pfarrell Wrote: > RalphO wrote: > > I still have quite a large collection of black vinyl discs that have > > lots of gems on them but I play them less and less these days. I am > > looking for way to rip copy them onto my hard drive in the best > quality > > way possible. > > > > What recommendations can anyone give. I would even consider using a > > commercial company if there was one recommended. > > Couple of questions first. > > > 1) do you currently have a high quality turntable and cartridge? Not > that you had one before, that you know works today? If the cartridge > is > old, as in "I can't remember when I replaced it last", then you > will have to get a new cartridge or at least replace the stylus. > The tiny rubber elastic supports die with ozone, age, bad mojo, etc. > > > 2) do you have a quality preamp? More specifically, do > you have a preamp that you know works with the turntable > that has the quality you want? If you don't play LPs > you may not. > > > 3) how many of your LPs are not in print on CD/SACD/DVD-A? > > > 4) do you have something higher quality than a SoundBlaster > on your computer? You simply can't get any quality from a > Soundblaster, there is no point in trying. > > > As you think of your answers, you have to realise that > at best, it will take you as long to convert to the > computer as it takes to play. If you want to do Quality > Control, it can easily take three times as long to convert, > check, process, etc. as it takes to play them. > > For me, after I got it all setup and working, > I decided that for any LPs that I could buy for > under $10 on Amazon, it was not worth my time. > And if you can get the CDs used, they are lots > cheaper... > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
Thanks for your comments, I will try and answer all your questions Yes I have a deck that is still in regular use. The deck is a Thorens TD321 with Linn arm (cannot remember the model) and a Supex catridge. I still play the vinyl records but for convenience and to preserve them I would like to record them on to the hard disc. The pre-amp is an Audio Research SP9 and works fine with the turntable. Quite a few of my records are not easily available these days Not really sure about the answer to this. I have whatever came with the HP Pavilion media PC. -- RalphO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RalphO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21836 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
