[Tone Depth]

Hi Frank,

Is there any chance of an AVA LP to Digital Converter?  I'm thinking of something like http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/559710.html, with AVA quality.

Maybe connecting to a preamp output, with an analog to digital converter and a USB interface?

Anyone else have an interest in something like this?

[oneinthepipe]

I suppose that if I wanted to listen to some music in my car that I only had on LPs, this type of converter might be useful.  Otherwise, I don't think that I would convert an analog source to digital to then convert back to analog (through one of my AVA DACs) to play on my home system.  But you never know.  If I had a second system, such as in my non-existent vacation home or my office (which could also become non-existent), this would potentially be very useful when the alternative would be to transport LPs to another location (like we did when we were younger, bringing LPs to parties, etc.).  However, I don't know, even then, if I would use this enough to be cost and time effective.

With newer music, I buy the music on both CDs and LPs, when LPs are available.   If not, I just buy the CDs.  When I have both the LP and CD, I prefer to listen to the LP rather than the CD.

[orthobiz]

(like we did when we were younger, bringing LPs to parties, etc.).

Mine never left the house! I was too afraid of fingerprints, smoke and dull phonograph needles!
 

Paul

[Wayner]

Tascam makes a nice USB box to convert your analog output to digital and get it into your computer for about $120. You can get it at  http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-TAS-US144-LIST
I think M-Audio also makes the same thing for about the same price.

I pretty sure Frank won't put a digital output in his phono preamp.

Wayner

[Tone Depth]

Hi Wayner,

Thanks, your suggestion looks similar to what I have in mind.  I'll have to check if it would be quiet enough and have high enough sound quality. 

I'm looking for a box to convert an audio analog signal from a preamp into a high quality digital signal that can be saved on a computer hard drive (not looking for adding a digital output from the preamp).  I was thinking that this is something Frank might be able to do, maybe in a special functions chassis. 

This would be to archive my LPs, and then serve them as digital files to a DAC for playback on my two channel system (hope this isn't considered by anyone as a heretical line of thought).   

Two Tascam units I've found so far with more extensive capabilities, but would require some additional savings before being able to purchase:
http://www.tascam.com/products/cd-rw901sl.html
http://www.tascam.com/products/dv-ra1000hd;9,11,42,16.html

Sorry if my previous post was confusing.

[WGH]

How about "The Ripper", based on the quality of Jim's other electronics I think this would be an excellent product.
http://www.hagtech.com/ripper.html

Wayne

[Tone Depth]

Wow, Wayne,

Thanks, it looks like you might have hit a home run.  That could have a good enough phono preamp.  I'll have to check it out more.

[WGH]

tubesforever is building the ultimate power supply that would take "The Ripper" to the next level.
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=66719.0

Wayne

[turkey]

Tascam makes a nice USB box to convert your analog output to digital and get it into your computer for about $120. You can get it at  http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-TAS-US144-LIST
I think M-Audio also makes the same thing for about the same price.

I pretty sure Frank won't put a digital output in his phono preamp.

Wayner

Behringer has the UCA202 for much less and it seems to work pretty well.

[Brown]

I believe Haggerman makes one as well.

[heiba]

Tascam also makes a free standing CD-burner, CD-RW900SL,
that I have connected to my AVA Super PAS3. Vinyl/LP copies
to CD are a joy to listen to. This CD-burner sounds so good I
don`t feel a need to upgrade the op-amps in the analog section
with better chips, like I`ve done in the past with CD-players etc.

Ola

Norway

[Listens2tubes]

I have copied LPs for a couple people with surprisingly good results. All I have is a cable from tape out of my T8 into my computer's Audigy sound card. The music steams through and I use Easy Cd Creator 5's Spin Doctor to capture and save it to disc.