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So I came across a video from The Absolute Sound titled "a review of the AnalogMagik V2" (*). I will not go in depth on the video save to mention that in my opinion it should have been named "a solely subjective experience" since it contained no effort to explain how the software works nor showed it in operation.
(*) For those that do not know what it is, AnalogMagik is a software that uses a computer + audio interface + their own test records to produce visually helpful measurements of the correctness of cartridge / turntable setup.
That aside though, it made me ponder about two things, possibly unrelated:
(*) For those that do not know what it is, AnalogMagik is a software that uses a computer + audio interface + their own test records to produce visually helpful measurements of the correctness of cartridge / turntable setup.
That aside though, it made me ponder about two things, possibly unrelated:
- How accurate can any measurement approach be, including this one, if they base their reference on the test records they produce? Wouldn't it be heavily dependent on the correctness of the test records? As I see it, it is a closed system that cannot be verified externally - even the people in the video state that they used it to "check" their previous work and found it, for the lack of a better word, "lacking".
The Fozgometer relies on the Analogue Productions Test LP, which you can use without the Fozgometer. The Puffin (Parks Audio) can use any of the popular test records, including the Analogue Productions one, the Ortofon one, Vinyl Check by Tacet etc.
- Does anyone here use a computer to aid their turntable / cartridge setup?
I would be very curious to learn what software and test records, and the procedures you take? I have used Audacity to (1) check resonance peaks, (2) determine proper azimuth and (3) establish correct speed, as well as REW to plot cartridge frequency graphs.
But the software above states that they can also help with VTA and additional parameters, so there must be ways to use standard test records I have not thought of.