Suspended vs. non suspended turntable

Dan ed,

you'll have to be sure that it was mastered by the same company. I've done the vinyl vs. CD test numerous times for myself and others using audiophile recordings such as those from Audioquest where the recording itself is reliably good and the mastering is consistent between the two formats. This test won't give all the information that Dcstep got but it should tell you a lot.

02-19-08: Dan_ed said:
"Dcstep, that's a test I can trust. I wonder if I can re-create this with my CDP and a recording that I have in both formats."

Taking into account that the CD likely has limits as compared to the LP version, you might switch back and forth at 100dB or so. Another test might be to listen on high quality headphones at a fairly loud level (say 90dB or so) and then turn on the speakers at 100+dB and see if you can hear a degradation.

The beauty of recording is that you can listen to your results on headphones so that the small differences are more apparent.

Oh, I just thought, if you've got an SACD or DVD-A of one of your LPs, that'd be a much better test than a CD. I'm just afraid that the congestion of the CD will mask the difference, because most LPs start out ahead of their CD versions. My experience with SACD and DVD-A however has been very positive.

Dave

Maybe we should start a new thread. Seems like we're getting farther and farther away from Amfibius' topic.

I'm really not setup to do this test. No headphones, no SACD or DVD-A.

02-19-08: Dan_ed said:
"Maybe we should start a new thread. Seems like we're getting farther and farther away from Amfibius' topic."

Yes, but it's good to consider placement of the TT relative to the speakers, so I don't think that we hijacked.

I'd be happy to join a new thread if you'd like to explore this further. I'd be curious to hear of others' experiences in this arena. I've probably exhausted all I've got to say, but I could Copy and Paste.

Dave

Anyone intersted in suspending their turntable can take a look at what I did. It worked for me, I believe it's better than most tt i have heard but then i am biased, sorry its my baby.