Ripping idea, call me crazy

[LtMandella]

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?

[Paul Sanders (AlpineSoft)]

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?

[LtMandella]

[[ 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.