Transferring Vinyl LPs to CD

[Tosh McCaber]

I want to save my unwieldy collection of 33 LPs onto CD. My late 70's highly specified state of the art sound system has been gathering dust for quite a few years now. It consists of a Yamaha radio/ amplifier, Technics turntable, and Aiwa tape recorder/player.

I have just reinforced my PC inventory with a Sony Vaio laptop, which I can sit beside my Hi-Fi setup. The Sony has a couple of (small) sockets for headphones and microphone. I intend to use Roxio Easy Media Creator or Nero as the software- I seem to remember that they have an LP recording facility.

My question is- do I take a connection from the outputs from behind my Hi-Fi amp, to the mike input on the laptop, and then run the programme? I don't know whether the sockets on the Sony would be stereo, and, more importantly, suitable?

Any suggestions will be welcome!

Thanks,

Tosh