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Viny to a hard drive. Please help me.
One of the cheaper solutions is an Apogee Duet (~$300) with an aftermarket breakout cable. Cables are available as a special order from bluejeans @ about $30. If you go this route, be sure get a cable that is purpose built for recording and not a ... 
Long Firewire Cable Runs
Excellent- thanks guys. 
Any reason not choose an Apogee Duet?
Excellent, thank you. This is great- now I don't have to buy one dac, but I get two! I'm looking forward to this... 
mac min or pc
last year's models are available for a discount. if you know someone in school, you might hook yourself up with a student discount as well. Run it 'headless' and you've saved enough $$ to buy yourself some digital toys. My new mini just arrived ye... 
Your 3 favorite serious low end recordings
try the Gladiators "Proverbial Reggae" on Virgin. 
Moving to separates
1)First and foremost, good luck in the quest. You might want to consider narcotics as a healthy alternative to this audio habit. 2)Do your research! Audiogon is a fantastic resource and there is no end to what you can learn from your fellow poster... 
Greatest rhythm sections
sly and robbie have done many, mnay great things. But, being the rhythm section for hundreds of reggae bands? Mmmm, hardly. Dozens of bands? Maybe. Rhythm section for bob Marley & the wailers? That’s just wrong. For that you’ve got to look for... 
Dub/Roots Reggae Comps....LIve SUnsplash series
imho, your like of sunsplash will depend on your taste of the source material. if you like the music, you'll like the recording. "blood and fire" was picked up by simply vinyl. just work your way through the catalog and you wont be sorry. BUT, be ... 
Best sounding reggae on analog?
it is hard to go wrong with recent pressings from simply vinyl. everyone has their favories, but i would argue that it would be difficult to find better than peter tosh equal rights. of course, burning spear's garvey's ghost can't be beat. the bmw...