Re: GG on CD vs LP

[Russell Lichter <lichter@earthlink.net>]

Having done this already, can you state approximately how many megabytes of disk
space are required for, say, the WAV files containing 30 minutes of CD-quality music?

Mike Flemmer wrote:

> Anne Smith wrote:>     I bought a CD player a year ago and I still cannot believe
> the>wonderful improvement over the old vinyls.  I have only bought GG CDs that
> I>do not have on LPs.  I am thinking of buying a CD re-writer and transferring>my
> LPs onto CDs.  Has anyone tried this?  How is the sound?  Do you still>hear GG's
> voice?  I bought two CDs from C.B.C.records and I miss the hum.
>
> I've copied LP's to CD using Adaptec software and it works very good.
> I use an Acer CD writer.  I connected my turntable directly to the soundcard
> 'IN' port.   The results are excellent.  My CD's sound excatly like the LP's.
> In fact, I could not tell them apart, they are that close.  Keep in mind that
> the CD will not improve the LP's audio quality.  However, I haven't used
> the pop removal function as my LP's are in good shape.
>
> If you only want to copy a few LP's to CD, the investment will not be
> worth it, just buy the CD's you need.  But if you have a lot of LP's you
> want to put on CD, the cost is worth it.  The good news is that
> HI-VAL blank CD's are only $1.00 in a pack of 10 (no jewel case).
>
> Do keep in mind that it takes effort and time to copy from LP to
> CD- you need lots of disk space to first copy the tracks to a .wav
> file, and then the write to CD function is slow, and I can't run
> other programs when it's writing.
>
> Mike

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