I would say that the most important is the Table, then the tonearm, then the cartridge. However, I would say that the cartridge and stylus do influence the sound tremendously, more so than the table and the tonearm, but you have to have that table and tonearm first or you will never know the potential of any given cartridge. I myself feel that in my modest system, the Lyra Delos is about as much cartridge as I will ever need. I do not have a 200K+ system where a better cartridge than that will make that much of a difference. diminishing returns to say the least.
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 :)
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 :)
- ...
- 49 posts total
- 49 posts total