I spent some time trying to transfer my records to digital. It's pretty labor-intensive. I'd pay for software that could fetch the info from the Internet and automatically put in the track splits and information. I bought a tape deck/USB gadget with software that purported to do that, but the shit didn't work. At least the tape deck works.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
> you should only need the pre-amp if you don't have a turntable-specific
> input... how old's that amp?
> I needed a pre-amp to connect the turntable to the laptop but my
> receiver/amplifier has its own internal pre-amp just inside the RCA input...
> A
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I still have all my classical records, & LPs can still give me shivers that
>> are entirely absent from CDs.
>>
>> Only problem is that I'm hardware challenged and cannot figure out how to
>> hook up a preamp to amp to get everything working.
>> (Is preamp what I mean? anyway some dohickey that is now needed to make
>> turntables work with modern amps.)
>>
>> Sigh,
>>
>> Joanna
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bhaskar Sunkara" <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com>
>> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 11:26:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] music news
>>
>> My old record player broke earlier this month, just decided to replace it.
>> It's a decision that doesn't make much financial sense. I already have my
>> treasured albums in uncompressed .FLAC format and my sound system isn't up
>> to audiophile standards. A 150 dollar turntable with a cheap cartridge /
>> stylus sounds *worse* than the high quality digital stuff. Though when
>> confronted by that fact I normally just mutter something about how
>> "metallic" and "flat" digital formats sound.
>>
>> It looks cool in the dorm room, drunk people trying using my Pet Sounds LP
>> as a scratch record and all.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>> >
>> > Latest vinyl fans are heavy metal kids.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I get the impression it's cool kids in general.
>> >
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