Something for the old folks

I’d just written a very nice blog entry, but IE 7 crashed and I lost it.  I’m not sure how I feel about IE 7—I’m getting used to the features, but it’s so “locked down” it’s sort of a pain to use.  I’ll need to find the security settings and loosen things a bit, and it had better stop crashing or I’ll go back to IE 6.  So there.  And yes, I’ve tried Netscape and Firefox and Opera, and I just can’t seem to adapt to them.

You’ll now get an abbreviated version of my original post, as it bores me to write it again :p I was posting about this very cool thing I saw in the Hammacher catalog, an LP-to-CD converter:

LP-to-CD Recorder Stereo System

When I was growing up all we had were vinyl LPs and cassette tapes (8 track had already perished), so I’ve still got literally hundreds of LPs stored (safely?) in our garage.  I worry about the heat getting to them every year, but they’re stacked properly and tightly, and they always seem to weather the temperatures well.  If I had this sort of converter gadget I could copy my rare LPs (the ones which were never re-released on CD), and then sell the originals on eBay.  And then we could retire!  Or at least, we could probably go out for sushi.

I’d never want to go back in time to before the days of CDs, because CDs are so tidy and durable.  Still, I miss owning a turntable and listening to my old “classics’ (taste is subjective), and it would be nice to hear them again.  Hammacher also sells an LP-to-MP3 converter, but MP3 files are just too technical for me.  Now hand me my Geritol.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 11/02 at 09:51 PM

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  1. Ah, yes. The days of scrathced LPs fresh out of the album jacket. I remember one Christmas when I was in high school I recieved 6 albums, 3 of which were scratched and had to be returned.

    That’s a nifty device. (I gave away my collection to a friend about 10 years ago.) Wonder how much it cost? Guess I can just go click on the link.

    Posted by Diana  on  11/03  at  02:22 AM

  2. We have a real turntable hooked up to our receiver and amp and tape deck and CD player. We’ve taped LPs in the past, but I want to convert my tapes to CD, too. The issue we’ve run into is detecting the gap between songs. We found a hi-speed recording system, but we had to manually identify the tracks. Too much trouble.

    Posted by Victor Tabbycat's Mom  on  11/03  at  03:00 PM

  3. I wonder what “Includes automatic/manual track increment control” means?  Do you think the machine can automatically detect the gaps between LP tracks and then compensate somehow?  It seems like it would be possible for the machine to store the entire LP in memory, scan it for silence spots of identical lengths, and then cut those out while putting the other segments onto individual tracks.  I’d love to have one of these to find out what it can do!

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  11/03  at  10:00 PM

  4. Sounds like it identifies tracks and then allows you to adjust in some way. Vedy Interestink.

    Posted by Victor Tabbycat's Mom  on  11/05  at  05:08 AM
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