Howard Passman;396385 Wrote: > I don't have many albums I want to transfer so I don't want to spend a > fortune. Basically I'm wondering if with something like the Stanton > T.90 can I get decent quality rips. The Stanton is about $299 here so > it's not a ton of money. > > Anyone with experience with the T.90? > > Howard
Hi Howard. It would be a good idea to let us know a better idea of how many LPs you actually have and what sort of hi-fi and computer you already own. Don't buy the USB turntable if; 1. you only have 50 or fewer LPs. Buy the CDs instead and bin the LPs. 2. you care in any way at all about sound quality 3. you are very short of time 4. you already have a turntable. If you have a turntable but lack a RIAA equalising phono stage in your amp, buy an add-on phono stage and plug it directly into your PC. Plenty of decent ones out there for $25+. I am with Pat here, if it is a matter of 50 or so, probably better simply to buy the CDs. Buy in bulk from somebody like Amazon and you could probably pick them up for an average of around $10 a piece. So for $500 you could save all the time and trouble. Buy them over a number of months if you want and spread the cost. There is no hurry is there? Otherwise you wouldn't be contemplating recording LPs to digital! I have done a lot of disks now and, take it from me, it is a *very* time consuming business. Allocate 90 minutes per disk. I do it because I enjoy the process and I cannot afford to replace them all. If you do decide to record the LPs, don't buy a USB turntable. Buy a proper turntable and a cheap and cheerful phono stage for it. A budget of $400 or so should be enough. The sound quality difference will be dramatic. For your purposes, a specialist sound card is unnecessary if you have a desktop PC or Mac, which will have a "line-in" socket. Get an RCA to mini-jack cable and connect the output from the phono amp to the line-in on your PC. There is plenty of free or cheap specialist software for converting WAV recordings off LP to audio tracks. Once you have recorded your LPs you will be able to sell something like the Project Debut, but a USB turntable will only be fit for the trash can. The only fly in the ointment here is if you only have a laptop. Many lack the line-in socket you need which will necessitate you buying an external sound card. -- TheLastMan Matt SB Duet, Synology Diskstation 107+ with FW 2.0-0600 SqueezeCenter 7.2.1 and SSODS 3 beta 15. Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers. LPs ripped using Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap, M-Audio 2496. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60096 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
