[Dixielandjazz] Re:Analog to Digital (Vinyl to CD)>>Wireless Link

[BudTuba at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/29/2006 11:06:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
maxuuu at connexus.net.au writes:

I  believe you can also buy a wireless setup that plugs into your stereo  
headphone jack and receives the signal up to 50 metres away, but I  
haven't tried that.



Max
 
Adding a wireless link will limit your upper frequency sound bandwidth  and 
lower your quality.  Sometimes real world radio stations will  start to crowd 
in on the frequency you choose to set it up for.  You don't  really need the 
amplification of your home stereo, so I would recommend just  temporarily moving 
the turntable and the preamp which allows you to plug  directly into your 
sound card.  You also have the problem of coordinating  the operation...starting 
the record function on your computer before  loading up the record, and 
turning it off later,etc.  Much easier if  everything is within arm's length.
 
The wireless device will work OK the other way around.  After  recording it 
on your computer, play it back to your stereo system and  listen to it there in 
its final form before burning it a CD.  You have the  opportunity with the 
computer to improve on the old recording.  Besides  removing scratches and pops, 
using volume compression or expansion  or equalization filters will often 
make the record sound better  than original.   You need to experiment. Once you 
get the final  result that sounds best on your stereo system, then you can burn 
it to a CD for  posterity.
 
I use my wireless link to play stuff off the computer while I'm working  
around the property.  I can make my portable radio play what I want to hear  and 
it will sure gets the neighbors wondering what station you are tuned  to.  By 
signing up with an internet radio service such as _www.Live365.com_ 
(http://www.Live365.com)  you can play trad jazz  from around the world...even records 
you never even owned and bands you never  knew existed.
 
Roy (Bud) Taylor
Smugtown Stompers Jazz Band
'we ain't just  whistlin' dixie!"
585-415-3985 Cell