Hi,
I made a few measurements:
first: Sweep from CD-> Voltage divider -> phonopre -> amp -> PC Soundcard
Looks like that:
please consider that linear (inside about 0,3dB), the differences at the edges are due nonlinearities of CD->amp->Soundcard loop
Now a triangle @ 1kHz of the cardas Test LP
Sweep from LP-> DL103/SME3009/TD125MKII -> phonopre -> amp -> PC Soundcard:
Not that bad, I'd say.
But now the cardas sweep from 30Hz - 30kHz looks like those tiny little creatures I saw last time in schools biology lesson:
I'd never thougt that this could be that bad!
The loudest part is around 14kHz, then suddenly falling
Is something wrong here? Normal? Anything else?
Rüdiger
I made a few measurements:
first: Sweep from CD-> Voltage divider -> phonopre -> amp -> PC Soundcard
Looks like that:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
please consider that linear (inside about 0,3dB), the differences at the edges are due nonlinearities of CD->amp->Soundcard loop
Now a triangle @ 1kHz of the cardas Test LP
Sweep from LP-> DL103/SME3009/TD125MKII -> phonopre -> amp -> PC Soundcard:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Not that bad, I'd say.
But now the cardas sweep from 30Hz - 30kHz looks like those tiny little creatures I saw last time in schools biology lesson:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
I'd never thougt that this could be that bad!
The loudest part is around 14kHz, then suddenly falling
Is something wrong here? Normal? Anything else?
Rüdiger
The frequency sweep on the HFN test record is equally useless. I also have the Cardas, but haven't found the time to try it. Your images make me desparate, though.
Try a pink noise track and use a lot of smoothing. That gives results much more in line with what you'd expect.
Ah, you could also try the Cardas at 45rpm. If the frequency anomalies scale with speed they are on the record. If they remain in place they are in the replay chain.
Try a pink noise track and use a lot of smoothing. That gives results much more in line with what you'd expect.
Ah, you could also try the Cardas at 45rpm. If the frequency anomalies scale with speed they are on the record. If they remain in place they are in the replay chain.
Is this really any worse than you would expect from a moving-magnet cartridge? The tip-mass resonance looks a bit low but that's all.
It is vinyl playback for heaven's sake! You can't expect too much from it, although it would be interesting to see the response using a good moving-coil cartridge.
It is vinyl playback for heaven's sake! You can't expect too much from it, although it would be interesting to see the response using a good moving-coil cartridge.
A DL-103 measures quite flat. See here:
These are response and channel separation for a pink noise track. You have to compensate mentally for the -3dB/oct droop of the noise.
Doing so with different software fooled into thinking that the output of the cartridge is the response to the input generated by the sound card (which it obviously isn't) yields this: cheap old MM top, DL-103 bottom. Much more ragged, most probably due to the lack of synchronisation between input and output.
Incidentally, the 103 measures excellent in all respects. It is almost as flat as my Allaerts, has almost the same channel seperation, and one particular sample of 103 even had less distortion.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
These are response and channel separation for a pink noise track. You have to compensate mentally for the -3dB/oct droop of the noise.
Doing so with different software fooled into thinking that the output of the cartridge is the response to the input generated by the sound card (which it obviously isn't) yields this: cheap old MM top, DL-103 bottom. Much more ragged, most probably due to the lack of synchronisation between input and output.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Incidentally, the 103 measures excellent in all respects. It is almost as flat as my Allaerts, has almost the same channel seperation, and one particular sample of 103 even had less distortion.
HFN test record with pink noise track, turntable/cartridge (Technics SL-D2 in above pix), phono pre (probably Rotel 970, don't remember), sound card (Terratec Phase 26 with heavy mods to compensate for Terratec design engineer's incompetence, end-of-rant), PC.
Demo Audition used to record and off-line spectral analysis, demo S-lab configured for real-time analysis with pink noise out/in.
Demo Audition used to record and off-line spectral analysis, demo S-lab configured for real-time analysis with pink noise out/in.
It's the sweep. The maximum is now at 18kHz.
I go and get me another test record, maybe I can find the HFN or somthing similar,
Rüdiger
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
I go and get me another test record, maybe I can find the HFN or somthing similar,
Rüdiger
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