Re: [bomp] What do you guys think of this?

[Blair Buscareno <blairb@xxxxxxx>]

pfink wrote:
>
> A Very Defiant Duckling Named Ender wrote:
>>
>> Numark USB Turntable
>> rip your vinyl directly to MP3.
>>
>> http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/8be8/?cpg=wnrss
>
> 1) depends on the quality of the cartridge and
>    analog->digital components of the unit. If you
>    already have a decent turntable you'd probably
>    be better off getting a preamp and a USB sound
>    device like an M-Audio Audiophile USB or similar.
    I was using a Firewire sound device, myself.  If my old stereo 
wasn't such a heap, I'd've stayed with the old solution.  As to the 
cartridge, one friend replaced his with a better one immediately.
>
> 2) if you're going to go though the time and effort
>    of digitizing your vinyl collection, don't rip
>    directly to MP3. Record to WAV/AIFF (at actual CD
>    quality) and archive it in a lossless compression
>    format like FLAC or APE. You can always make MP3s
>    from the archived copies without having to re-record
>    the original vinyl.
    My thoughts exactly.

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