Mixer for sampling from vinyls!!!

[Panotaker]

Ljay gave you the best advise as far as sound quality, If you where going to rip a bunch of full length albums, that would be a good route to take, but before you spend a dime, try using what you already have. I own both a Bozak and an Urei, and unless you have bionic ears, you won't be able to tell the difference whether you made your sample using a Bozak, a high dollar phono preamp, or your Rane mixer. Unless your needle is completely shot, I wouldn't go out and buy a new cartridge either. I own a Shure M97X cartridge, it is an audiophile cartridge. I have it mounted on my SL-1200GLD, There is not a night and day difference between that setup and my old mk2 with my m44 cartridge on it. So I would try recording first with what you have and see how it sounds.

[ntelpieros]

I am looking for a preamp around 400-700 euros.Have you anything to recommend?

[Windows 95]

If you want good quality, but keep the budget low, I recommend Pro-Ject Phonobox II USB and a good cartridge, like Audio Technica AT95E/110E/120E/440E, Shure M97XE or Stanton 680EL/681EEE, Ortofon Arkiv/OM10 etc.
I've had very good results with Technics SL1200LTD, rubbermat, Pro-Ject and Stanton 680.

EDIT: Check out Audio Technica AT110E. It's very reasonable priced.

I agree with the preamp, but definitely not the Ortofon OM Arkiv. Of the carts listed, the Shure M97xE is the one I would recommend.

If they sell them in Greece, I highly recommend the Jolida JD9 for a reasonably priced (About $500 in the USA.) high quality phono preamp. And by swapping out the stock tubes, you can tailor it to your own tastes.

For a really good sounding moving-coil cart for any style of music, I highly recommend the Dynavector 10X5. (About $450 in the USA.)

If you're not using a Technics (or Stanton ST-150) turntable, you should buy a Hi-Fi (belt drive) turntable. If you've got a lot of records to record, I'd go ahead & buy (or borrow) one even if you do have a Technics.

The Music Hall MMF-2.2 (About $500 in the USA.) is a pretty good entry level Hi-Fi turntable.

Also the Pro-Ject Debut III (About $330 in the USA.), the Pro-Ject Essential USB (About $400 in the USA.), the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (About $400 in the USA.), the Rega RP1 (About $450 in the USA.) & the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon USB (About $500 in the USA.) are pretty good entry level Hi-Fi turntables.

[Windows 95]

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[JamesRoss]

I used to have an audiophile magizine from Japan with carts going for more than $10,000.00 Dollars, not Yen. Increadible. you should get one of those.

[Windows 95]

carts going for more than $10,000.00 Dollars

[Windows 95]

I used to have an audiophile magizine from Japan with carts going for more than $10,000.00 Dollars, not Yen. Increadible. you should get one of those.

For most people using his Rane TTM 56S, any decent DJ turntable & just getting a Shure M97xE cartridge is going to sound good enough.

[LJay]

^But you'll still need a good ADC. Do not record directly to your computers audio in. Use USB/Firewire interface instead. Still IMO Ortofon Arkiv (/DJ E) is a decent cartridge for recording electronic music.

[Windows 95]

^But you'll still need a good ADC. Do not record directly to your computers audio in.

For most people just hooking your mixer's RCA (Rec) outs to your PC's RCA ins should be good enough. If you're using a laptop, you've probably got Serato, Traktor, Torq or something similar you can use for recording. If not, USB phono interfaces aren't very expensive.

American Audio Audio Genie II $40
http://www.guitarcenter.com/American...61-i1427371.gc


I bought this one several years ago & still have it. (I've never had any problems with it.)
Alesis PhonoLink $50
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Alesis-P...18-i1520490.gc


But I'm getting the impression from this thread that Ntelpieros wants more than just good enough.
The Bellari VP-530 USB Phono Preamp (About $400 in the USA.) looks like a really nice USB phono preamp, but I personally don't know anyone who has one.
http://www.needledoctor.com/Bellari-...B-Phono-Preamp

[Panotaker]

The OP said he wanted to rip some samples, not the whole record. It makes no sense to spend hundreds of dollars to record a two second sample, but it is his money. He can spend it as he wishes. It will sound excellent with the equipment he has right now, assuming he has a good clean record, and a good needle.