I have started a new project ripping about 100 LPs. And I had a thought. I have a pretty high end rig (AudioTechica MC cartridge, Music Hall MMF7 TT (rebranded Project OEM I believe).
Anyway, my thought is this: Tracking perfectly is usually a challenge for LP playback, even with very good hardware.
What would be the effect on tracking compliance if running the TT speed at 1/2 (or even lower)?
Seems like it could only improve tracking, helping to reduce any potential mis-tracking. Since we are digitizing anyway, playing back at double speed to correct for pitch is easy enough.
Am I wrong?
Well, apart from the fact that recording will take twice as long, this will also affect the equalisation applied by your phono preamp. Personally, I wouldn't do this, can you hear any artefacts introduced by tracking errors?
[[ this will also affect the equalisation applied by your phono preamp ]]
well that's the end of that idea then. I would not want to hassle with also modifying the EQ for playback.
[[ can I hear mis-tracking artifacts ?]] To answer that question, I would need to A/B test I guess.