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Vinyl recordings - best methods

Hi there
I would like to draw your attention here:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/audiophile-recording-and-playback-tascam-da-3000/post?highlig...
Maybe, now, there are even better recorders, out there.
Yet a big part of the picture is, do the best with what you have.
We need more discussion with updates on how to do the best recordings.
Oystein

o_holter
o_holter OP
980 posts
 
hi there again,
dgarretson, and others, I am in for my yearly 'best of' vinyl recordings. For now I will use the DA-3000 as is - it has served me really well - but maybe I could upgrade it in the fall. What are the DA-3000 mods that really make a difference (regarding the recording part)?
dgarretson
2,617 posts
 

@o_holter My posts on the DA-3000 mods are spread out, but here is a link to AA with a summation and photos. Since then I am hearing further improvement after application of Perfect Path Total Contact graphene past to the pin block connectors throughout the unit. That should be done with great care in order to avoid potential shorts.

Feel free to PM me if you want more details, including a hand-written schematic identifying the caps to be replaced in the ADC section.

https://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=vinyl&n=1163057&highlight=tascam+da-3000&search_url=%2Fcgi%2Fsearch.mpl%3Fforum%3Dvinyl%26searchtext%3Dtascam%2Bda-3000

o_holter OP
980 posts
 
dgarretson - thank you, I will study this. I am not able to do it myself but maybe I can find a tech who can. By the way, as related in another thread here ("Why are my woofers pumping?"), my cart/arm combo has too low resonance, resulting in subsonic pumping. What is interesting in this context is that the pumping carries over to the DSD recordings made on the Tascam. So it records whatever is there, very low in the frequency spectrum (probably around 7hz).
o_holter OP
980 posts
 
I've been stopped in my tracks due to a cartridge problem, the diamond fell off. So vinyl recordings must be postponed. All I can say is, the Tascam recordings I made before still sound good - even if they can be improved. I am more interested in the recording part, than how the Tascam plays back. Once it is in "optimal" version in the DSD recording, playback can be adjusted later.  Due to my recent unfortunate experience, I think a main point is to record - when the system works OK. As many LPs as you can. Before something breaks down.
bondmanp
1,836 posts
 
@o_holter - Sorry to hear about your "diamonds are NOT forever" experience.  Not for nothing, but that is why I have always insisted on a tonearm with interchangeable headshells or wands.  I have my trusty old Thorens TD-166MkII with two 'arm wands.  I can just swap it out if one cartridge or stylus messes the bed.  One of them is an Ortofon MM with a user-replaceable stylus, and I have a spare for that as well.  The way I see it, I have so little time to digitize my vinyl as it is, that I don't want to be prevented from doing it when I have the chance by technical issues if I can possibly plan for them. 
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