On 2014-07-03 15:02, michael norman wrote:
On 03/07/14 12:24, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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I am unfamiliar with record makers designing their products to cope with any of this.
Because they hide from you the real facts.
Any competent phono preamplifier is and has been for decades, designed to process the signal from the phono from the non linear RIAA curve into a linear signal.
ROTFL! X'-)
Nobody needs lab equipment to set up these things. If it sounds wrong readjust until it's right, ears are the most useful tool.
I'm an engineer. What my ear says it hears is irrelevant.
Then there was the "RIAA equalization".
Exactly implementing this is close to impossible, you only approximate it as much as the expertise of the designer allows, and the available money allows. Analog filters are complex in math, and more so in real hardware.
Rubbish, its been in existence since then vinyl lp was invented. Competently designed equipment doesn't any problem
ROTFL! X'-)
Wear is utterly avoidable if you play vinyl with properly designed and set up equipment
LOL! X'-)
That is, even on silent periods, you could hear the vinyl. And to me, this kills it.
Again on properly designed equipment with records kept and maintained properly that is not an issue.
ROTFL! X'-) (it is done with filters. Filters mean distortion, by definition)
You might start here
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/recording_with_usb_turntables.html
I'll have a look, thanks.
How expensive ? As in all things that depends on your own budget, you can do it the cheapest way or spend more money, only you can choose.
At the very least given that you want to convert 78's you need a turntable that will play them. Without knowing your budget I'd look at something in the upper range of usb turntables, but it all depends on how good you need the quality to be.
It is not a priority, just a wish I have.
The digitising is done on the computer, in other words the usb turntable has an inbuilt dac, you then feed the digital output from that to the pc, record it onto the pc with audacity and the edit it according to your needs.
That means the digitizing is done on the turntable :-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)