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Tascam DA-3000 vs Benchmark ADC1 USB
The original files (e.g., wav files from the Tascam) are left unchanged and the output files (usually the individual tracks - I use flac) contain the corrected audio. The changes are maintained in separate files and are only applied to the output ... 
Tascam DA-3000 vs Benchmark ADC1 USB
Dhl93449 - You just listen to the track and identify the track time. You can then zoom in on that point. The click will be pretty obvious in the waveform. You can select a small region and have VS do the correction or there is a manual tool which ... 
Tascam DA-3000 vs Benchmark ADC1 USB
Dhl93449 - Vinyl Studio lets you set the end of a track and the beginning of the next one, cutting out the part in between. You set the end then move the green arrow to the start of the next track. Very easy to do. When you write out the files you... 
Tascam DA-3000
Yes, my mistake. I was thinking the phono preamp was separate, but it is part of the preamp. The tape outputs sound like the best test. 
Tascam DA-3000
Al - your theory would be easy to test. All he has to do is turn off the Spectral pre and record from the Tascam, using the headphone jack as the monitor. Then, turn on the pre and listen to what was recorded. My guess, is he will get the same res... 
Tascam DA-3000 vs Benchmark ADC1 USB
Jwm - that should work, although the Benchmark has a word clock output and on the Ayre that is an option you have to add. 
Tascam DA-3000 vs Benchmark ADC1 USB
Glad the Benchmark worked. I suspect you would get pretty much the same result going directly to the PC via USB since the digital signal going to the PC does not depend on highly accurate timing information. But I also like the idea of writing to ... 
Tascam DA-3000
Sounds like you are making progress. I will say one reason I went with my Korg was to avoid usb.I think you can output to the usb and the Tascam at the same time. It might be interesting to do that and compare the wav files. I believe you can also... 
Tascam DA-3000
Topten - sorry for diverting the thread. Have you make any decisions? 
Tascam DA-3000
Music Direct and Benchmark themselves also have trial periods.I agree I would rather go straight to disk, but if you have a computer near by you can go direct. All you are sending is the bits, the timing is not an issue. For the price of the Tasca... 
Tascam DA-3000
Bruce Brown from Puget Sound Studios did an interesting test of 5 A to D converters. This was a DSD comparison. He put the files blind on his website and people downloaded and listened. The thread is long, but interesting to skim through. He provi... 
Tascam DA-3000
Jwm - People I have talked to like the Korg better than the Tascam. But, to each his own. 
Tascam DA-3000
Thanks for the update. I typically digitize at 24/192 but from your report, that is no going to make enough difference to make the Tascam viable. I know Chris at Busman modded one. Not sure if he can help. Did you look at the Korg MR-2000?No exper... 
Tascam DA-3000
Ozzy - Have you tried Vinyl Studio for processing files? It includes a album lookup feature to get timings and names for album tracks, which makes it easy it pretty easy to split tracks. It does take a little time but, for me, it is better than si... 
Tascam DA-3000
The Korg MR2000 has been discontinued but it records to disk as you want. Don't know about the op amps, but, as I said above, Busman Audio modified mine with, among other things, different op amps.It will be interesting to see what you think of th...