LPs to .WAVs: 24/96 or 24/192 ?, USB drive OK ?


I will soon be undertaking the major project of
archiving 100s of LPs to a 120G USB hard drive(s).
Does anyone here think it would be worth it to
record at 24/192 instead of 24/96 ?

If so, any recommendations for a 24/192 card ?
The WAVETERMINAL 192X is the only card I have found so
far for under $500.

Will a USB drive suffice for both record and playback ?
Any speed concerns ?

THANKS :-).
mark3da3

Showing 1 response by bomarc

For most (probably all) commercial recordings, even 24/96 is overkill. Remember, your LPs do not even have the dynamic range of CD. Nothing wrong with using higher resolution, and it might buy you some margin for error. But 24/192 in this case would be a pure waste of disk space.