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Originally Posted by Lebenz
I've been converting my LP collection to digital for a while now. I use a 24-bit device made by M-audio to do the hard part. With the use of good quality equipment from end to end there is no discernable difference between the sound quality/imaging/spatial effects at the LP source and the digital destination. Most of my LPs have been played previously no more than 2x.
Here’s a discussion of differing recording capabilities which goes some way to explain the difference in effects between 16-bit of CD quality and the newer 24-bit or DVD quality.
http://www.tweakheadz.com/16_vs_24_bit_audio.htm
Coldwar - check out a device made by M-audio call the Transit. You need a digital (TOSlink) output at the source to provide highest ability. |
That's a really thought provoking article- and it certainly underlines the fact that no matter what the final medium of delivery to the consumer (vinyl, CD, DVD or MP3), if it is music that was recorded within the last 20 years, it was probably digitized right off the mixing board- or even right in the mixing board.
That Transit gadget looks pretty cool- would be especially good for site recording on a laptop. I'm going to buy their Audiophile 2496 PCI card, as my computer is a permanent fixture in my AV system. Just having the real nice RCA jacks right on the card instead of the usual 1/8" is a good start.