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analog to digital

I have two systems, both of which run off my iMac (through Perpetual Technologies DAC, BAT preamp and Odyssey amp in one room and wirelessly with Apple TV, Cullen modified PS Audio DAC and BAT integrated in the other room). Snell Type A and Type IIIA speakers. I like the convenience of it, but also have an ESL-1 turntable with TT copper mat and ring and clamp that I continue to buy records for. I would like to be able to transfer music from my record collection to the iMac and keep as much as possible of the vinyl quality (I know it won't be the same, but I still want the music in the second system). There is an old (2006) thread on this, but I wondered what is the current best buy in analog to digital converters which would allow me to transfer the music from the turntable to the iMac and then wirelessly to the Apple TV, DAC, BAT, etc. Any suggestions?
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herman
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http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/adc1/
Here's an option but you should also consider pro units. Who cares if you have extra channels you don't use?

Your problem is iTunes will not recognize the songs no matter what you do. It relies on a database that recognizes the electronic signature on a CD and your ripped files will not be recognized. You will have to split the songs up unless you just store them as album sides and type in all of the info you want to store about them. There is software to simplify the task but you can't automate it.

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Thank you all. I will check into software tomorrow. Do these things ever come up for sale on audiogon - and where would you look for them - under analog or digital? (I haven't seen them on either).
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almarg
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Do these things ever come up for sale on audiogon - and where would you look for them - under analog or digital? (I haven't seen them on either).

I don't recall noticing any listings here for adc's or digital recorders since I became a member last fall, although I haven't particularly looked for them. I've seen a few Sound Devices 702's and Marantz PMD670's appear on eBay now and then, but the asking prices on them are typically not a whole lot less than B&H's prices for new equipment. And in at least one case that I can recall, the eBay listing (for a 702) was obviously fraudulent, copied from someone else's listing which had appeared a few months earlier.

Perhaps there is a site comparable to Audiogon that specializes in pro audio equipment, but I am not specifically aware of one.

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I've been using an imic ($40) for digitizing vinyl for three years. I originally bought it as an experiment. The experiment continues to impress me with such a high performance to price ratio.
The imic connects my bang&olufsen 4002 turntable, soundsmith cartridge, and Grado phono preamp to my imac.
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