Secondly, don’t forget that the world is full of different, new and ageing audio formats (physical and otherwise) and those formats are excellent at doing a particular job well. Maybe you’re fanatical about the condition of your vinyl or maybe you have a super rare or valuable disc and you don’t want to endanger your investment. Firstly, you may want to preserve a particular disc and retain the sound quality of that disc. There are good reasons for turning your analogue music into ones and zeros. What’s the point? Audiophile man Paul Rigby selects eight high performing pieces of hardware for all price ranges to help you rip your collection without loosing quality. The ‘fad’ of digitising or ripping your records to digital files might bemuse vinyl fans.
