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Is it possible? A good solution?

Is it a good idea to have the following setup?

Turntable -> Phono -> A/D converter -> DAC with preamp -> power amp

In that case, I can invest in a high quality DAC with preamp function (like Weiss Dac202) and got lots of options in digital area.

The only thing I am worry about is the Analog side...will that DAC somehow change the sound character from the turntable/cartridge?

Or it is simply a stupid idea at all???

Cheers,
RCYH
rcyh

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rcyh OP
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I really enjoy the setup I have for analog right now. I think I can't cheat to go into the digital world (dac, computer as source) by scarifying my analog setup.

I was thinking converting analog to 192kHz digital shouldn't affect too much...
rcyh OP
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The reason is I am aiming to get a high quality dac like weiss dac202 and it contains pre amp function. Everyone is saying CAS is the way to go! :-) With the dac202, I am thinking maybe I can get rid of my existing pre-amp (nagra p-lp). But I have a turntable and I am not gonna get rid of it. So i needa do something about it and thinking a phono and an ADC might be the solution in this scenario.

Based on the suggestions from Onhwy61 and Elevick, it sounds like this idea will only make the whole setup more complicated..and possibly not have a satisfactory result.
rcyh OP
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Oh well...after quite a while...really quite a long period of time...my setup now is...

Analog is keeping analog. With my turntable with an ASR phono.

For digital path, I go with EMM Labs DCC2 SE which can serve as a DAC and a pre-amp with analog input.

CD player is the EMM combo CDSD SE.

The best of both worlds!

In addition, for the CAS, I am playing with the M2Tech hiFace EVO from a Mac Mini and outputting AES to the EMM.

I would say the CAS part is pretty good but nothing compare with the CDSD.
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