Transfer Your LPs to High-Res 24/96 DVDs

[geekwithfamily]

AudioXpress, the only DIY audio hobbyist print mag, recently published a great how to article about transferring your LPs to DVD audio (though not necessarily DVD-A). Transferring LPs to DVDs in High Resolution by Victor Skaggs (PDF download) is the most detailed LP digitizing article I’ve encountered (Hi-Fi News recently published another how to, but stopped a CD quality audio). As a bonus Mr. Skaggs does all his digitizing on a Mac using affordable software and hardware (with many low and high end alternatives). He’s so into digitizing LPs to high resolution audio that he’s discovered hidden features in Roxio Toast and had features added to Toast (music-only DVD authoring) and ClickRepair (96 kHz file support). I wish I had as much ambition and input with my software tools.
Since my successes with ripping CDs to lossless audio files (with MAX) and listening through my low jitter Airport Express, I’ve wanted to compare a high resolution LP to digital transfer to the digital CD originals. By Victor Skaggs’ comments, I’d have to think the transferred LP would win followed by lossless audio and CD last.
When I get a free weekend I’ll pop open my Rogue preamp, flip the second outputs to fixed and hook it up to my MacBook Pro. Following the AudioXpress article, I’ll record Shellac’s At Action Park, clean it up and burn a 96/24 DVD (or 192/24 DVD-A if I can figure that out). Watch out for the head-to-head test.
(via Macintouch)
Tags: Convergence Home Audio ElectronicsConvergence, Home Audio Electronics

Link to Article

[muse77]

I am looking forward to an update. I currently record my LP's using Pristine 2000 and then to cd's. I would really love to go to the DVD. I will check out the other software you mentioned.

Bryan

[Sonnie]

Years ago I treated all my albums with LAST preservative. I wonder if they would still sound good... of course I don't even have a turntable anymore. I eyeballed what was left of my Thorens Jubilee the last time I went to the junk pile...