mikelavigne
mijostyn
... the wrong reason to get into vinyl is digitizing records. if your goal is to hear good music, sell the records and invest in digital streaming. digitizing records has a very steep learning curve and is a pain the ass to do. and the results are unlikely to be as good as good streaming unless you make a substantial gear investment ...I absolutely agree. And if you don't follow a fastidious approach to digitizing an LP, there's no value in the result. Another issue is that with good playback gear, a properly maintained LP will last for generations.
... 5 years ago a case could be made for digitizing vinyl for music access. but that ship has sailed with high rez streaming. it’s so good that digitizing records is foolish.Mostly. There's still value sometimes in making a pristine digital copy of some recordings, especially those that are OOP, or those with sonics that really trounce the digital version. Those files can then be put in playlists for convenience but - as Mike noted - it will take a lot of effort to get there.
mijostyn
... If you have an Apple computer get the Channel D Pure Vinyl program ... The program includes digital RIAA equalization ... If I played back a record and it's 24/192 copy you would not be able tell the difference ...I'm not familiar with that software and process, but I do agree that a carefully made digitized file is audibly indistinguishable from the original LP.