That infernal hum!

[Ron Bello]

Costco.com has:



Ion ITTUSB Turntable w/ USB Output




Vinyl Recording Software Belt Drive Turntable

For

$99.99 After $20 OFF




Item # 138540

Shipping & Handling included *

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I have seen this item in there stores also.


At 01:20 AM 5/24/2008, A. Joseph Ross wrote:
>I appreciate all the suggestions I got a few weeks ago when I asked
>for help getting rid of an AC hum when I connected my stereo to my
>desktop computer through a patch cord.  Since then, I've never
>managed to get the hum to go away for very long.  It keeps coming
>back.
>
>So I'm thinking of another strategy for recording records and tapes
>into computer files:  Use my laptop.  trouble is, my laptop doesn't
>have an auxiliary input jack, just a mike jack.  Anything that I play
>into that jack comes out loud and distorted.  Is there any kind of
>adapter that I can get that will make it possible to use the laptop
>for this purpose?  Or do I have to get another laptop?  That's not
>going to happen for awhile.
>
>--
>A. Joseph Ross, J.D.                           617.367.0468
>  92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax 617.507.7856
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