A-D conversion in DV camcorder... any good?

[patwilson at mac.com]

Sean,

I had been using a turntable connected through a normal audio receiver 
to digitize my LPs. I connected a cable to the headphone jack on the 
receiver and to the mic in on my Bondi iMac. There is a freeware 
program (OS 9 only) that I've used to do the digitizing. I think it is 
called SoundRecorder. Anyway, the resulting digitized MP3s came out 
sounding pretty good, considering the condition of some of those old 
records.

Previous to doing it this way, I had used the AV inputs on my 8500 in 
the way that you had, with a preamp in line with the turntable. Both 
methods seemed to be about the same good quality.

My $.02 about another way to bring in the music.

Pat