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Cleaning up files:
Rule Number 1.
DON'T! The most (in)famous hiss reduction program is "Sonic Solutions". This is a PRO app and was used on the second batch of Hendrix releases, The Steve Miller Bands' Greates Hits and many others. It SUX!!!! It totally removes the ambiance and leaves a 'flat' 'lifeless' sound stage. The hiss plug ins with Sound forge/wavelab etc are even worse! Do yourself a favor and stay away from hiss reduction!
Rule Number 2.
DON'T! Click/Pop reduction. Once you rip your LP/Tapes to wav files do NOT run the whole thing through a click/pop app. This will again reduce the overall sound quality. However, lets say you have a NASTY POP 2 minutes into a track. With a good wave editor you can use your mouse to highlight that split second and apply your click/pop app to that one point in time leaving the rest of the file intact!
If you use Soundforge as your wave editor I can give you a few more tips.
PC as a stereo?
Are you talking about running the sound card into powered speakers or or a real stereo?
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