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Difference in sound using different carts when digitizing vinyl record?

Hello A'goners .......

I hope I am posting it in the right forum!

Here is my question - this is a hypothetical situation - if I digitize my vinyl record  while the record is played using any cart (cart #1) and then again play and digitize the same record using a different cart (cart #2), am I going to hear any sound difference typically attributed to two different carts? Everything else remain same in both cases i.e. the turntable, phono stage, DAC, preamp, amp, speakers, and all cables. The software to digitize is the same with identical setting. 

Did anyone of you do this or similar experiment? I am curious to know.

I bought a Sweetvinyl Sugarcube SC-1. I am wondering because of the conversion to A to D and then again D to A, it there a possibility that the sound differences from different carts are not so significant anymore?  Right now I do not have two carts, so can not do the experiment myself and report the results here. That is why I am asking the question and hoping to get some reasonable answers.  Please pardon my lack of technical knowledge.  

I would appreciate if we stay focused on the topic while discussing this. I do not want a debate of why I or anyone wants to convert analog to digital or one format is better sounding than the other.

Thanks and have a good day :)
 


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chakster
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Cartridge is the most important part in analog chain, your music is in the grooves on vinyl, bad cartridge can NOT extract all information from the grooves! It depends on the stylus profile first and overall cartridge design + phono stage. You will hear the difference between average cartridge and great cartridge. The worst scenario is when you digitalise vinyl with average cartridge, in this case you’d better buy high resolution digital file from the label directly. If you can not buy digital file from the label then you need some amazing cartridge to archive great digital copy from the vinyl (if the quality is important for you). But it’s also depends on your turntable, tonearm, DAC etc.

But if you will be comparing two bad cartridges you will not hear much difference between them.
So you need a great cartridge to understand what i'm talking about, hope some of the friends has it to borrow once, and then you will be disappointed about average/bad cartridges forever :) How you can live after that ? 
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cleeds
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... if I digitize my vinyl record while the record is played using any cart (cart #1) and then again play and digitize the same record using a different cart (cart #2), am I going to hear any sound difference typically attributed to two different carts ...
If you hear a difference between the two cartridges prior to digitizing, you should absolutely be able to hear the same difference after you've digitized the LP.
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Definitely, there is a difference even in digital format
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With 44kHz sampling I doubt sound quality will be good enough to appreciate the capability of a true hifi cartridge. Your best return on investment will be from using a good, clean stylus on any reasonably capable cartridge (AT95E will do quite well for this pursuit), and clean records. 

If you took your digitizing platform up to DSD, the 192kHz sampling rate would be good enough to faithfully reproduce the sound quality of a true hifi cartridge. However, the investment in DSD is very steep, and the choices of equipment for consumer applications is limited. 
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