Simon Thanx man for your advice.
I'm looking at a NAD phono preamp at the moment which has both a USB and a line out as well as a line input should you want to transfer e.g. cassette tapes. They have a reasonably good reputation regarding low end audiofile equipment so I suppose you can not go far wrong. Rega also seems to have a phono preamp which has only a line output. This would of course mean that you have to purchase some kind of audio input device. And of course I would have to get hold of some record cleaning stuff also. It's been years since I worked with vinyl records. -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of goshawk on horseback Sent: 29 March 2016 09:34 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: audio input device or phono preamp with USB port personally, I would go for the first option, as then, you will have the pick of choice of equipment, so that you can maintain audio quality, where as going for option 2 means that you are going to be limited to those preamps with a USB connection only, and what ever bit and sample rates they choose to use. Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "André van Deventer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 8:19 AM Subject: audio input device or phono preamp with USB port Hi all I'm needing to record some vinyl records onto my computer mostly for sentimental reasons. I already have a rega turntable so that is not the problem. As this is a high quality turntable, I would not like to decrease the sound quality in any way. So it seems there are two scenarios I can use regarding the hardware? 1. I can get a phono preamp with an analog sound output and then get some kind of a USB audio input device with an analog input. Or 2. I can get a phono preamp with a USB connection. Any advice from anyone on which route to go? Regards André --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
