Vinyl to Digital

Digital is more convenient, it is currently less expensive (software) and certainly has its virtues. Unfortunately, I personally haven't heard digital that competes with vinyl sonically insofar as sounding like real. Not to get off topic but from my perspective the answer to your question is a big NO! But I love that convenience and listen to digital at least 60% of the time. Analog is a big pain in the arse!

digital software is less exensive??
just today a co-worker gave me approx.400 LP's she no longer wants.lots of blues and classic rock inc.some 'possibly' valuable Beatles! Cant get any cheaper than that!

David, should you ever come across Carmen McRae doing "Carmen Sings Monk" on LP, I have been looking for it for a long time.

Maybe you were lucky in one of those boxes of LP's?

hey albert-I havent had time to look them over.its been a rushed weekend with work and all.I'll get to them tonight or tomorrow and I'll let ya know.

Reading an interview with Ed Meitner, he stated that Sony and others are archiving their master tapes to DSD format(SACD). If you wait a little while, the pro digital recording equipment for DSD recording will be somewhat affordable for a serious person wanting to archive an extensive LP collection for posterity. SADIE(a pro rec.equip.mfr.) currently has a system out for $28000. I know that's alot but look at what always happens when new technology comes out - prices soon drop. I think that if Sony and others are using this DSD to archive their billions of $$ worth of master tapes, then it's probably good enough for us too.