I recently looked into this, for the same reason. I decided not to buy a USB turntable (which often come with line-level output, rather than phono, as well as the USB port), because my Audiolab amp has a good phono stage in it (I believe). I thought that a USB phono stage and interface built into a turntable might be a bit 'compromised' by comparison.
So, I bought a normal turntable, with phono level output (actually a Pro-Ject Debut III, non-USB, to replace my creaky old Dual CS505). I also bought an outboard box to convert from line-level to USB, so that I could have this outboard of my laptop and avoid using the laptop's inbuilt (possibly noisy) sound-card. Also for convenience, to avoid having to use two phono-to-3.5mm cables from my amp's 'tape' sockets (line in and line out). Basically, it's an outboard sound-card with phono sockets and USB port. The box I bought is an Audio Genie Pro, by American Audio, for about £42 over here. As it happens, it does also have a phono amp in it, which I think does sound almost as good as the one in my Audiolab. In addition to the phono sockets and USB port, it also has a headphone monitoring output, and knobs to allow varying of input gain, mix, and monitor level. There's a button to switch between line and phono level input. I use 'VinylStudio' software, which allows me to set the track breaks and de-click etc. It seems pretty good to me, and the results I'm getting are difficult (I believe) to differentiate from a CD version of the vinyl. Dave. -- Furry SB3, Audiolab 8000A (c1985) + TDL RTL3 speakers. SB3, AE 2.1. SB Boom SC v7.3.2 and music on Asus Eeebox, WinXP SP3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Furry's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11328 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60096
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