How Good Can Vinyl Sound?, Anyone got some sample clips? Options

[sshd]

I do not own a turntable and have never heard the "great vinyl sound" coming from a good turntable handled correctly. I am however sligltly interested in purchasing one, as there are some interesting albums out there unavailable on CD.

Recently I found a small clip on the net: A lossless needledrop of Santana's debut album on the MFSL label. Since I own the CD on same label I had something to compare with: I was very disappointed with the needle drop. There were no pops or clicks, but the sound was dead.

Can anyone provide some sample clips of very good needle drops?

[Canar]

Here is the list of specifications for my cartridge: http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/p...tID.104993100#t Click the "Specifications" tab. Note the "Recommended Load" part. As you're clearly doing flat transfers, you'll need to put the appropriate load on the cartridge if you want the flattest frequency spectrum on the rips you make. There's a very good chance that the strange spectrum of your rips is a consequence of not loading the cartridge.

Here is how a proper loading circuit should look:


Credit: I shamelessly ripped that picture from here: http://www.vinylengine.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6674 That site has more discussion about RC loading. In the diagram, ignore R1 and L1, those are simply models of the circuitry of the cart. R2 and C1 are your resistive and capacitive loads, respectively. IVm1 is just a volt meter, and if I understand correctly, that's where your output lines should be wired.

This post has been edited by Canar: Jan 26 2010, 16:20