Solutions for converting vinyl to 256 DSD?


Wondering if anyone has gone the route of converting vinyl to 256 DSD and if so what A-D converter and software they used? I'd like to do this with my Direct to Disc, old RCA and Mercury recordings as a backup solution.

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Ayre produced an ADC for the purpose a while ago. The founder was convinced everyone was going to be converting their vinyl. They put a huge amount of money into its development. It was a flop. Could be exactly what you want. 

 

 

I just finished listening to the 1958 Mercury recording of Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 conducted by Paul Paray in 24bit 96kHz on Qobuz. It brought tears to my eyes and shivers to my arms. I noticed Paul has a couple dozen Mercury albums in the 1957 - 61 window. 

I suspect more and more old recordings will be added to streaming over time as the masters or good copies are found. 

Given the difficulty and expense in playback, I thought about conversion. The same issue, you need really good ADC. It goes on and on. 

Now with streaming many are available on streaming, often in high resolution... maybe not DSD. But without the clicks and the lineage of conversion from master tapes, stampers, vinyl, to be bought, played, stored and have a cartridge and phono stage process it... then conversion to digital; wear and pops and all. 

Qobuz has a huge library and more and more high definition. Since, at about any level you can make your digital sound better than you analog end. Just little reason to do it... other than for the fun and challenge. 

I am listening to the Mercury 1958 recording with the full album notes of Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 conducted by Paul Paray in 24bit 96kHz, on Qobuz as I type. I just went to find one since starting this note.