[ale] OT:Digitizing my old vinyl

[david w. millians]

Scott Castaline wrote:
> Am I better off using this type of configuration or does USB work just 
> as well?

As they said, turntables don't use lineout standard- inexplicably- so 
you'll need an amp to raise it to that level. And USB doing the 
conversion is better, since it removes the noise. I go from an 
audio-technica to a usb converter - edirol of some description - into 
the mac.

I disagree strongly with the assertion that a properly-mastered mp3 is 
the same as lossless, for the record. I can hear it quite plainly if I'm 
listening at home or on headphones. In the car, it's touch and go.

I don't claim to have golden ears, but for music I know by heart, I can 
tell immediately. And have, when my friends challenged me. Again, I 
don't have the best equipment - somebody, make me a deal on an SL1200 - 
but it's just what you become accustomed to. And with 8k records, I've 
listened to a lot of music over the years.

(First time I heard a minidisc, I almost literally yelped with disgust 
at the atrociousness of what they were trying to foist. The compression 
got better, but that first listen soured me on lossy compression for 
quite a while.)

> Anyone have any experience with this site?

Whole reason I posted, before I got all cranky.

I LOVE dak. The catalogs were a hoot to read. The quality of the old 
stuff was fine; haven't ordered from the new incarnation.

Thanks,
David