[Vintage-Audio] Conversion Of Vinyl

Sat Apr 19 19:46:02 2003

Charlie, 	

1. No, all of my systems are dedicated. I hate cable! The entire stereo system
is music, no TV or anything else run through it. It is a little sound studio.	

2. The vintage stereo system, the H. Scott, is dedicated as well. It has its own
speaker system.	

3. The surround sound system is also just for the Pioneer big screen TV, only
Laser Disks and DVD and VHS run through it.	

4. The Pioneer has its own Sony DSS system, as does the one in the bedroom. 	

5. A good point on recording vinyl that was recorded as mono. I need to do
precisely what you suggested. I seldom record from a mono vinyl album, but every
now and then I do. I have done so with hundreds of 45 rpm singles. Most were
remastered, so I got away with it. 	

6. I am not sure what, if anything, one can do about the different equalization
curves used in the forties and fifties. Somebody must have solved this issue.
The National Library of Congress, for example. They are busily working on the
"Save Our Sound" project, and many of those recordings are on reel to reel tape,
vinyl and even cylinders. Wonder how they got around this?	

Duane W8DBF 	

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From: Charlie Dumar <[email protected]>
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: [Vintage-Audio] Conversion Of Vinyl
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2003 11:34 AM

I use a stand alone deck for my conversions.  I have only 2 bits of advice.

If you have a cable converter connected to the same setup you use for recording 
disconnect it from the system,  If you like to watch cable while recording use 
a different amp.  In my setup there was low hum levels in the recordings after 
much work it was traced to the cable digital box.  Nothing more than a ground 
loop.

If you do a lot of mono recordings get another cartridge and head and wire it 
for mono.  The recordings will sound better.

If you do any recording of material from 1947 to around 1955 remember that 
these recordings use a different equalization curve than the ones after 1955 of 
so.  As a matter of fact there were 10 or so different equalizations used 
during the early days.

Charlie, W2KNL

-----Original Message-----
From:	Duane Fischer, W8DBF [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:	19 April, 2003 11:08
To:	[email protected]
Subject:	[Vintage-Audio] Conversion Of Vinyl

Greetings All, 	

This is a little too new, but still old, so pardon the stretch. 	

I have been converting vinyl 33 1/3 rpm records to CD format without a 
computer.
I have had extremely good success. However, this procedure is tedious, time
consuming and requires a DAT deck. 	

Are any of you using a stand alone CDR deck wired direct to the primary sound
system? 	

Here is one little trick that may help some of you salvage an otherwise
unrecoverable recording. If a vinyl record has a scratch on it causing the
stylus to stick, put a tiny drop of water on it. Let it expand and fill the
grooves. many times this will allow the stylus to track through the area 
without
sticking. However, there may be some noise, as the scratch is still there. 	

I use an outboard graphic equalization unit to minimize specific frequencies
when recording the vinyl to DAT or CD. Many times you can eliminate, or greatly
reduce, the noise present from heavy play wear, minor scratches and so forth.
Keeping in mind, that the depth to which the needle went, and the width of the
grooves, has changed over the years.  	

Duane W8DBF  	

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