Buy your vinyl!

[TylerD]

Thanks for the feedback @johan! and @TylerD

Direct drives and DIY Sandboxes - lol, I feel like a Noob all over again

Sorry - had a meeting so couldnt respond

I am not looking to convert the vinyl records to digital - but I have some cassette tapes my parents made of me talking as a 3 and 4 year old. I want to preserve those hence converting to digital. I know I could connect the hifi output to the laptop sound input and use software like audacity to do it - but I was thinking of getting the Crossley - since it seems much simpler - and then I have an average record player for the vinyls. I think the Crossley that does cassettes and vinyls is about 3 grand.

Do you think my thinking is right?

Or should I rather get a more decent record player for 3 to 5 grand and do the cassette digital conversion another way....

Rather go for something like this and then get a nice record player. So cool to have those tapes @Silver !
http://www.takealot.com/ion-tape-express-convert-your-casette-tapes-into-mp3/PLID29937663

 

[johan]

Thanks for the feedback @johan! and @TylerD

Direct drives and DIY Sandboxes - lol, I feel like a Noob all over again

Sorry - had a meeting so couldnt respond

I am not looking to convert the vinyl records to digital - but I have some cassette tapes my parents made of me talking as a 3 and 4 year old. I want to preserve those hence converting to digital. I know I could connect the hifi output to the laptop sound input and use software like audacity to do it - but I was thinking of getting the Crossley - since it seems much simpler - and then I have an average record player for the vinyls. I think the Crossley that does cassettes and vinyls is about 3 grand.

Do you think my thinking is right?

Or should I rather get a more decent record player for 3 to 5 grand and do the cassette digital conversion another way....

To convert, the Crossley or even the Ion that @TylerD mentioned is more than adequate, but I won't be able to enjoy listening to vinyl on them.

 

[Silver]

Thanks for the suggestions guys - much appreciated. I will check it all out.