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Old 17th November 2008   #611
ghellquist
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Originally Posted by Ruphus View Post
To my ears DSD recordings made with the Korg stay different from PCM recordings yet after conversion.
Especially HF contents seem to remain much more smooth and pleasent.
No sizzle with DSD / PCM converts, as far as I could tell.

Ruphus
Not my experience. I have tested a MR1000 against a 722 in a field recording of a symphony orchestra. Using the built-in preamps you could hear a difference. Using an external preamp with Y-splitter I cannot hear any difference. Test was done at 96kHz/5.8MHz and conversion at highest quality in Audiogate.

I suggest a careful AB-test -- record the source using an Y-splitted preamp into two recorders. This, to me, is the only way to really verify.

Gunnar
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