LP still better than Digital?
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Audio Empire wrote:
All who listened this evening, agreed that a relatively cheap record player
TROUNCED a $7000 highly touted 'state-of-the-art' DAC.
I'd be interested in knowing how a digital transfer of the LP fared
playing through the same DAC. The problem, of course is getting a
perfect transfer. However, if it actually is first rate and the DAC is
as well, it ought to sound the same. If it does, then the other
transfers are sub-par. If this transfer is sub-par then the problem
might be how the transfer was made or how it is played back. In other
words, I don't doubt the LP sounded better but there are too many
variables to decide why.
I have transferred a number of LPs to 192/24 using Pure Vinyl and a
firewire DAC. I can also play the LP through the DAC without digitizing
it. When I do this the LP sounds the same as the transfer.
Frankly, I am not a critical listener. I just want it to sound right,
although probably not perfect. Consequently, I am not trying to say
anything is necessarily the ultimate that is possible. I am just trying
to remove as many variables as I can. It is possible the LP played
through the DAC sounds worse than it would have played through my Classe
pre-amp, but that would have been the pre-amp not the LP.
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