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Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube - I Want It!!!

At the NY Audio Show this past weekend, I got to see and hear the demo of the Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube.  This PC-based stand alone unit is amazing.  Here is what it does:


1.  De-clicks vinyl - and does so completely transparently, and is user-adjustable (more or less filtering of clicks and pops). 

2.  Digitizes vinyl - MP3 through 24/192 resolution.

3.  Locates metadata for LPs being played/digitized, including cover art

4.  Inserts track divisions based on the metadata (wow!).

5.  Compensates for non-RIAA recordings

6.  Plug in apps will do even more, like reducing groove noise.

It inserts in a line-level loop or between your phono preamp and preamp.  It has digital (S/PDIF and USB) outputs as well as analog outputs.


Projected retail is $2500, and they plan a kickstarter campaign soon.


If you spend time digitizing vinyl, this thing is nothing short of a miracle.  I want one so badly I can taste it.


(I am not associated with Sweet Vinyl in any way.)

bondmanp

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lewm
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Bondman, Your response speaks to my question but does not answer it.  I agree that the SC2 ought to blow away the Marantz for recording purposes, which is precisely why I asked why you were of a mind to record on both simultaneously, using a Y-adapter.  Also, be careful doing that.  The SC2 will "look back" to both the Marantz input and the signal source output and see their impedances in parallel.  That can sometimes cause frequency response anomalies, depending upon the values of the two impedances "seen" by the SC2 input.

I hope you have a lot of LPs and therefore a long life ahead.
lewm
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You wrote, "Once the Sugarcube is fully functional for recording, including the track-splitting and meta-data functions, I will rearrange the outputs of the equalizer, via Y cables, to feed both the Marantz CD recorder and the Sugarcube, so that the Marantz will not be in the signal path of the Sugarcube inputs."

This probably reflects my ignorance of the digital world more than anything else, but why would you want to feed the signal to BOTH the Marantz recorder and the SC2, once the latter has active recording capability itself?  To compare?

Thanks for your patience.
lewm
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Just trying to understand the signal path.  Is it from Mac C220 phono stage to Kenwood EQ to Sweetvinyl to headphone, in your temporary set-up?  When you have speakers, I gather it will go from Sweetvinyl back to C220 and etc.  So, right now you are only using the tick and pop removing function of the SV, correct?  Thanks.


lewm
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I really do apologize.  I don't mean to be mean.  Sometimes I cannot resist a little humor, and I have the mental image that we are all friends sitting around someone's living room, where a little ribbing now and then would be acceptable.  But I know not everyone agrees to that scenario.

You have to admit that, were it not for your frequent bumps, this topic would have sunk below the horizon months ago.  On the other hand, that is your perfect right, which is why I do apologize.  There are a lot of egghead purists here (like me) who would never even think of using a device like the Sugarcube in the vinyl pathway.  (Maybe that speaks to a shortcoming of mine.) But that does not justify my sarcasm.

To answer your question, when this thread pops to the top of the list, I read it, because I am thinking/hoping that you finally received your device and are able to report on its effects.  I am actually curious.
lewm
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"I will keep you posted."
Of this, I am certain.
lewm
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Bondmanp, Reading the posts in this thread, which mostly come from you, I have to wonder whether you are promoting this product or this company.  Not that there's anything wrong with that, in my opinion, but you might at least admit to it.  You have an intimate knowledge of the product without, supposedly, ever having owned one.  
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