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
> >>
> >
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