In Reply to: Re: Off topic: Thanks, jsm and JayG! my turntable sounds good now posted by Christine Tham on August 14, 2005 at 22:46:28:
I seem to get extremely close, so close that people either can't tell the difference or can't decide which one they prefer. I use an outboard ADC, an Onkyo S55E (or something like that- I can't remember the exact number right now) going into a USB port of a Mac laptop. I take the signal directly from the phono stage, and the ADC turns it into Redbook CD. The results are better than when I used an internal ADC. I don't do any signal processing other to normalize the level before burning, though I try to set the level carefully before hand.I wouldn't know how to eliminate pre-echo, since it's in the grooves. Some time when you are making a CD-R for experimental purposes, you might try getting close to the record and "talking" to it during a quiet passage. Depending on your TT setup and whether you use a clamp, you may find your words faithfully recorded along with the music, illustrating how sensitive a microphone a record can be. Another interesting experiment is playing records with the TT cover on and off. I slightly preferred off.
jsm
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- CD-R. - jsm 12:02:05 08/15/05 (2)
- Re: CD-R. - Christine Tham 14:07:20 08/15/05 (1)
- Many people like feedback and distortion if it's the right kind! - jsm 12:40:24 08/16/05 (0)