Gear for dubbing LPs

[CardinalFang]

I know this comes up a lot, but I think my circumstances are a little different...

I don't have a hi-fi set-up. Most of the time I'm listening to music with my home studio set-up. I don't love the speakers, but I'm used to them and I can usually get good sounds when recording.

In the future, I will probably lay down some cash for some nice hifi pieces. But for now, I want to dub some of my LPs to CD so I can enjoy them without compromising the condition of the vinyl. My studio set-up includes an M-Audio Delta 1010 sound card/break-out box.

I have a Dual 1219 turntable with a Shure M32E cartridge & stylus. I have three amps: a JVC receiver/amp from the late 80s, a Fisher Stratokit tube unit that needs repaired, and a cheap-o Optimus that I picked up at Radio Shack just so I could listen to vinyl over my monitors (I just patch it in to my Mackie mixer).

Should I get some sort of mono-stage preamp that will allow me to make good dubs from my Dual turntable? Depending on the impedance, I could patch that into the Mackie or right into the breakout box.

Should I repair the Stratokit and patch it into the Mackie or breakout box from the Tape Out?

I'm not in the position to spend a lot of money right now, but would like to start dubbing records after I move. Any comments or suggestions would be most helpful.

Thanks!

PS I don't have a record cleaning system, so I might have to pick up a manual Nitty Gritty, unless there are some other products to consider.

[Grant]

You sound like you're all set to me!

[CardinalFang]

Originally posted by Grant
You sound like you're all set to me!

Are you sure? I guess I'm curious about the mono preamp. Surely this can be likened to a mic preamp... they all sound different. I've heard dramatic differences between mic preamps.

[Steve Hoffman]

Turntable plugged into JVC phono. JVC tape out to break out box.

[CardinalFang]

Okie dokie, Steve!

Thanks guys...

[Jamie Tate]

Originally posted by bigolbug
PS I don't have a record cleaning system, so I might have to pick up a manual Nitty Gritty, unless there are some other products to consider.

Very important step to me. I have the VPI 16.5. Can't stand to listen to records without a pass or two through the cleaner. Very highly suggested that you invest in one of these type machines. It'll create a cleaner surface for you needle too. Not as much crap clinging to it.

[sgraham]

A good phono preamp will sound better than the JVC or Radio Shack gear, but it'll cost you. In the mean time, what Steve said.

[Cafe Jeff]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone had a go at dubbing 78s?
I understand that there are a number of tricks wherebye people sum l and r for lower noise or even do even odder things in order to listen to Edison Hill and Dales.
Jeff

[metalbob]

Originally posted by Cafe Jeff
Just out of curiosity, has anyone had a go at dubbing 78s?
I understand that there are a number of tricks wherebye people sum l and r for lower noise or even do even odder things in order to listen to Edison Hill and Dales.
Jeff

Since they are in mono, I would think that if you mixed the channels, the noise should cancel itself out. That would be assuming there would be the same amount of signal in each channel. I did that with a dodgy radio interview that had some noise and mono/stereo problems. After I mixed the channels in Cool Edit, most of the noise disappeared.