Arny Krueger wrote:
"Grumps" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:
"Grumps" wrote in message
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Hi All

I have decided to convert some of my old LPs onto CD. Yes I could
go and buy these CDs, and yes I could illegally download MP3
versions too. But I don't want to do either of these.

I have my old RP3 connected (via Nait amp) to the input of my Sony
camcorder. This then allows me to capture the audio via firewire,
possibly better quality than my PC's onboard sound input.

Probably not, but I don't know what your PC's onboard sound is like.

Onboard sound output is definitely full of noise and 'squeaks'.

That's possible, but not a general rule.

I assumed that onboard sound inputs would be similar.

Not necessarily.

You're right!
I just did a simple test using my CD player as a signal source (pure single
tone test disk), and ran SpectraPLUS on the captured wav file to see the
spectrum and SNR.
The camcorder manages a mere 53dB, but the line-in (on-board PC sound) gets
to 71dB.
A lot of this (noise; am I wrong to want to get nearer to 90+dB?) is
probably in the CD player (portable), so I'll grab my audio tone generator
from work tomorrow.