I'd like to get into vinyl. Have an image of sitting late at night sipping a malt listening to some lost treasure I've picked up at a boot sale.
Not looking to spend much at the minute. I've other things I want to upgrade first. I've looked through eBay and there's a fair few older TTs like Sansui, Technics etc for decent money. The Cambridge Audio 640P gets great reviews and they seem to be on eBay a lot too.
A couple of questions.
1. I've seen a lot of posts on other forums about different pressings of various albums with opinions wildly ranging on quality. How much of an issue is this? I'm not looking to go into vinyl in a big way with a super fancy player so will various pressings sound very different?
2. I had been looking at USB phono amps to put the vinyl on my pc but there's not much choice at the cheaper end of things. Is there much point in going for one or is it better to get a normal phono amp and then some form of ADC, something like this -
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UFO202.aspx
3. Am I right in thinking that USB is limited to 16/44 or something like it? How would you go about getting 24/96 copies etc?
4. Any other TTs I should be looking at? Thinking long term of a Rega P3, but something cheap and cheerful for now.
Cheers.
Not looking to spend much at the minute. I've other things I want to upgrade first. I've looked through eBay and there's a fair few older TTs like Sansui, Technics etc for decent money. The Cambridge Audio 640P gets great reviews and they seem to be on eBay a lot too.
A couple of questions.
1. I've seen a lot of posts on other forums about different pressings of various albums with opinions wildly ranging on quality. How much of an issue is this? I'm not looking to go into vinyl in a big way with a super fancy player so will various pressings sound very different?
2. I had been looking at USB phono amps to put the vinyl on my pc but there's not much choice at the cheaper end of things. Is there much point in going for one or is it better to get a normal phono amp and then some form of ADC, something like this -
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UFO202.aspx
3. Am I right in thinking that USB is limited to 16/44 or something like it? How would you go about getting 24/96 copies etc?
4. Any other TTs I should be looking at? Thinking long term of a Rega P3, but something cheap and cheerful for now.
Cheers.