Hi Amy,

My experience with audio hardware is that there is often a
diappointing correlation between quality of sound and published specs.
This has been my experience with BOTH analog and digital formats.
The reasons for these inconsistencies would certainly produce a lively
thread, but I'd rather focus on the quality of sound, something which
is unabashedly subjective, yet real. I particularly like your
"weakest link" approach to a system. I gathered some info re Lynx
interfaces you use. My question is this: After transferring an LP
onto CD, does the CD sound like the record? Identical? V. similar?
Noticeably different?
Thanks. Jay

I'm familiar with transferring LPs to digital using audio interfaces like
the LynxONE, LynxTWO, and CardDeluxe. I think that they perform on an equal
or better level than the ones you are interested in.

What's to say about LP transcription?

The most important parts of the system, the parts that do the most to set
the final quality level of the transcription, are the turntable, cartridge,
and the preamp.

It doesn't take a heck of a lot in the way of an audio interface to
outperform a LP and the analog gear used to transcribe it, by one or more
orders of magnitude.

One might think that the equipment I mentioned which has 17 to nearly 20 bit
resolution, would provide a strong sonic advantage. Regrettably, the law of
the weakest link has not been repealed, so the 12-14 bit resoltuion limit of
vinyl itself, and even high end phono preamps which fall woefully short of
16 bit resolution, are your weakest links.

Any of the audio interfaces I just mentioned will outperform your final
results by almost two orders of magnitude. Exactly how much overkill do you
need?