[royewest]

I wonder if anyone has experience connecting a standalone phono stage to a Macbook's microphone jack as a poor-man's solution to creating digital files from records, using a product like Audacity? I have a Lehmann Black Cube and headphone amp cables that can do this physically.

I've considered building the Hagtech "The Ripper" ( Hagerman Technology LLC: The Ripper ) and may do that anyway.

But I'd welcome any thoughts about skipping an external AD converter in this way. I am not an electrical engineer, so I'm particularly nervous that my approach might put too much voltage into the Mac's Mic port.

 

[bigshot]

'Taint gonna sound good. Spring for a USB dongle.

See ya
Steve

 

[fault151]

would it not be best to use a line in rather tha the microphone? Its something id like to try.

 

[royewest]

I'm talking about the Macbook's Microphone jack -- it's not really a line-in and there isn't such a thing unless I'm missing something obvious.