A Good Setup for Vinyl Playback and Ripping?

[Jizz]

so not the 1200/1210s cos i dont need any of that pitch fader shizzle, just a decent and preferrably cheap turntable that can playback nicely, and more importantly let me get some good quality rips of some of my rarer tings

[NinjaEdit]

So just a record player? I got one at kmart for $30-40 with a USB out.

[Jizz]

do the usb ones rip to digital in good quality though?

[mthrfnk]

If you're ripping for proper listening I'd advise against the USB ones, there's a reason they're so cheap. If it's simply for sample grabbing though, they should be fine.

[Jizz]

yes its not just for sampling, its for proper listening too, so thats why I'm a bit skeptical about USB ones

[travis_baker]

whats the difference man, line in to ur sound card???

[Jizz]

yeah the difference is one can give you a line in to your soundcard, the other will be a USB connection which apparently just doesn't cut it quality-wise when it comes to ripping them to digital

[mthrfnk]

The difference is most USB ones are made from shit internals and have shit stylus/catridges. There are probably exceptions but like I said I wouldn't buy a turntable at 30$ whether it's USB or not.

[lowphat]

What's your budget?

And never underestimate the power of a 12xx series turntable. Stock with a decent cart and phono you would be surprised.

[Jizz]

I'd ideally like to keep it on the cheaper side of things, preferrably £100-150 if thats not too much to ask

[Sonika]

I got a basic stanton turntable (phono, not usb), put it through my mixer, mixer goes out into my saffire 2i2 interface, into logic...done

[mthrfnk]

If you could stretch, maybe one of the Pro-Ject models?

[wolf89]

I've found old second hand ones that sound good for cheap in second hand hi fi stores

[Jizz]

hmm the Pro-Ject ones look good, so do the Stantons... Never thought about the second-hand option really, might do cos I just remembered how there is a shop nearby with secondhand cdjs and shit on display