Ripping Vinyl LPs...

Okay, so I have a lot of classical records. It's generally the cheapest way to get exquisite recordings by very famous musicians, and I really like the sound of Vinyl in general. However, it's terribly impractical when you live in Texas most of the time and don't have a turntable; I use my grandma's player when I'm home.

So. I'm hoping somebody here can give me info on ripping records to a computer. I'd like to just take my laptop over there, hook it up to the system and rip all of my albums on there, preferably in MP3/OGG format.

I ran across RIPvinyl, but I haven't heard much about it and would rather be better-informed before spending money on it. Also, I just have no idea how to hook up a laptop to a stereo system (ie: the cables required, etc.).

Thanks for helping!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Ohshit....yeah...that's a bit pricey. I mean, I only have about 50 LPs, so I don't really want to spend buku bucks on this little project. I did consider buying a portable record player; some of the ones I've used were from the 60s and still had damn good sound quality. But I don't want to transport all those records to Texas.

I've been told that using the audio jack gives you very bad quality, so I'm supposed to use the line-in jack (if my laptop has one...I also read that Dell started manufacturing their laptops without them ).

I think I'll PM Iwata, then. Maybe he can help (hopefully). I'm hoping to get this done before Friday...right now I'm only focused on ripping one LP in particular.

There's nowhere I can't reach.