Recommendations for a Analog to Digital Converter


Currently have more time then budget but want to look at moving some of my best Vinyl to Digital. Preferably 24/96 format. Any suggestions on what I should look at and if any of these are available used on Audiogon?

Thanks!
ataylor7

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Per Almarg, you can start with something as simple as a Tascam DR-05. It records up to 24/96 from line ins onto a MicroSD card for transfer to a computer. You can get one online for $100 at Sweetwater or Guitar Center or $70 on Amazon or B&H. At $1,000, the Tascam DA-3000 is the popular choice these days.

For breaking up the tracks, tagging them, and cleaning up the audio, I would suggest Vinyl Studio for $29. Don't let the low price fool you. It is a very powerful program, very under priced.

Check out this thread for someone who went that route.

Inexpesive Vinyl Ripping
Vinyl Studio will let you separate and tag tracks in DSD files. Beyond that, you need to convert to PCM to do other post-processing. There is professional software that will allow you to make corrections to DSD files and only converts to PCM in the area of the correction, but I do not believe there is any consumer level product that can do that. Editting DSD files is one of the major drawbacks of the format. If you want to do anything beyond track breaks and tagging you need to use PCM. I would love to be able to clean up DSD files. I just don't think you can do it at the consumer level.