spile;628561 Wrote: > I went through a phase of converting my vinyl to WAV (CD) but have now > given up for a number of reasons: > 1) Takes too long and too much hassle With good software designed > specifically for vinyl to digital conversion, such as Vinyl Studio or Spin It Again, you can process the files pretty quickly. It takes me 10 - 15 minutes after finishing recording the LP to have a set each of fully tagged FLAC and MP3 files, the latter for my iPod. As for hassle, the joy of these specialist programs is that they do virtually all of the tagging and conversion automatically. > 2) Quality is lost when compared with original CD For pop / rock / jazz I > generally prefer the sound of the LP12 - but that is a matter of personal taste. Now if you had said that quality is lost when "compared with original LP", then I would agree of course. Any sampling and conversion is going to degrade the original signal. > 3) I can still play vinyl on my Linn LP12 So can I (good choice of player, by > the way!) but that is not the point. I am doing this so I can play the music around the house on my various squeezeboxes and on the move via my iPod.
A couple of other points. I have a collection of around 500 LPs and have converted about 250 of them so far at a rate of around 100 a year. I stopped adding to my collection of LPs in around 1995 and, for various reasons, barely listened to most of them since then. With this recording process I make a point of listening to the music as I record it (which is most of the fun!) and I am rediscovering my music collection as a result. That is not something that would necessarily happen if I simply bought the CD and ripped it. I think it is important not to be obsessive about the process. If I cannot do the processing within 15 minutes, or the sound quality is too poor, I bin the LP and buy the CD instead. So far I have binned about 5% of my LPs because they are warped, "swingers" (off-center hole) or too noisy. As a matter of principle I don't apply any "anti-click" processing as I find this completely stomps on fine dynamics and harmonics in the treble. A few people have asked why I don't junk the lot and buy CDs instead. It would certainly be quicker! For me the main reasons are cost and availability. After checking out a random sample of 50 LPs, 15 were not available new and 30 were only available full price. The average cost of the 35 that were available new was £10, making the cost of replacing all 500 LPs £5,000! -- TheLastMan Matt http://www.last.fm/user/MJL-UK *SqueezeBoxes:* SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) *Server:* Synology DS107+ NAS (with firmware 2.3-1157) running Squeezebox Server 7.5.3 on Synology Package Manager *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, 2 x Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 as access points *Livingroom:* Receiver into Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver into Denon DM37 mini-system, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87289
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