Hi Cicero

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:37:58 GMT, Cicero
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:49:44 +0100, Adrian wrote:

HI All

Firstly - apologies for the fact that the last 10 years' developments in
personal music technology seem to have passed me by... but I've been busy
at other things g

Like many others of my generation, (I suspect ) - I have a couple of boxes
of vinyl lps and singles, and cassette tapes in the shed.... despite being
'much loved' - they never seem to get played...

Sort of at the back of my mind for some time has been a plan to dig out
these 'classics' and transfer them to something more modern - like CDs for
instance.

Then I got to thinking (always fatal !) The new (old) car, a '64 Moggie
Traveller needs some sort of music system, if only to drown out the
rattles and bangs.

So - is there 'another way' to get the vinyl transferred into a format
that could be used in the car ?

Possible plans so far
1) Grab the audio through my (pretty good) computer soundcard and burn to
CDs

-- drawback - it's a tedious process, and ties up the PC for hours on end

2) Buy a dedicated CR-recorder and grab the audio and burn directly to CD.
Thinking of the Sony RCDW100 Twin CDR - about £200.

-- drawback - cost
- advantage - stand-alone solution

3) Grab audio to mp3 format, and diy an electronics solution to play mp3's
in the 'new' car. Thinking of an mp3 player with line in and removable
memory cards, combined with a simple homebrewed power amp / psu tucked
away in the car somewhere. (There's the DIY angle !!)

-- drawback ... don't know ?? - price of the MP3 player perhaps ?
--advantages - playback is 'bump-proof' - combination of Irish roads and
1960's Moggie suspension might cause problems for a conventional in-car CD
player..

Any comments / suggestions etc ??

Many thanks
Adrian

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It might make sense to combine (more or less) (1) and (2). A second
computer either new or second-hand could be used as a dedicated 'music
box' with permanently attached turntable and tape player. The advantages
are that second-hand computers are dirt cheap or if you decided on new
(about GB 200 pounds for a reasonable base unit) you would have a spare
computer to cover any breakdowns.

Oh no - not more computers, please !
I guess it's not so much of an inconvenience really -
but the nice thing about the Sony machine was that it was intelligent
enough to understand 'tracks' on an lp and (allegedly!) break up the
final CD into tracks.
I guess it'd have a reasonable resale value - so it it's not
necessarily £200 down the drain...

Still tedious, of course, but less frustrating than an unavailable
computer.

True...

Thanks
Adrian