In response to Lionel:

Thanks for the info. I will check out that site. However, many of my
tapes are low gen dbx dubs of Aaron Yamaguchi masters and I highly
doubt those are widely available. Also, I did not say that I have about
200 "non-dead" tapes that I know no one else has. Thus, I still need a
system to digitize.

To Allen,

Ironically, my father sent me a link to the article on your site a
while back. To answer your questions: I have a Nakamichi CR7a and since
nearly all my tapes are dbx encoded I playback through a dbx 224xDS. I
tried plugging the dbx outs into the 3.5mm input on my laptop. I have a
Dell Latitude, ESS Maestro II card, "Dell" moboard, P3 mobile
processor, 256M DIMM, Win2k SP4. I tried recording with windows
recorder, music match, EAC and some others. Results always the same:
lots of static and clicking and popping.

I also have a desktop PC that I have not tried. It is a Pentium 233,
Win98 (first edition), 256M (?), and I have no idea what sound card as
the computer is 6 years old. It also has a 3.5mm stereo input. Should I
think about getting a sound card with RCA ins? Do they make those?

My idea was to use the component burner to make unedited CDRWs which I
would then rip onto my harddrive, edit and tag, and burn to CDR as MP3.
The Sony I saw (on their website) also has 5 CD changer so it would
replace my current Sony 5 disc changer that is really limping along.

I will peruse through your site in more detail but if you have any
direct advice you can give, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks,
Dewey