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By 4000is1monster Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:43 am
Needles & Frequency Response - Using a Numark PT-01
I've only very recently started sampling from vinyl into my MPC 4000. I bought a Numark PT-01...portable turntable to go "digging" with, its the only turntable I have and I've been using it to sample the records with.

I know that the PT-01 probably wasn't built to have the greatest sound quality and was built with portablity in mind, Because the sound sounds very "thin" when sampling into the MPC 4000... hardly any bass, very nasal sounding.

My question is Does anyone know what the frequency response of the PT-01 is and IF I bought a real turntable and used a real, quality needle would my sampling sound much better? Im guessing the PT-01 freq response is not 20hz - 20kHz.

Also... does anyone use a turntable with digital output into the s/pdif option for their 4000? thanks
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By jaem Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:46 pm
I got bad news......

Unless you're using a TEF to measure the frequency response, you're numbers are wrong.

Companies aren't too honest on those spec sheets