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Bitman · 05-07-2003, 02:43 AM

Depends on the quality you want. There are laser turntables that will play a disk without touching it, so no further wear. I believe they can see through surface dust. No idea about sound quality, but last I saw they cost multiple 10s of Ks of $s. They may be under 10K now.

I've heard good things about Cool Edit Pro. I think it comes with pop and hiss removal tools too.

I've also heard good things about external USB A/D converters. USB is plenty of bandwidth (CD is around 1.5 Mb/s), and the external box blocks ambient and computer interference.

ObBrag: I ripped an 8-track once; that was exciting.

05-07-2003, 02:43 AM	#12
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	Depends on the quality you want. There are laser turntables that will play a disk without touching it, so no further wear. I believe they can see through surface dust. No idea about sound quality, but last I saw they cost multiple 10s of Ks of $s. They may be under 10K now. I've heard good things about Cool Edit Pro. I think it comes with pop and hiss removal tools too. I've also heard good things about external USB A/D converters. USB is plenty of bandwidth (CD is around 1.5 Mb/s), and the external box blocks ambient and computer interference. ObBrag: I ripped an 8-track once; that was exciting. Last edited by Bitman; 05-07-2003 at 02:48 AM.