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RE: Digitizing my 500 albums

I would not recommend open reel tape. It's too heavy, requires too much storage space and it's too expensive. My experience with hi-rez digital copies of vinyl is that they are inexpensive, convenient and they sound identical to vinyl. I've copied about 387 vinyl albums. I have 275 LPs in 16/44 WAV, 41 albums in 24/96 AIFF and 71 albums in DSD128 using my TASCAM DA-3000 DSD recorder.

Making recordings of vinyl records is very tedious and time consuming. Therefore, I would recommend beginning by copying only your most favorite LPs. Once you finish those you might not want to go further due to the amount of work involved.

I've found DSD128 to be the best sounding digital format although 24/96 PCM is a close second. TASCAM produces free editing software for DSD but it's limited to cropping and splitting into individual tracks. PCM allows additional editing options.

If you'd like to discuss more about the technical aspects of digitizing vinyl, feel free to send me personal email.

Best regards,
John Elison


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