What is the best hardware for converting LP to CD?

eatingrich · Dec 13, 2005, 02:31 PM

Hello all, merry xmas and all that malarkey.

I'm wondering what is the best hardware to convert my old vinyl (and tapes too ideally) onto CD.

I found a couple of things that looked great but the websites have stopped selling them now and I can't remember their names, and as such searching the net is quite hard when there isn't really a general hardware name for stuff.

I've found the Phono Pre-amp Studio USB but it goes on about a preamp and the vinyl player i have access to is basically a hifi system, so the vinyl player itself is part of a large whole.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance as always!
Alex

jiiteepee · Dec 13, 2005, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by eatingrich

Hello all, merry xmas and all that malarkey.

I'm wondering what is the best hardware to convert my old vinyl (and tapes too ideally) onto CD.

I found a couple of things that looked great but the websites have stopped selling them now and I can't remember their names, and as such searching the net is quite hard when there isn't really a general hardware name for stuff.

I've found the Phono Pre-amp Studio USB but it goes on about a preamp and the vinyl player i have access to is basically a hifi system, so the vinyl player itself is part of a large whole.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance as always!
Alex

Hi!

Here are couple of links you may like to check out.

http://www.enhancedaudio.com/newway.htm

http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm.

jiitee

eatingrich · Dec 14, 2005, 12:56 PM

cheers for the replies, they look the most in depth on the subject i've seen so far (i'm at work so i'll have to view them more at leisure at home). I was more hoping for something simple along the lines of plug and play (!) but to be honest it looks like it might be easier in the long run to do it this way.

cheers!

**dj_stick** · Dec 18, 2005, 01:21 PM

well my method atm is to use an old turntable with a nice cartridge hooked up to a stereo, which strangely has an spdif optical output, so i can record from that

then i run a few anti pop/click/noise processes in soundforge

EDIT: a friend of mine actually got me to set up his system to record vinyl, it was pretty much taking the line output from the turntable's amplifier and hooking it to the front of his live! drive, and setting up the driver. (Of course i converted him to kX

)

eatingrich · Dec 19, 2005, 01:56 PM

cheers for the reply, i found a webpage i'd saved of some hardware and software but i can't remember its name, i'll post it up on here when i get home to let you have a gander, it looks pretty decent though and will save me a fair amount of hassle!

Dec 13, 2005, 02:31 PM	#1
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 156 Rep Power: 0	What is the best hardware for converting LP to CD? Hello all, merry xmas and all that malarkey. I'm wondering what is the best hardware to convert my old vinyl (and tapes too ideally) onto CD. I found a couple of things that looked great but the websites have stopped selling them now and I can't remember their names, and as such searching the net is quite hard when there isn't really a general hardware name for stuff. I've found the Phono Pre-amp Studio USB but it goes on about a preamp and the vinyl player i have access to is basically a hifi system, so the vinyl player itself is part of a large whole. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance as always! Alex __________________ Intel P4 3ghz CPU - 8kb primary cache - 512kb secondary cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P4S800 REV 1.xx Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: Revision 1009 06/08/2004 2GB RAM - PC3200 DDR 76GB HDD - IBM-DTLA-307075 (NTFS) NVIDIA 7300GT 256MB AGP 8x Graphics Card Audigy 2 ZS Sound Card

Dec 14, 2005, 12:56 PM	Thread Starter #3
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 156 Rep Power: 0	cheers for the replies, they look the most in depth on the subject i've seen so far (i'm at work so i'll have to view them more at leisure at home). I was more hoping for something simple along the lines of plug and play (!) but to be honest it looks like it might be easier in the long run to do it this way. cheers! __________________ Intel P4 3ghz CPU - 8kb primary cache - 512kb secondary cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P4S800 REV 1.xx Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: Revision 1009 06/08/2004 2GB RAM - PC3200 DDR 76GB HDD - IBM-DTLA-307075 (NTFS) NVIDIA 7300GT 256MB AGP 8x Graphics Card Audigy 2 ZS Sound Card

Dec 19, 2005, 01:56 PM	Thread Starter #5
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 156 Rep Power: 0	cheers for the reply, i found a webpage i'd saved of some hardware and software but i can't remember its name, i'll post it up on here when i get home to let you have a gander, it looks pretty decent though and will save me a fair amount of hassle! __________________ Intel P4 3ghz CPU - 8kb primary cache - 512kb secondary cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P4S800 REV 1.xx Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: Revision 1009 06/08/2004 2GB RAM - PC3200 DDR 76GB HDD - IBM-DTLA-307075 (NTFS) NVIDIA 7300GT 256MB AGP 8x Graphics Card Audigy 2 ZS Sound Card