I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put on
my PC.

My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
quality of the source, would either connection make a difference? Thanks.

Sweep and Clean wrote:

I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put on
my PC.

My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
quality of the source, would either connection make a difference? Thanks.

Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.


Graham

"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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Sweep and Clean wrote:

I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
on
my PC.

My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
quality of the source, would either connection make a difference?
Thanks.

Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.


Graham


Thanks for your reply. Just one more question: my tape deck has Dolby C.
Should I turn these off when doing the recording? Or will leaving it on
make it better?

"Sweep and Clean" wrote in message
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"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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Sweep and Clean wrote:

I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
on
my PC.

My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering
the
quality of the source, would either connection make a difference?
Thanks.

Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.


Graham


Thanks for your reply. Just one more question: my tape deck has Dolby C.
Should I turn these off when doing the recording? Or will leaving it on
make it better?

(Jumping in here...)

If the Dolby C does a good job decoding - no pumping or artifact, then by
all means decode prior to sending the sound over to the PC. I'm not aware
of any software decoding available for Dolby, B or C.


Mark Z.

Sweep and Clean wrote:

"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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Sweep and Clean wrote:

I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
on
my PC.

My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
quality of the source, would either connection make a difference?
Thanks.

Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.


Graham


Thanks for your reply. Just one more question: my tape deck has Dolby C.
Should I turn these off when doing the recording? Or will leaving it on
make it better?

That really depends if the tape was *recorded* using Dolby C ( or Dolby B or no
noise reduction at all ).

Dolby is an 'encode - decode' system. So to play correctly, the version of Dolby
( B / C / none ) has to match to version used to record. I'm sure all decks with
Dolby C have Dolby B too ( and off ).

If in doubt - listen to the tape and see what sounds best.


Graham :-)

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 10:21:42 GMT, Sweep and Clean wrote:

"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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Sweep and Clean wrote:

I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
on
my PC.

My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
quality of the source, would either connection make a difference?
Thanks.

Probably minimal difference - but the RCAs are the ones to use.


Graham


Thanks for your reply. Just one more question: my tape deck has Dolby C.
Should I turn these off when doing the recording? Or will leaving it on
make it better?

Dolby is for the tape. Set it to however the tape was recorded.

Just from definition, the line-out from your tape deck is a closer match
(impedance and level) to a line-in than a headphone jack. In actual use
though, you may see little difference.
-Ron

"Sweep and Clean" wrote:
I have a bunch of old Howard Stern bits on cassette that I'd like to put
on
my PC.

My tape deck has the RCA line-outs and a headphone jack. Considering the
quality of the source, would either connection make a difference? Thanks.