For a while I have been looking into alternatives for recording vinyl:
1. External USB soundcard (have a notebook running Win98) - haven't
found any that seems stable on stock Win98 (at least not at reasonble
cost).
2. Dedicated CR-R recorder.
3. MP3 player with line in and wav support.

What is the best (suggestion on brands/models).

Problem with 1 seems mostly to get it working without dropouts in the
USB, sometimes limitations on setting volume (Edirol UA-1A), finding
software to do the recording (including setting volume - finding peak
signal of recording to avoid clipping).

A MP3 player with wav seems to be the simplest but I don't know what
sound quality you get.

What about practical problems with setting volume on a dedicated CR-R
recorder?

Would appreciate som comments from people who has tried this.

Ronny