Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Vinyl Ripping Issue

trotter wrote:
> At 18:41 30/03/2009, you wrote:
>
>> trotter wrote:
>>
>>> At 10:19 30/03/2009, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> A bit OT I know but I am hoping that someone somewhere has encountered
>>>> this issue or at least something similar.
>>>>
>>>> Basically I have a Pro-ject Debut II turntable hooked up to a Pro-Ject
>>>> Phono Box II USB phono stage.
>>>>
>>> Decent beginner turntable.
>>>
>> Heh, it was all I could afford at the time - a used 'bargain' from ebay.
>> Badly packaged, it arrived in a 'kit form' never intended by the
>> manufacturers, and a combination of postal insurance and a partial
>> refund made it viable once the replacement parts had been purchased.
>> It's actually in great condition now and sounds good to my
>> none-too-discerning ears.
>>
>> I recall that it nearly cost me a great deal more than money when my
>> wife discovered I wanted to start buying vinyl again!
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>
> I have a projective perspective which was £600 new but i picked it
> up for £400 on ebay. Unfortunately vinyl hardware is expensive for
> sound that is better than cd. CD is better bang for buck unfortunately.
>
> I enjoy trawling car boot sales for vinyl.
>

Yeah, I love hitting the charity shops too, although round here its all
Hammond organ music or oompa bands!

> Then cleaning them up with disco knosti antistat fluid bath.
>

Will investigate that.

>
>
>>>> It occurs to me that the alternative is to unhook the phono stage from
>>>> the amp and attach it to the line-in
>>>>
>>> Is that the line in on the amp?
>>>
>> I was actually thinking of going from phono stage line-out to laptop
>> audio line-in, via a cable to convert phono leads to a 3.5mm jack plug,
>> but yes it occurs to me now that you mention it that I may be by-passing
>> the DAC device in the phono stage by doing this.
>>
>> I ripped my copy of De Stijl by The White Stripes today and got an
>> excellent result. The problem is that it is currently a lottery as to
>> what input levels I get!
>>
>
> Unfortunately line in on sound cards are frankly abysmal quality
> wise. In a recent PC pro magazine feature on ripping vinyl it stated that
> you really need to buy a sound card close to £100 for anything remotely
> decent.
>

Well, bearing in mind that hearing differs from person to person I am
very happy with the results I have got so far, despite the odd bit of
rumble from the platter and earthing noise at high volume. That said,
I'll bear in mind your comments and stick to attempting to resolve the
issue with the mixer settings for the time being.

> This put me off doing it with a PC so i am sticking with MiniDisc
> for now. Besides its easier that way.

MiniDisc should be due for /its/ revival any time now, huh?

:-)

Never owned one myself, just recall everyone selling them off to buy
digital media players at work!

Sean


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