Many of the arguments for vinyl being better arose at a time when CD
sound was not as good as it is today. But LPs are certainly better than
MP3s if you have a good turntable. It is often said that vinyl has a
"warm" quality and the slight sound of a turntable can be nostalgic for
those who remember. But certainly one should not throw away one's
albums unless they are in terrible condition. Long after your CDs stop
playing (which may be about ten years for the cheaper ones) your albums
will still be there (as long as you keep them in a good storage area) to
make another copy for you. Making a digital copy of your favorite and
rare vinyl recording to play is a good idea to preserve it.
On the editing, if it removes the pops and crackles it almost certainly
does something to the dynamic range. So you might try it with and
without to see which you prefer. But if you buy something you may not
necessarily want to go with the simplest method. Most of the time once
you learn a method for editing it will be repeatable and won't take much
more time than a simple player that screws things up a lot.
Let us know what you find!
Judy Cosler wrote:
some ppl think vinyl sounds better than anything! (I don't weigh in
with any opinion; don't think my 'ear' is good enough to tell!)
Tony B wrote:
I recently purchased one from Amazon for a friend (Audio Technica
AT-LP2DUSB). As I recall, there weren't a lot of options as to
quality; certainly not the selection there was in the old days.
There isn't too much 'automatic' about the process. You have to learn
to use a sound editor, and learn to burn the finished audio files to
cd. This one shipped with a version of the open source Audacity, and
some other app I can't remember.
Face it, no matter how good it is, the old records are going to sound
worse than modern digital music.
My buddy is still worried about finding replacement cartridges for the
darned thing, as I have yet to convince him that once he rips an album
he'll never need to play the record again, and can just throw it away.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Judy Cosler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
any recommendations for a turntable to convert vinyl to digital format?
any that I should stay away from?
want easy, fast; don't want to have to tinker with.
but, i don't want hum or other bad things.
i'm no audiophile really!
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