[ale] OT:Digitizing my old vinyl

[Geoffrey]

Sean McNealy wrote:
> Fundamentally, you're sampling an analog signal somewhere and
> digitizing it.  Your sound card is made to do this with a line-in or
> mic plug and sends digital data over PCI or however it's connecting.
> A USB turntable does this in the turntable and sends the digital data
> over USB.  So in the end, you gain nothing from one method over the
> other.  It's all about the quality of the A/D conversion hardware,
> like sampling rate.
> 
> Where a good recording might matter:  You can run equalizers and other
> filters, like trying to remove hiss or clicks, over your recording.  I
> never found this really useful in toying with it, the original
> recording sounded better with what I was trying.  Maybe someone here
> can point you to something better.
> 
> Where a good recording does not matter:  You're probably converting to
> MP3.  Your sound chip that came on the motherboard, while it's pretty
> bad, is more than enough to make a good MP3.  Anything more gets taken
> out to compress the file.
> 
> Just to make sure you know, your current turntable outputs the same
> analog data your computer's line-in jack reads.  It's just a matter of
> getting (or making) the correct wire.

So you're saying that I can bypass my amp and simply plug my turntable 
directly into my sound card?  I've already got the cable to plug my amp 
into my sound card.  All I need is set of sex change adapters and I 
should be good then?

> 
> As a note, your sound card and probably most USB turntables, record in
> stereo, so you're losing any quadraphonic data.
> 
> -Sean
> 
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Scott Castaline<skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok, any audiophiles on the list? Looking to replace my old turntable
>> with something that will work both as a regular turntable hooked up to
>> my stereo amp (which does have a phono input) and that will also allow
>> me to plug into my PC for recording through Audacity. I was looking at
>> USB turntables, then I ran into a link for a DAK setup that includes a
>> mixer/preamp and turntable that allows plugging into the Line In on a
>> sound card.
>>
>> http://www.dak.com/reviews/2020story.cfm?Ref=G&PM=LPCD&type=GSrch&Srh=turntable_with_USB&gclid=CKP9wqOCs5wCFSBN5QodYVr9mw#in
>>
>> Am I better off using this type of configuration or does USB work just
>> as well?
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with this site?
>>
>> Looking for opinions
>>
>> TIA
>> Scott
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