I've got a $1000 buck turntable. I spent 2 hours getting one album into the thing. Found the cd on line for 8.99.

I used Audacity, and my turntable.

I determined that the stress, the dicking about, the setup, the moving things, getting the arm down right, trying to listen to see if the track was good, and then post processing was a royal pain.

When I put in the CD I get the album cover on-line, the thing goes from CD to my linux box in about 4 minutes, and then out to my mp3 player or tablet.

Now I have not taken my wife's Caruso boxed set LP and tried to find it on line, and some of my favorite LP's I may not find. Being somewhat odd, I had 11 of the same classical piece and was prepared discuss the merits of this vrs. that interpretation by which guy.

So I probably don't need to take the 12 lps of the Goldburg Variations and put them into my computer. I like the Glen Gould the best, the same for the 6 late Hayden piano works. I admit a bias there.

And I've outgrown some of the stuff. The wife has a Village People album. I pass, would have, and still do. When I asked her she said, "garage sale stuff". Thanks!

John Conley
Musica est vita