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Well, I've made the plunge. I purchased an Audio Technica AT-LP2D-USB turntable. It was $85. Included was Audacity. Easy to setup, plugged it in to a USB slot and away we go. I can't believe how easy it is to record an album. The sound is great through my iMac and the Bose speakers I have connected. It came also with a manual to configure it properly. I'm not a technical guru, but this really was simple.

So last night I played with a couple of albums. Same artist so I recorded them all together. Cut some of the dead time between tracks and edited out some clicks. Very simple. Thus far I've only saved it as a WAV file and inserted the track titles. Working on how to split the tracks into separate songs before I import into iTunes. Based on some of the comments I've seen, including one I found from Kevriano, that may be the stickler. Might have to do so manually. If so, well, that's life I guess. I've also read where converting to an MP3 reduces the sound quality but is a smaller size. Can't comment on that yet, but the sound quality as is in a WAV file is really good.

BTW, I'm using Snow Leopard and no issues at all with this Audacity program (v 1.2.6).

Will post some more comments as I do more.

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Ok now I've totally figured it out. It takes a little bit of attention, typing and, of course, time, but this is better than I expected. Admittedly, the directions that come with the Audacity software leave a whole lot to be desired, but after doing some more searching I found this little tutorial that someone posted which made everything fall into place.

How to Transfer LP Records to Your Mac | Macinstruct

I've recorded entire albums, split it into tracks, and exported the file as individual tracks to a file on my desktop. It is simply a matter of renaming the tracks to the song title and moving them into iTunes.

I also don't see any real loss of quality converting to MP3. The sound out of my computer (I have external JBL speakers and woofer) is great.

I hope this answers questions and helps anyone looking to do the same. Enjoy those LPs.