Suspended vs. non suspended turntable

nice test Dcstep! Have you figured out a way to burn SACDs from your Korg?

Dcstep, that's a test I can trust. I wonder if I can re-create this with my CDP and a recording that I have in both formats.

02-19-08: Piedpiper said:
"nice test Dcstep! Have you figured out a way to burn SACDs from your Korg?"

No, SACD is a controlled format; however, DVD-A has equivalent resolution and that works.

I have big ambitions for my Korg, but they're unrealized so far. The DAC is exceptional, but the analog inputs and outputs are a little noisy. You can listen through the noise, but I'd rather not. I thought I had a modder lined up to upgrade the input and outputs and add some internal shielding, but he's gotten tied up with other projects.

If I can find somebody to do the mods, then I'd like to do a bunch of comparisons and make those available to people on this forum and clubs and just cover the postage. The resolution is so incredible that you can actually successfully record the different in interconnects, for instance. As a club project, it'd be very interesting to record a bunch of cartridges, arms, etc., etc.

Any modder want to fix up my Korg??? Ric Schultz was who I had in mind. I may just wait him out, but I'd also like to start some projects.

Dave

Dan ed,

you'll have to be sure that it was mastered by the same company. I've done the vinyl vs. CD test numerous times for myself and others using audiophile recordings such as those from Audioquest where the recording itself is reliably good and the mastering is consistent between the two formats. This test won't give all the information that Dcstep got but it should tell you a lot.

02-19-08: Dan_ed said:
"Dcstep, that's a test I can trust. I wonder if I can re-create this with my CDP and a recording that I have in both formats."

Taking into account that the CD likely has limits as compared to the LP version, you might switch back and forth at 100dB or so. Another test might be to listen on high quality headphones at a fairly loud level (say 90dB or so) and then turn on the speakers at 100+dB and see if you can hear a degradation.

The beauty of recording is that you can listen to your results on headphones so that the small differences are more apparent.

Oh, I just thought, if you've got an SACD or DVD-A of one of your LPs, that'd be a much better test than a CD. I'm just afraid that the congestion of the CD will mask the difference, because most LPs start out ahead of their CD versions. My experience with SACD and DVD-A however has been very positive.

Dave