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[Lord of Pirates]

I guess I'm lost on the appeal of having equipment to play/record vinyl just to transfer it to another format to listen to it on other equipment. Do a lot of the companies selling vinyl not also sell digital downloads or are such downloads inferior in comparison to vinyl rips?

That's the gist of it. I'm mostly interested in metal releases but I'd consider anything I liked if the CD was junk.

[banditwolf]

Was it the front jack? That tends to be noisier than rear jacks and depending on how old the computer was the integrated audio may have been poor to start. This site has specs on a lot of turntables (other stuff too).

Was on my XP desktop, which has what's likely a crappy audio card. So maybe that's part of the issue.
Thanks for the link. I don't see either of the vintage tables I have listed on it though. I think the one is better than what I had tried to use in my post. But it needs the belt replaced. Which I'll get to one of these days.

So connecting from headphone out to mic input is ok? I'm sure it's not ideal. Guessing I'd need some decive otherwise.

[banditwolf]

I guess I'm lost on the appeal of having equipment to play/record vinyl just to transfer it to another format to listen to it on other equipment. Do a lot of the companies selling vinyl not also sell digital downloads or are such downloads inferior in comparison to vinyl rips?

Well for me I have some records that aren't on cds and likely never will be. I'd just like to add to my phone or be able to put on a cd to use elseware.

[Lord of Pirates]

Was on my XP desktop, which has what's likely a crappy audio card. So maybe that's part of the issue.
Thanks for the link. I don't see either of the vintage tables I have listed on it though. I think the one is better than what I had tried to use in my post. But it needs the belt replaced. Which I'll get to one of these days.

So connecting from headphone out to mic input is ok? I'm sure it's not ideal. Guessing I'd need some device otherwise.

Yes but you'll almost certainly need to boost the level unless the table has a built-in preamp. If it doesn't and you've got a receiver with a phono input and tape/record out that should work.


Quoting myself to keep it on the current page.

On the topic of ripping vinyl: Z, any thoughts on ADCs for it? I was poking around at units to consider in the future and this seems well spec'd.

[mandy_moorehol]

Yeah, that all makes sense. I just have little frame of reference since I "graduated" from CDs to vinyl a long time ago and consider digital anything inferior to vinyl. I've never been a fan of listening to music on portable devices/on the go, so I never had a need for vinyl to be more convenient, though I see how that would be beneficial to some.

[Gypsy]

Vinyl degrades over time/when you play it so there is that.

[banditwolf]

Yes but you'll almost certainly need to boost the level unless the table has a built-in preamp. If it doesn't and you've got a receiver with a phono input and tape/record out that should work.

Hmm, ok. I'll have more questions at some point then. Got me thinking if I was having audio volume level issues too... kinda think I might have been which could have cause the noise issues....
How do I tell if it has a pre-amp?

[Lord of Pirates]

Hmm, ok. I'll have more questions at some point then. Got me thinking if I was having audio volume level issues too... kinda think I might have been which could have cause the noise issues....
How do I tell if it has a pre-amp?

Find a spec sheet ? I believe you should be fine plugging it into a line input (ie. 'CD' or 'tape'). Either you'll get audio around your usual listening levels (built-in) or you won't.

Edit: Z can confirm whether or not I'm being dumb here but I'm pretty sure I'm correct.

[zborgerd]

Yeah, that all makes sense. I just have little frame of reference since I "graduated" from CDs to vinyl a long time ago and consider digital anything inferior to vinyl. I've never been a fan of listening to music on portable devices/on the go, so I never had a need for vinyl to be more convenient, though I see how that would be beneficial to some.

No.

Vinyl degrades over time/when you play it so there is that.

Yes.

[Lord of Pirates]

Thoughts on my earlier question and am I correct in the post above?

Vinyl degrades over time/when you play it so there is that.

Aside from the huge convenience factor of digital that's another big reason why I don't want to do anything but rip them.