Gary: I had a couple of records recorded by my father in WWII and as they weren
't commercial and could not be replicated, I sent them to a place called deepskyaudio.com and had them duplicated. It was expensive but worth the service. I suggest that you consider this service if these disks are not readily available commercially. -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary Wood Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Seeking information on USB turntables Thanks, Bob! Well if I don't get a turntable, maybe I'll just hunt around for that tape, and get some kind of cassette to PC type of thing. My brother was asking because he had the vinyl records. I want to copy them for him on CD if I can, but when I do it for myself, I'll put the albums on MP3 CD's. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Seed" <bobs...@tbaytel.net> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:10 AM Subject: Re: Seeking information on USB turntables Does it really make a difference? After all the CD that you buy is a copy of the master, and that so called master might yet be a second or third generation of that same master. When CD's were introduced record companies simply made copies of inferior quality recordings with out remastering them with the latest technology in order to make a quick buck. A good ear should be able to detect poor audio on CD'S especially those oldies that were never cleaned up. Mis aligned recording and playback heads really stand out when playing an inferior CD. I would suggest that when copping vinyl to CD that you tweek the recording to the best of your ability and go from there. It is highly unlikely that you will get two people that will agree when it comes to audio quality. What may sound good to me might sound inferior to you. I still think that the DAT tape would have been the way to go, but unfortunately the DAT technology was not accepted by the public, although it was used quite extensively in the recording and broadcast industry. . . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wood" <k8...@comcast.net> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:11 AM Subject: Re: Seeking information on USB turntables Well maybe I'LL have to settle for getting a cassette deck that plugs into my computer and putting the cassette copy I have on the harddrive, and then transfer to CD, but a problem with this is that then, it's a second generation copy, and I hear those aren't as good as a first one! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray" <rays-h...@raynetbrm.plus.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 4:11 PM Subject: RE: Seeking information on USB turntables Must say Dave, simply from my impressions of the ION USB turntable I saw, the build quality didn't seem impressive so I'm inclined to think these turntables are very basic performers technically. I'd much sooner go for a Hi Fi turntable with magnetic cartridge and a good pre-amp. These cost! Either that or consider using a company doing vinyl transfer as a paid-for service. After all is said though, depends entirely on how critical you are about sound quality. I've yet to start transfering my treasured vinyls but I know it is going to be time-consuming. Hope these thoughts are of some help. Ray. Dave McElroy WA6BEF wrote: In a word, awful. <lol> -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of André van Deventer Subject: RE: Seeking information on USB turntables I'm just wondering what quality of turntable these will be. -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Ray Subject: Re: Seeking information on USB turntables Well, there were such things as Music Centres - as we called them here in Brittain - which combined turntables with cassette decs. Still we're talking 'old' here, and I guess you want a USB hardware device that does the two. I've not seen an USB combi anywhere for transfering old anoalogue stuff. I know here a brand called ION has seemingly cornered the market in three seperate units that do vinyl records, audio cassettes, and VHS videos. So I if you've not held on to the various old stuff that could have done this via hooking through a converter, then this is the only way to go. Ray. Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. 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