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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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People swap cartridges more often, not a turntables @tzh21y  
We have more cartridges than turntables anyway, most of us
Some people have many tonearms, but not as much as the cartridges
This common practice is a proof of the importance of the cartridge (matched to a tonearm) as the main factor in analog. I know audiophiles with 1-5 turntables maximum, but with 30+ cartridges.    

 
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solypsa
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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?
OP is asking a different question, which has only been touched on in the discussion. A simple test for the OP is to play one of their better records with and without the sugarcube inserted. Does the sound quality change ? In what way? Does the sugarcube obscure or gray-wash detail and microdynamics? If yes then you have your answer.
tzh21y
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Chakster, from your perspective, I agree but you still need that turntable and Tonearm to thoroughly enjoy those 30 cartridges.
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jji666
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I feel like a device like the sugar cube will clean up the sound but at the expense of the true analog character.
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kahlenz
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I currently have two turntables and a handful of cartridges.  Both 'tables are decent (both under $2k) and the cartridges vary in price, but all under $1k.  The cartridges present all different kinds of flavors.  I can barely tell the difference between the 'tables.  The 'table and arm combinations do have different characteristics, and the differences come in to play mostly with compliance and resonance issues (my Denon 103 needs a different combo than, for example, my Share v-15).  So yes, of course, different carts will yield different sonic results when used to create digital tracks.

And you can rest assured my experience is adequate to properly evaluate a stereo playback system.  I would be suspect of somebody who has purchased over 100 turntables and still can't seem to figure it out!
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