"Nick J." wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

Yes, up 'til now I've saved over 45 Gig's worth of MP3s at 128K CBR
which
can give up to 12 hours worth of 'better than Radio 2 quality' music
from
just one disk. That's fine for the sort of music I have recorded so
far -
almost all from CDs. (I do not download.) What I want to do now is
record
whole LPs (typically 4-500 Mb each) and play them at the best possible
quality so's not to lose 'texture' and 'air' while getting the 'hands
free'
convenience. (Saves on record and stylus wear when busy and only using
the
music in the background - ie not listening 'properly'.)

You will find that vinyl recordings suffer more than their CD
equivalents when being put through an MP3/Vorbis encode. Whilst trying
to replicate the 'wanted' audio content, the rumble, needle noise,
crackles, preamp noise all add up to give the encoder a bit of a hard
time.


Hmmm, my experience differs. I've recorded quite a number of vinyl to MP3
tracks without encountering too much of what you describe. (I've posted
links to dozens of 'em here, during the last year or so....). In fact, I
find them far more satisfying than most digital rips, but then that's just
me.... ;-)



The Trust sound cards are based around the C-Media chipset, and it would
be greatly beneficial if you could perform the analogue-digital
conversion outside of the PC, and use the digital in on the card.


Yes, a nice idea and one which I won't rule out if I can get my hands on a
decent ADC at the right sort of money. (Suggestions anyone?)