Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] RIAA curve [was: Hardware recommendations ...]
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Aug 23 2004 - 12:05:56 EEST
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 10:02:03 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Steve Harris hat gesagt: // Steve Harris wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:17:23PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> > > The problem with records is not levels, but the RIAA distortion. You
> > > need a device which can adapt to this. There are special preamps for
> > > this, some cards like the Terratec Phase26 USB has them built in,
> > > normaly hifi amps have them (the input labeled "PHONO" most of the
> > > time), but most soundcards do not have them.
> >
> > Jan Depner has made a JAMin config file that undoes the RIAA curve, its
> > shipped with the latest tarball IIRC.
>
> Interesting. What would you think this is quality-wise? Would it
> suffice to do "hi-fi" recordings of LPs through the standard line
> inputs, or would a hardware solution still be better?
It should be OK, I plan to test it against a hardware preamp when I get
round to digitising my vinyl.
As long as your soundcard/AD converters are good enough to pick up all the
bits it needs the quality should be good and there should be less noise.
- Steve
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