I guess it's psychological...
Most of my PCM needle drops were made with a Pacific Microsonics Model Two. I sold this when I'd finished recording the albums I wanted. But I was never really satisfied with any of the results.
Last year I bought a Thoress phono preamp - wow, this is a nice piece of kit, and much better than the Rotel RHQ-10 I'd been using. And there have been some major changes to my turntables too. So, I'm looking to redo 100 or so albums (at least). I know the Tascam will not be able to match the PM2 with PCM. But with DSD128, there will be no filters in the ADC path, and I suspect the results will be better.
Of course, if I go the DSD route, I'll be in the exact same position as you.
Maybe we could get Peter to build a DSD128 to PCM converter into XX? I mean, he doesn't seem to be doing much work nowadays
Mani.
I would say Rotel <anything> to Thoress is a big jump, yes.
(My phono amplification chain is an EAR MC4 SUT followed by a Graham Slee Reflex M. I find the SUT to be the most important piece, and the little Reflex M is just amazing. I preferred it and good AVC to a much more expensive Shindo preamp.)
I get where you're coming from now.
I am still digitizing vinyl and with these thoughts switched over to 24/192 today (still with the Korg). I find the results, played back on my current (excellent) Auralic Vega DAC, still extremely good - A/B'ing with the live vinyl makes for very difficult discernment of differences.
So, I'm happy that I can get excellent results with PCM also.
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