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jgreen19, simple. You use an analog to digital converter to digitize the signal coming from your phono amp then you deal with it like any other digital format. I have been doing this for some 15 to 20 years. The conversion is in 192/24. My preamp is digital and has the room correction and bass management in it. I use an external Benchmark ADC for the phono amp which is an ARC. The benefits of room control (which is really speaker control) and digital bass management far out weight the loss in the analog to digital conversion and back if any. |
Doesn't matter Digital or Analog, you're dealing with sound waves in your room. Just read this |
The DEQX HDP-5 I use has a built-in A/D converter, and thus can apply its numerous DSP functions to analog as well as digital inputs. I and a number of other members have reported in the following thread that despite the A/D and subsequent D/A conversion the HDP-5 and some other DEQX models are remarkably transparent. And in any event our experiences mirror what Mijostyn said above about his different setup employing an external A/D converter, that the benefits outweigh the downsides, if any. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/is-deqx-a-game-changer? I should add, though, that as can be seen in that thread the very flexible and powerful capabilities of the DEQX DSP products go hand-in-hand with complexity and a significant learning curve. Regards, -- Al |
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