Hello Dean I do quite a lot of this work myself. I have had excellent results with the following method. However, if anyone else can improve on it I'll be glad to hear of it myself. 1. Hardware: First thing you need is a CD writer. I have had the HP4020i for a few years and it has been superb. You will find many choices out there but I like the HP stuff myself. To link your PC & stereo/Hifi. This is easily achieved by connecting your Hifi 'Phones' socket to the 'line in' socket on your sound card. Some HiFi's will have a 'line out' socket that can be used. 2. Software: The best and cheapest recording and editing soft ware I've found is called 'Cool Edit'. You can get this from http://www.download.com . It will come as a shareware and when it is in this mode you can only use 2 functions each time you launch the programme. To register will cost you about $40 and it is well worth it. The software I use to make the CD's is called 'CD Creator Deluxe'. This is quite expensive but I have found nothing better. 3. Cleaning up old records. CD Creator will remove 'pops & hisses' for you and the interface is very easy to use. However to really restore a record (this can take some time) I use Cool Edit. You'll have quite a steep learning curve with Cool Edit but when sussed it is superb. That is the basic outline for converting records to CD. When you get yourself a writer etc and you come across any other problems please contact me. Yours....Mick -----Original Message----- >I have quite a few records that I would like to write to CD >(& edit out the scratches/hiss if possible). > >I have a SCSI card (Adaptec 2940) - & would like to know >what hardware/software combination you would recommend ?