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Buying a stand alone recorder drastically simplified the
transferring of vinyl & tapes to CD.

Yes, it simplifies out of existence many important capabilities
described below.


After posting my message, I realized I left out an important sentence
fragment after the word CD: for me. Most vinyl I'm transferring is
new, and rarely suffers from pops.

Ok, so we can add deafness to your list of deficiencies.

As for tape & vinyl hiss, I
adjust my EQ levels on my stereo. I'm not a big fan of altering the
music source through editing.

I'm not talking about altering, I'm just talking about getting clean starts
and finishes.

My EQ settings for hiss are different
from my uncle's. Who is right?

It's not about being right, its about having the facts straight.

Both of us since we both have
different preferences. To deal with pops or other issues, I edit my
new source, the audio CD-RW.

Which pretty well deconstructs all of your former arguments.

My laptop is on one side of my Manhattan one bedroom apartment, while
my stereo is on the other in the living room. I have to disconnect
everything from the laptop, disconnect either my CD or tape player
from behind the receiver (which is located in a tightly packed
"entertainment center"), and connect everything together. Talk about
a lot of effort.

IOW this isn't about anything about the decor of your apartment.

I use audio CD-RWs when I need to do some
editing on the computer. If I want to make a duplicate CD, I use
the high speed sync-recording. I've never had a problem with these
dubbed copies, but I still wouldn't use them to burn discs I'm
sending in a trade. It also saves time, since I don't have to rip
all the tracks to the HD first or accidentally burn the disc TAO.

The author is solving a non-existent problem. I copy audio CDs
routinely on my PC. It's a total no-brainer. I click an icon, load the
discs,
click a button and the copy happens automatically and properly. The
software (EZ CD 5 or 6 or Nero) does the rest.

Have you ever experienced problems burning on-the-fly?

Not for several years. Something about CD burners with the "Burn Proof"
feature.

If not, good
for you . I would have a huge pile of coasters if I didn't throw
them out.

You might want to get a better CD burner for your PC.

More problems occur burning on-the-fly than burning off the HD.

Might be, but at current prices for CD blanks, a coaster or two doesn't
break the bank.

That is why many traders ask others not to burn on-the-fly.

I remember that 4 or 5 years ago, there were problems of the nature you
describe. However, that was 4 or 5 years ago.

A multitude of errors can occur, including wasted discs and cropped
songs (this has happened to me). It is easier FOR ME to duplicate a
CD using my stand alone. Pop in the source & destination discs, then
press sync record. Just as simple as your method.

Except it involves something I've never had the need to spend money on.

Also, I have never
wasted a recordable CD yet using the stand alone's sync feature.

You check this box in the CD copy software to use the hard drive as an
intermediate, and you get the same benefits.

Keep in mind that human error can screw up discs burned by EZ CD and
Nero. The programs are good, but if set incorrectly or in haste.....

Not for straight copying...

Non-existent problem? I think I've establish otherwise. People have
to find solutions for their specific problems. A general, catch-all
solution will not address all problems.

Your mind is obviously highly made up.

I believe in specialization. My television set is the best way to
watch TV, my stereo is the best way to listen to music, and my
laptop is the best way to surf the web/email/type a document/use a
spreadsheet. Jack of all trades, master of none.

So speaks the voice of mediocrity and inflexibility. You can't do as
good of a job transcribing other media to CD on stand-alone
equipment as you can do
on a PC. For openers, name a CD recorder with the flexible tic and
pop reduction of a PC. Name one that lets you change the loudness of
a song after you've recorded it, but before you burn the CD. Name
one that lets you edit lead-in noise as accurately and precisely.

Reread the first paragraph above for my views on hiss.

You've obviously got a lot more tolerance for it than I do.

If I was trading a vinyl sourced disc, I would only eliminate the lead in
&
lead out noise using my computer.

That would be one of my points.

Remember, I never said I never use
my computer to edit or burn CDs.

I'm still looking for a valid reason not to use a computer to edit, burn or
copy CDs other than messing with the decor of your apartment.

As for being "the voice of
mediocrity and inflexibility," I believe you spoke in haste without
actually asking why I prefer specialization to a catch-all solution.

I think you've already made your position quite clear.

I'll address that next.

The statement "My television set is the best way to watch TV"
ignores the popularity and power of the Home Theater PC.

The statement "My stereo is the best way to listen to music" ignores
the popularity of PCs as music players with vast music libraries.

I will take my 46 inch flatscreen HDTV over a crappy monitor or laptop
screen any day.

Ignorance of what a Home Theater PC actually is, noted.

TiVO is a lot easier to use than the contraption my
friend set up on his desktop. How many people have their furniture
set up in front of their computer? Nobody I know.

Ignorance of what a Home Theater PC actually is, noted.

My couch is not
ergonomically sound, nor is my desk chair sufficiently comfortable to
watch a whole movie. I've seen a home theater PC and am not
impressed.

You must have seen a crappy implementation. HTPCs can have any display that
has a RGB connector on it which covers lots of territory, right up to a
commercial digital projector in a regular movie theater.

I'll bet you don't know that one of the most widely-used high quality
digital projectors for commercial theaters boots Windows 2000. IOW, it's a
turnkey HTPC in a rack mount, with a heavy duty video projector.

Just because something is popular, doesn't mean it is
better. Beta was superior to VHS, as was laserdisc to DVD. How many
of us still have a beta VCR or a laserdisc player?

Irrelevant.

My stereo sounds better than any computer speakers I've tried.

My stereo runs as a peripheral of a PC.

My music collection isn't in MP3 format either.

I guess you never heard of .wav and FLAC files.

MP3 is a lossy format
and usually sounds inferior to the original CD. How big would a HD
need to be to store 700+ CDs in WAV format?

350 Gigabytes. Two 180 GB drives. About $400 worth of drives.

MP3's popularity derives
from (1) it's small file size, & (2) the P2P networks where you can
get MP3s for free. MP3 is popular despite it's sonic inferiority.

Even my Nomad Jukebox 3 is loaded with .wav files.

My original comments can also be applied in reverse. Take webtv for
example. Have you ever tried one before? I have and it was crap. I
guess it serves a purpose, but it falls short for what I require.

Irrelevant.

A computer may be an adequate TV and stereo, but it is not the best.

For these applications a PC can be, as I have shown, as good as the best.

Webtv may be adequate to surf the web or send email, but.....

Irrelevant.