Quality record player used only to transfer vinyl to digital?

[mojojones]

Since alot of people are selling their decks these days, i have a question:

What quality record player would anyone recommend to be used strictly for playing vinyl to record digitally (to save the tracks to burn on CD, et cetera)

probably trying to get something relatively cheap, but can still be fitted with a high quality cartridge, for the best audio quality transfer.

Absolutely no DJing (so it can be belt-drive - as long as that does effect the sound quality) no pitch control would be needed either.

Does not need to have USB or any other audio output, just RCAs to plug into regular DJ mixer then output that into the audio device on the computer.

Any suggestions?

[Broken Home]

PM Lee (Abduction) as he was telling me about what he uses the other day... It was some Technics line (not SL)

[Perpetuum]

If the highest quality fidelity is desired and price ain't an option, look into a belt-driven solid state turntable like the McIntosh MT-10. Do a search for the prices, just make sure you've got heart medication nearby. If price IS an option, any decent table will work, as long as long as it doesn't rumble or have any wow and flutter issues. The Ortofon Arkiv needles are pretty decent for electronic music, if that's what you're planning on recording. I use them and they're nice.

[MINDPHUQ]

I was using a Numark TTX for recording my records, since it had a "line out" that didn't require a ground, and could plug it directly into my soundcard making it nice and easy. I dropped the TTX awhile back and it has a hum now, so I switched to a SL-1200 through my Vestax PMC-25 into my computer. Believe it or not, the files I recorded with the 1200 sound better than the ones I did with the TTX.

[mojojones]

Thanks for the responses, alot of good info to start with . . .


If the highest quality fidelity is desired and price ain't an option, look into a belt-driven solid state turntable like the McIntosh MT-10. Do a search for the prices, just make sure you've got heart medication nearby.

LOL, yeah i don't know if $9,000 would be a good idea to drop on the best quality turntable ever invented, but it looks dope, and its cool to know something like that is out there, lol

http://www.electronichouse.com/images/slideshow/McIntosh_MT10-1.jpg



I was using a Numark TTX for recording my records, since it had a "line out" that didn't require a ground, and could plug it directly into my soundcard making it nice and easy. I dropped the TTX awhile back and it has a hum now, so I switched to a SL-1200 through my Vestax PMC-25 into my computer. Believe it or not, the files I recorded with the 1200 sound better than the ones I did with the TTX.

I would tend to think that would be true, because you are running through a mixer and adding more gain, possibly EQ so the sound quality would be better then what ever crappy A / D converter is on the Numark TTX


but yeah my plan is to go out of the RCA outs (with ground) into the DJ mixer and into the audio interface of the computer, the ortofon arkiv needle sound nice, as well as the non 1200 Technics brand that Lee uses, i'll have to ask him next time i see him

Thanks again for the tips :)

[mojojones]

bumping this up, because still looking for it . . .