XPost: uk.d-i-y   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 5/25/2025 1:43 AM, Chris Holmes wrote:   
   > pinnerite  wrote:   
   >> I am currently restoring a 50 year old Technics Hi-Fi system.   
   >>   
   >> I am just waiting for three drive belts from Spain for the cassette   
   >> recorder module.   
   >>   
   >> I would like to digitise some of my old recordings. The room housing   
   >> the Hi-Fi system has no connection to the LAN. This means sending the   
   >> analog audio by Wi-Fi over to my work machine.   
   >>   
   >> I would like to make use of my old EEE PC 901 netbook as the Wi-Fi   
   >> trasmitter provided that I could pump the audio into that.   
   >>   
   >> The the output from the amplifier is either from dual RCA sockets or a   
   >> 1/4" headphone socket.   
   >>   
   >> The input to the netbook can only be to one of three USB sockets or a   
   >> 3.5mm mic socket.   
   >>   
   >> Is it feasible?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > EEE PC 901   
   >   
   > The  only references I can find on the web suggest this is an ASUS laptop.   
   >   
   >   
   > Why can it not be carried to the room where where the stereo is?   
   >   
   > Does its inbuilt screen not work??   
   >   
                                              /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\   
                                             /                v   
                                            /      ||   
           Technics Hi-Fi    ---- stereo_audio     ||        Modern   
   ullFeaturecomputer   
           Cassette recorder      EEE 901 laptop   ||        with Wifi   
                                  Wifi             ||   
      
   Since apparently the little laptop has mono microphone input,   
   a USB to stereo adapter is needed to improve the   
   characteristics of the EEE 901 on the analog side.   
      
   The EEE 901 could have limited storage (eMMC), but you could add more   
   storage with USB.   
      
   Maybe with something like OBS, the audio could be streamed over   
   to the other PC. Or maybe VLC could whip together a solution for   
   a part of the picture.   
      
   Audacity can record on the 901, for later. While audacity can   
   record to RAM normally, I think you can have it dump direct, a   
   series of small files, to a designated storage.   
      
   If you like crude projects, you might even use arecord/aplay (alsa-utils)   
   from the ALSA era.   
      
   One benefit of using a laptop in this way, is no ground reference   
   and no ground loops (hum). The shield voltage is defined by the Technics.   
   If I were to send the Technics direct to my home computer, I would   
   hear hum in the recording.   
      
      Paul   
      
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