In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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In article , Graeme Wall
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On 08/07/2015 13:35, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Graeme Wall
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Probably a silly question to bring up on this group but does anyone
have any opinions on the USB turntables John Lewis are selling?

The reason I ask is I've discovered a box full of 1960s singles
that I'd quite like to stick on my iThings and can't be fagged
trying to marry the hi-fi and computer together to do the job
properly as it would involve major rewiring sessions to get them
into the same room.

If you have a laptop available it might be cheaper and give better
results to buy a machine-powered USB ADC like the ones sold by
Behringer or Focusrite. See

http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/HFN/ADC/USBrecording.html

for some more info.


Looks interesting but I don't have a laptop unfortunately!

But if you do have an existing record deck, that could surely be moved
to the computer easily? Or you could use a wireless link between the
existing Hi-Fi and computer. That could also be useful for other things.

Note also that some of the cheaper Behringer ADCs have an inbuilt RIAA
preamp for MM cartridges. I think they're about 25 quid. How good they are
I can't say, but used with care they may be better than a complete cheap
'USB turntable'.

Jim

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