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[QUOTE=DareUtoLoveMusicMore;1121882]You're probably right I should go with a preamp. I just don't get how it works is the main thing, haven't done enough research. I borrowed a Pro-Ject one from work before but it didn't have any instructions with it...so I plugged in the USB, but my computer didn't auto recognize it or anything and I don't have any software...don't know what the next step is. Hope you can answer that for me.
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Which one did you borrow? I don't mind trying to find out how it works. YOu'll probably need some drivers and they may be on the pro-ject site, but I'm not sure.

Well there's a few brands that are really nice. There's ESI, TEAC, M-audio, EMU.
I have two ESI's. An ESI Juli@ in my studio and an ESI U24 in my living room. But if all you're going to do is digitize records, you may want to go with the phono preamp with USB .
Truth be told; I didn't digitize most of my records, I just downloaded them (for free, obviously). I've only digitized the ones I couldn't download.

Haha, yet another tip;
If you sort it out, find yourself a wall or a couch and make three or four rows of records. One for the letters A to I, one for J to R and one for S to Z.
Put it up against the wall or couch and put the next record in front of it or behind it. This is a lot easier than organizing your records in your record cabinet, as you will have to make room for new records all the time.

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