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High End Vinyl Transfers

UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
edited January 2008 in Strut Central
My company's looking to sub-contract our customers who want vinyl ripping to someone really top-notch. A lot of our customers are audiophile weenies, and so I'm not really looking for a good value, more top-notch gear/fidelity/blah blah blah. Anyone know who's the best in the biz stateside....

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  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Are you talking about 24bit/96khz conversions, so it can be played as a DVD-A, or something else? There was a website that did them from those laser turntables, I'm sure they are still around, although a standard mid-grade audiophile turntable will do just as good.
  • highschemehighscheme 784 Posts
    Yeah but I am sure expensive record cleaner, expensive turntable, expensive cartridge, expensive preamp, expensive D/A convertors, tons of knowledge about cleaning up recordings + software are critical links in something like this.

    24bit AIFF/WAV are a given
  • yoigotbeatsyoigotbeats 1,667 Posts
    Mark Dann in NYC does an incredible job. PM me for hisinfo.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Yeah but I am sure expensive record cleaner, expensive turntable, expensive cartridge, expensive preamp, expensive D/A convertors, tons of knowledge about cleaning up recordings + software are critical links in something like this.

    24bit AIFF/WAV are a given

    Critical but not essential, and for those who aren't aware of it, it's not exactly a "given" either. You don't need "expensive D/A converters" or "tons of knowledge", just an awareness of how to do it. You can either pay for the services or do it yourself. You could run a turntable through an old Pioneer receiver and get similar, if not better, results, depending on the condition of the equipment.

    Getting away from what makes a good hi-resolution vinyl transfer, here's a place that offers their services:
    http://studio.egm.cc/index.html
  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    Not looking for SACD or HD cd, but definitely need top notch signal path and A/D, and really, a nice looking gear list and references to give our customers, so they can feel good about pumping these transfers through their audiophile setups....

    Yoigotbeats, pm sent....
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
    If audio restoration is at all an issue, you need someone with the CEDAR Cambridge system, and there aren't many people with those in the world. I use Graham Newton in Toronto, and he's absolutely fantastic (and less expensive than anyone you'll find in the States). PM me if you want more info.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Not looking for SACD or HD cd, but definitely need top notch signal path and A/D, and really, a nice looking gear list and references to give our customers, so they can feel good about pumping these transfers through their audiophile setups....

    Yoigotbeats, pm sent....

    Sending you a PM
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