my turntable has modular audio output that I can put through my Dazzle DV Bridge (component inputs to firewire 400). Works great. Greg On Nov 26, 2007 3:23 PM, Ed Morin <edmorin at cox.net> wrote: > If the turntable has a pre-amplifier or uses a crystal cartridge the > quality should be about the same. A magnetic cartridge has to have a > pre-amplifier with a proper tone curve for the magnetic cartridge > puts out almost no bass without the pre-amplifier. One of the other > answers listed a URL which explains the need for a pre-amplifier. Ed > > > > >There is as microphone input on your computer and it is stereo. Get > >>a small stereo plug and cable with RCA female jacks from Radio Shack > >>and feed the turntable output into it. I use GarageBand to make sure > >>everything is working right. If you need more instructions, I can > >>write up the procedure for you. This will get you into Itunes and > >>from there everything should be fine. > > > >Hi Ed, > >So you feed the output from the turntable directly into the Microphone > >port on your computer? > > > >Is this as good as the Griffin iMic for fidelity? > > > >Wouldn't going from your amplifier into the iMic get you the bet results? > > > >Any comments appreciated. > > > >So long for now, TOM > > > >_______________________________________________ > >MacDV mailing list > >MacDV at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > > _______________________________________________ > MacDV mailing list > MacDV at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20071126/bfd9c29e/attachment-0001.html