Very lucky to have found this forum...
Some years ago I dabbled in converting records to CD's...did this on a fairly old PC using a creative sound card.
Having trawled this forum (and various other websites) I now understand that the creative card is not the best way to do this. The discs I made were for a party and I still have them.
Since making them I've upgraded my sound system (turntable, avr and cd/dvd player) but thought I'd do a comparo between the trusty old vinyl and the cd version of same.
After some jiggerypokery with the turntable I finally got around to doing this and now appreciate that the creative card is somewhat of a weak link (of course the old turntable is not as good as the current one either). Actually, the records were so much better than the cd's that it was astounding.
My turntable is a Pro-Ject Debut III running thru a Denon AVR 3808. I'm able to run audio cables of about 10 metres to the PC and had been thinking of installing an old creative audigy (something or other) to capture the analogue sound.
What I'm wondering is would I be better off with something like these
http://www.springwoodhifi.com.au/product.asp?id=542&pid=236 or
http://www.phonic.com/en/audio-interface/digitrack.html or
http://www.rolandcorp.com.au/default.aspx?prd=701 or
http://www.behringer.com.au/EN/Products/UCA202.aspx
or are these quite basic and not much better than (say) a creative audigy or similar. Whilst I'd love to declare myself an audiophile, that's simply not possible - I haven't won the lottery ...yet. However, if the above adc's are essentially basic, how much further up the product list does one need to go to get a cd that's on par with the original vinyl?
Thanks in advance
blairy