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" <andred...@webafrica.org.za> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> 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
