You would get better conversion with a better turntable, but not the same level of convenience. A good turntable cartridge is either near or more than the cost of the entire USB turntable...
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Tim C <bb...@crone.us> wrote: > They are just Chinese turntables running through normal USB sound card ICs, > as I understand it. Gain is optimized out of the box but the big benefit > is convenience. > > Also the software automatically splits tracks; I don't know if Audacity can > do that, but I wouldn't buy an Ion for the software... > > Best, > Tim > On Feb 25, 2012 10:09 PM, "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I believe Macs have had decent to high end audio. I am not concerned > > about the sound "card" at this point. It seems to me that the software > and > > its sampling rate, compression and that sort of stuff are more of a > concern > > than the turntable or the sound on the computer. I figured on using > > audacity. > > > > I was just wondering if the usb turntables were markedly better or worse > > than the regular turntable fed through a fair to middling receiver/amp. > My > > turntable is 1972 vintage Pioneer PL-12D > > > > > > I bought an Ion for the wife a few years back and she converted a bunch > of > >> her vinyl collection. IIRC we bought some software ("Spin it Again"?) > in > >> preference to what Ion supplied. That worked ok The quality is ok on > >> most > >> of the files she got, but I'm sure one could do better with a good > >> turntable > >> hooked up through a decent preamp/receiver or such. I think the sound > >> card > >> in the 'puter is also a big factor. I bought an Audigy PCMCIA off eBay > to > >> plug into her ThinkPad for that purpose. > >> > >> Greg > >> > > > > ______________________________**_________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/< > http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com< > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com