![]() The same goes for many used records that are damaged by a bad stylus, or more accurately, a stylus that is over-sized or a 'conical', as in many 'budget' cartridges. The worn stylus had not reached the inner part of the groove. When I replaced my old stylus with the Microline, I discovered that the previous high-end distortion was completely absent on albums that were damaged by the old stylus. The Microline styli, I have found, can get slightly deeper in the groove, and most wear from worn styli occurs on the upper edge of the grooves. There is hope for some damaged vinyl though. Yes, a worn stylus can ruin your records without any hint of it happening while you are listening. Expensive, but worth every penny.Īs for stylus wear damage. The Microline™ is the best for getting the most out of your discs, and great for dealing with damaged records. You can always down-convert, and you will get closer to the analog sound, in the process.Īctually the stylus is priority one. The next logical step would be to get something like a Korg MR1 and go DSD, and forget PCM all-together. You have to hear it to believe it, but it is true, and there are very little excuses not to archive in 24 bit (96K), given the affordability of storage nowadays.įrom my own tests with sound cards on PC and Mac, I would persuade anyone to dispense with all the fancy USB kits and turntables and invest in a good pre-amp, a good used turntable, and a good cartridge (like an AT M440La). (I originally thought that the high-end sibilance distortion I was hearing on vocals was caused by my receiver pre-amp, and it turned out to be the stylus).Įven if you are only going to listen to the tracks on an iPod, the 24 bit mastering process makes a huge sonic difference when converting down to 'MP3 quality' (an oxymoron). I switched back to using the phono pre-amp in my trusty Kenwood amp, and going directly into my sound card Line input 24/96, and the results are far better than the USB route, and very close to the Vinyl sound I have been craving in the digital archive process. The whole point of archiving vinyl is to preserve the vinyl goodness, and warmth that is lost to a great extent, even in 24 bit conversion.īefore the advent of the USB turntables, I was using a Numark 950USB to convert, but was never happy with the phono pre-amp sounding very brittle, and only able to muster 16 bit A/D at 48K. ![]() Technics new USB turntable modeled after the 1200 series is intriguing, yet still only supports 16 bit. I find the lack of 24 bit support in USB turntables disturbing.
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