Re: [ot_caving] Vinyl is good but...

2008-02-19 Thread Don Cooper
I totally have to disagree with the idea of buying an external device to accomplish this feat. I mean, I did it with only a very good turntable, a decent preamplifier and a computer containing a fairly good sound card. The results were indistinguishable from the original. Most new sound cards a

Re: [ot_caving] Vinyl is good but...

2008-02-19 Thread David
About 6 years ago, I reported on Cavetex that I had copied some of my vinyl LP's onto my computer's hard-drive using a free program I had found on the internet. http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/ Unfortunately, I never used it much after that. There are many ways now to get your mu

Re: [ot_caving] Vinyl is good but...

2008-02-13 Thread David
I still listen to my vinyl records. Most of mine are rock from the mid-70's. I have all of the Bill Wither's albums, Gerry Rafferty, Jim Croce, Kiss, and occasionally I will a vinyl record at Half-Price Books, if it is in excellent condition and semi-rare. I am looking for Steeler's Wheel

[ot_caving] Vinyl is good but...

2008-02-13 Thread Don Cooper
As a bit of a follow up to my ravings about vinyl. After hooking up the large amp to the big speakers and playing some classic Frank Zappa (Holiday in Berlin, Regyptian Strut) at very high decibel levels - I must digress Digital Sounds Good Too. -WaV