"Rob" wrote in message
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David Looser wrote:
"Clive" wrote in message
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Why not record a MP3 track straight to vinyl and listen to the
difference.

Eh? what are you talking about?


What can be done, if you have the time and inclination, is record vinyl to
a digital file. It then becomes digital.

Well indeed, but that is a very different thing from recording "a MP3 track
to vinyl". I haven't got a clue what Clive thinks that means, he probably
doesn't either.

As to why people want to do this . . . well, a friend has asked me to
record some vinyl to digital, and then CD, so her mum can listen to the
music. Brass band music - Black Dyke Mills Band, 1968. Quality seems
pretty good to me - used the latest version of Audacity, very good indeed
IMO.


I've often done that myself (using Cool Edit). As well as being more
convenient to listen to it also means that I can get rid of a lot of the
clicks and pops. Apart from that, though, there is no discernable difference
to the sound quality between the LP direct, and the CD copy.

David.