Vinyl to DVD-A 24/96 vs. Redbook

I have compared writable CD’s and DVDs but not with new vinyl recordings. To my ears it sounds a whole lot better than standard CD’s.

I rip used vinyl recordings to my hard drive and then to writable DVD’s at a high bit rate. The higher the bit rate the longer it takes. There is tons of space for multiple albums.

I don’t know of a business that performs that service but with newer computer and right software it’s easy to do at home.

I am using a Power Mac G5 with no outboard hardware other than tt and phono stage. The program is Toast and Jam 6. Recording is a pain. I have to take my TT and phono stage into another room and plug in into the computer. The software is programmable by minutes. You end up with two files, side one and two. I could separate the songs into separate files but I’m lazy. After album is ripped I can filter out the pops and stuff but I think it degrades the quality. I have an Esoteric DV-50 in my main system for playback. I write the files to CDR's for the car.

If you happen to see any of the treads I answer it appears like I’m forever praising Mac’s. Recording DVD-A is just one of the many reasons I love the product.

Don't have a clue, sorry. I don't even know where the munual is or what to look for.

Don't know how it does it, It just does. Below is a link to apples spec page for the g-5.

http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html

Onhwy61

You are 100% right the Mac G-5 is a computer not a dedicated high end audio device.