Tubular Bells-Mike Oldfield, audiophile vinyl rip, Linn/Naim, EAC FLAC, 200g LPseeders: 8
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Tubular Bells-Mike Oldfield, audiophile vinyl rip, Linn/Naim, EAC FLAC, 200g LP (Size: 250.16 MB)
DescriptionMade from the 200g Classic Records LP remastering. Associated hardware was a fully Naimed Linn Sondek LP12 (Armageddon supply, Aro Tonearm, Lyra Helikon SL cartridge, Prefix K phono stage powered by a dedicated Supercap. Mains power was handled by a 10kVA balanced transformer. Click on the thumbnail pictures above to see them full size. Sharing WidgetAll Comments |
As the 16/44 rips I made were very VERY close to the original vinyl sources, at least when played back through a much tweaked Naim CDS3 player, there was no significant benefits to be had going to 24/96, while the extra file size would have proved a significant downside.
Its not just the number of bits you archive something into....its the quality of the analog source being archived AND the quality of the hardware doing the A/D conversion.
Listen to the other vinyl rips I have available here....most of them sound phenomenal (Tubular Bells has great sound, but is not the best that vinyl can offer).
I bet a 16/44 rip from my Linn/Naim system stomps all over one made with a 24 bit computer sound card fed from a Technics turntable/Audio Technica cartridge into a mid-price receiver.
I recommend you start at one torrent I have called 'Audiophile Vinyl Rips'....it is made using a $15,000 phono stage that handily outperformed the Naim Prefix-K/Supercap that I had used with the Linn Sondek. Listen to that and ask yourself....is 24 bit really needed?
Thanks again.
Thank you for all your efforts.