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Sony USB Turntable PSLX300USB

As a basic consumer-grade way to get your old LPs onto your PC, the PSLX300USB delivers good results, although the supplied software has a harsh learning curve.

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Pro-Ject Debut III/Phono USB

The Pro-Ject Debut III/Phono USB turntable is a great turntable which simplifies archiving recordings on a PC — even if it still doesn't make it easy.

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Roxio Easy Media Creator 10

There's not much you can't do with Roxio's Easy Media Creator 10 Suite, although we'd dearly like to see more of the applications play nicely with each other.

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Windows Media Player 11

For Windows XP users, Windows Media Player 11 is a must-have upgrade. It's Microsoft's best jukebox effort to date, thanks to a thoughtful redesign, impressive performance, and a ton of useful features.

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Breathe life back into your LPs

Find out how to revive your LP collection by preserving it digitally.

DIY: Vinyl resurrection - Turn LPs and tapes into digital media files

Follow our guide to digitising your dusty records and cassettes, and you can put your old turntable on eBay.

Vinyl rules: shopping for turntables in the digital age

Remember the old record player that you put out to pasture 15 or 20 years ago? Turns out that that "dead" technology offers the potential for sound quality that's far superior to what you're hearing from your CD collection or your MP3 player.

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Golden Records 1.23

Convert your LP records and cassettes into digital form.

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Direct MP3 Recorder 1.41

Record audio from games, video, and phone calls.

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Golden Records 1.22

Convert your vinyl records or cassettes to CD.

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Free Sound Recorder 7.3.1

Record your own voice, music or any other sound by working directly with your sound card.

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Media Digitalizer 3.3.6

Save cassette tapes and vinyl records to MP3 and Audio CD.