On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 03:02, 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 would depend on whether your non-RIAA preamp was "flat". The RIAA preamps have very few inflection points in the curve. I used the standard points and then let the spline do the intervening points. It works very well for me. Now, if I'd just been a bit more careful with my big black CDs, when I was a kid... ;-) Jan
