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Who's Converting LPs to HD files?

I currently have roughly, < 300 LPs. Some near new, but all are vintage. Late sixties and early to mid 70s.

I don’t own nor do I wish to get into analog playback of these LPs.

Is there someone, some place, that will capture and convert these records into HD music files? Like 24/96 FLAC AIF, OR WAV? I’D CONSIDER EVEN HAVING THEM DONE AS 16/44 FOR THAT MATTER?

Most are Rock albums. Some Pop as well.

there's a lot of memories in that bunch for me and I'd like to get them into a format I can use and enjoy now.

Any links, info, experiences, etc would be sincerely appreciated.
blindjim

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mooneycj
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I take a simpler approach. Get an TerraTec iVinyl preamp here: http://www.terratec.net/en/products/noxon.html

Use the supplied CD Spin Doctor software. Rip to 24bit 96KhZ and save on an external HD. Transfer to iTunes in Apple Lossless format, label the individual songs and get the album artwork.

This takes me about 1 hour per album now that I have it all figured out. Now, I can stream the iTunes copies throughout the house at "CD quality" and I have a copy of the higher resolution file on an external drive that I can access later if I need or want to.

Additionally, I can burn CD's (at CD red book quality from iTunes) and listen to my LP's in the car. Great fun. I'm Happy.
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