that Pacific is the best rate converter the I ever see and it still does not it trouble-free. If you read my site more thenj you will learn that I advocate digital hygiene: is a file was ever DSP touched after conversion then it is not the file but a digital surrogate.
 manisandher wrote:
Mark mentions that his recordings do not quite match the original vinyl. How do your 24/88.2 recordings sound vs. the original vinyl?

Mani, not I can answer your question more accurately. I just spend 2 hours trying to record “my file”, or the fragment of LP that I very much like. I made 4 different transfers and not of them, even remotely sounded like playing the LP direct. In fact it hurt my ego a bit as I thought that it shall be closer. Nope it was not. Interesting that I use not very good LP and digital still was not able to handle it. Perhaps I need better converter, or better interface card or better recording program… I do not know. Thankfully I record mostly FM where my level digital can do very fine job. With LP it looks like it does not. T was the very same finding the I had before when I was trying to do tape and LP transfer. Perhaps I need to go 4X but I do not think that it will make deference.

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