In article , Java Jive
wrote:
Wouldn't have expected problems with that, though ISTR that Jim thinks
PC PSUs are noisy, electrically-speaking. Nevertheless I've digitised
stuff via a SB Live soundcard on a standard, homebuilt PC without any
difficulty. However, thinking about it, that may mostly have been using
an optical input, as described in the previously linked post, or another
of around that time, and that of course wouldn't hum!

The problem is that its a matter of chance what kind of PSU you get in a
computer. Some may be OK, others may be a disaster.

I just got a new machine to use as an 'AV' box with my new HDTV. The
supplier who put it together for me tried the standard PSU that comes with
the main box. Found it produced so much crap that it stopped wired ethernet
working! Changed to a different external brick, no problems.

FWIW I routinely now use a computer to record from LP, etc, and it works
fine. I could probably get the noise and hum down, but in practice it rises
as soon as the stylus hits a real LP anyway! So no point in doing so. pun
alert!

I do use an external USB ADC, though.

Jim

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