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An analog question for those who record

I am going to buy either a reel to reel or a VHS recorder to record my vinyl onto for repeated playbacks. Is recording vinyl possible by simply hooking my preamp up to a VCR hitting record and dropping the needle. This would be ideal as it has a long run time via the VCR tapes. I have heard VCRS have good analog sound. Should I just go with a reel to reel? Cassettes arent really an option but I have heard some recordings from vinyl onto cassette that sound great. I also am aware of digital recording using audacity and have used it hundreds of times. However I like analog and if I want digital I will just pop in a cd. Do you think there would be a huge difference in the quality one way or another.
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herman
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Reel to reel is very expensive. The tapes are very expensive, the machines are expensive, and the maintenance is expensive.

VCR is dying if not dead and the analog side while superior to cassette is inferior to most other possibilities.

The only practical option is recording to digital. With a high quality pro-audio interface you can record 24/192 and smoke the alternatives. Look at Pure Vinyl software coupled with a high quality interface.

I understand your desire to stay pure analog but that ship has sailed.

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herman
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Duplicate exactly??

No.

But I'm so close I don't care about the difference

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