Thread: Recording Quality

Can anyone enlighten me as to what determines recording quality in a PC please?


I record podcasts and whole radio shows and then burn them to CDR's to play in the shed or the car. I have an old HP Pavillion c2005 and a HP Laptop c 2013. When I record on the former , the sound feels warm and has depth to it. When I record on the latter - the sound is shallow and tinny. I have tried messing with the levels - but to no avail. I suppose I should at some point retire the pav but I'm worried I'll lose the good sound quality.
Any thoughts would be gratefully received.
cheers,
D

Pc's are very poor at clocking the digital signal. Also the da converter in the pc wont be any good either.
Chris