Eiron wrote:

Mike Saunders wrote:

The thing is I have some old limited edition discs which have tracks
unobtainable elsewhere.


All the more reason for doing it properly.
A clean and possibly a wet playing on a decent turntable.


Great if you have one. I want to see if I am happy with the result
before investigating other options. The point here is that if I did
need to obtain high quality kit it would very soon become redundant
again, unless you know where I could temporarily obtain one from


May we ask what discs these are?

Back in the 70's I used to frequent a folk club where the artists often
had their own LP's for sale. I also have some promotional copy only
versions


If so, you could take an output from the top and bottom of
the volume control, which would be a better level and less
distorted than the speaker output.
Wherever you take the output from, check you don't have a live
chassis.


Would these need attenuating?

This sounds good but I think I will try the transformer suggestion
first as it will be quicker to implement

Thanks

Mike

Would connecting the sound card inputs to the tape record/output on the
amp/receiver work?

Mike Saunders wrote:

I want to transcribe my LP's, tapes etc to CD. The problem is that the
only output from my old tape/record/tuner box is the loudspeaker leads.
I believe that these will not match the Line In on my PC

I think the signal may be too great and that it needs attenuating.

Am I right? Can this be done and how precisely may I achieve this. I
have no problem using a soldering iron

Many thanks

MIke

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:11:01 +0000, Mike Saunders wrote:

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Back in the 70's I used to frequent a folk club where the artists often
had their own LP's for sale. I also have some promotional copy only
versions

snip

Hmmm.... another "folkie"!
I got a few from the local club too. "Happy Daze" as Bob Williamson signed
Super Turn for me... X-)

--
Mick
(no M$ software on here... :-) )
Web: http://www.nascom.info
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Yes, that is the simplest solution! I'm surprised that no-one
suggested it earlier.

The OP asked how he could borrow a decent turntable for the purpose of
transcribing his software. I would be happy to let him use my kit
(Linn LP12-based) if he can get to my place, in Exeter. Perhaps we
could even find a solution to my ground-loop problem!