Question about Restoring a Computer

[Squishman]

To clarify, I don't actually push play. I just double click on the file and it plays from Media Player.

 

[TLS Guy]

When I play an LP, 99% of the time, it's all the way through (unless I'm at TLSGuy's place, then it's selected tracks), so I record them that way. I used to go one side, one file. Now, it's one LP - one file. So it's fine not necessarily using itunes. I'd have to use some kind of player like itunes if I had individual tracks as files.
Btw, that thing melted. In seconds, there is no doubt it would have been smoking. Thank God, I avoided a potential disaster. I do have two fire extinguishers in the house. I hope I never need them!

I have never copied my LPs to hard drive. I like the nostalgic experience of handling my old LPs, and some are very old. I enjoy the art work on LP sleeves. There is just pleasure in placing the LP on the turntable, and then the Dust Bug, then dropping the stylus down with the lift, and advancing the volume control of the Quad preamp to that turntable. It is a ritual that keeps me in contact with my history. Lastly the quality generally tells me of the expertise of the engineers of that bygone era. In many instances they did a better job because they were career professionals and not "jobbers".