Any Vinyl Rippers out there?

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WrathChild69

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Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« on: 2 Apr 2012, 04:08 am »
I have a small collection of LP's I'd like to rip to 24bit/96khz FLAC or WMA files (lossless). Are there any audiophiles in the St. Louis area who are good at doing this? I would expect the person would have an excellent cleaning system as well as a top notch turntable, interconnects, ADC, high quality capture and editing software, etc.

Hifibone

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Re: Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« Reply #1 on: 3 Apr 2012, 07:45 am »
Vintage Vinyl offers ripping services. I'm not sure about any details other than seeing the signs posted in-store.

electricbear

Re: Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« Reply #2 on: 3 Apr 2012, 03:19 pm »
I think Zaw at AlphaTech can also do it. He's more likely to have a better turntable.

JCarney

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Re: Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« Reply #3 on: 3 Apr 2012, 05:26 pm »
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mitch stl

Re: Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« Reply #4 on: 4 Apr 2012, 01:11 am »
Good luck finding someone who will transfer the vinyl to digital to the standard you want on the desired equipment without charging you a small fortune.

I spent about 10 years transferring my own LP and open reel collection (about 2,000 albums) and know that I could invest hours trying to get a 30 or 40 minute LP to the quality level I wanted.

I did a very few albums for some close friends but know from experience that there is no way I could charge a third party what my time was worth to make a business of it.

If you're serious, you may be better off doing it yourself.

mcoaggie

Re: Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« Reply #5 on: 4 Apr 2012, 01:23 pm »
I'm not investing in a vinyl rig anytime soon but I've managed to hear a few seemingly good vinyl rips on my system and I've been most impressed.  Would be nice to find a source for quality rips. 

Scott F.

Re: Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« Reply #6 on: 4 Apr 2012, 03:38 pm »
Good luck finding someone who will transfer the vinyl to digital to the standard you want on the desired equipment without charging you a small fortune.

I spent about 10 years transferring my own LP and open reel collection (about 2,000 albums) and know that I could invest hours trying to get a 30 or 40 minute LP to the quality level I wanted.

I did a very few albums for some close friends but know from experience that there is no way I could charge a third party what my time was worth to make a business of it.

If you're serious, you may be better off doing it yourself.

I agree with Mitch.

Not to burst any bubbles but it's a PITA to rip vinyl. If I had to guess it takes me the length of the album plus the best part of another half hour to forty five minutes to properly clean the album, find and set 0db, play and record the album, chop the tracks up, get the meta-tags right and then do some very minor post processing (fade in and out on the tracks).

You've got to be dedicated to do it...that or have an album that will never be released on CD (of which I have tons of). The latter being the only reason I rip...sort of. Most of the stuff I rip are the one-hit-wonders. Sure I can find a few of them on CD but who wants to spend $15 on a Butts Band album just to get the one decent song, Be With Me? If I were to charge what it really costs for doing an album applying a reasonable hourly rate, I'd get laughed off this board. It really is a labor of love, that or determination not to spend $15 for one song (multiplied by several dozens) as it is in my case.

Best bet, find a decent used table and get the Zoom H2 and do it yourself. You may find somebody responds to your post but I'm betting they already have a large FLAC collection and are hoping your album list mirrors what they already have. If that's the case, no doubt they will be willing to sell their copies to you. Not sure about the legal/moral issues with a case like that especially if they are offering fresh, clean digital copies that aren't ripped from vinyl (ie. HD Tracks, DVD or SACD rips). That would come across as a little smarmy to me but who am I to judge.

I'm not trying to discourage you. Some noble person may step up and volunteer and if so, more power to 'em. If not, I apologize for being direct but it sorta is what it is.

Best of luck.

TONEPUB

Re: Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« Reply #7 on: 4 Apr 2012, 04:28 pm »
Second the motion on Scott and Mitch.  With so much becoming available as 24/96 downloads, I'd just ride out the next few years and buy the music you want that way.  It will be far cheaper than paying someone to rip it.

RaceTripper

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Re: Any Vinyl Rippers out there?
« Reply #8 on: 24 Apr 2012, 11:31 pm »
I think "ripping" is a misnomer here. Ripping implies something that is much faster than playback and automatic. Vinyl can only be transferred in real time, so you are really recording it. I had the NAD USB phono preamp, but returned it since I decided I'll wait and get something higher quality instead. With that said I plan to get the Apogee Duet 2 for recording vinyl. It supports 24/192 resolution. But I can say I won't plan on doing it for anyone else. It is a time consuming affair, and with 2500+ LPs  any time I spend doing it will be time spent on my own collection.