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Biggles. Thanx for all the help peeps!!!

I've started playing out rips I've done of older 12"s. It's a good way to take those "always in the box" tunes with you without worrying about them.
For the most part, they sound good. Certainly good enough for your average club patron. Quality does seem to decline as loudness/system size/room size increase.

I'm still experimenting with preamps and needle combos; if anyone has recommendations for either, please post them.

Littlefoot wrote:Might even be worth renting out a studio for a few hours and use there top notch converters if you are really serious about archiving..

I dunno, I just think vinyl rips always sound bad, you gotta think about generation loss..

PC -> Mastering -> Vinyl -> Needle -> Phono stage -> Amp -> Convertors -> PC

So if you want the best quality sound, you should mix the digital masters instead of the vinyl.

The Most important thing in the whole chain is the soundcard you are useing to import it into you Computer. what ever you do DON'T buy one of the usb turntables, the AD converters in them are worth less than a basshunter vinyl!
Get a decent soundcard - an M-Audio 24-96 is perfect if you have a desktop (should set you back about £55) if it's for a laptop then go for one which is at least £100 and by a decent brand such as alesis or m-audio. If done properly and kept from compression then you can have a track that sounds pretty damn close to the vinyl version, just without that analogue warmth!