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Originally Posted by westan
Recently I was given a Crown XLS-1500 amplifier and a TASCAM CD-200. The sound quality of my CDs in this setup is superior to my laptop setup.
Is there a way to record the Crown amplifier output to my laptop using Reaper, save files as mp3 and add them to my music library to benefit from the improved sound quality from the CD amplifier setup.The amplifier has two 1/4 in. / RCA stereo output connectors.
I am able to record through my laptop 1/8 in. audio input into Reaper and create mp3 files.
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Um.....that's gonna be terribly exciting. For about a second- which is about as long as your input on your laptop is going to last once you hit it with an amplified signal.
So- what I'm saying is that you don't want to do that.
What you'll need to do is run the CD player's headphone out to the input on your laptop. If you run it from the power amp, you'll be sending an amplified signal into your laptop, and I can tell you that you really won't like the outcome.
I understand that you like the sound coming from the power amp, but what you don't have in that signal chain is an A/D converter other than the CD player itself. It's not the amplifier you like- it's the CD player. Try running your output as I described above and yes, you'll get a pretty decent recording of your CD player, assuming that your laptop's input is any good- and assuming you haven't already tried running the power amp in to your laptop.