I've got a little box that draws power off a USB connection that takes a phono input, does the RIAA equalization and then outputs it to the sound card. It came with some fairly decent software for cleaning up clicks, pops, etc. - all Windows based of course. I think it was around $50 for the whole setup. Although as someone pointed out, RatShack has a basic preamp for something like $25 which would be more cost effective for use with Linux. --rick rpgoldman at real-time.com wrote: >>>>>>"Garrett" == Garrett Krueger <gkrueger at cleosci.com> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>> > > Garrett> I've got a setup at home where my soundcard is connected > Garrett> to a receiver as is a turntable and dual tape deck. From > Garrett> there, it's a matter of playing with settings. > > Garrett> You can buy (which is how I did it) or make Y-connectors > Garrett> which is a pair of RCA jacks on one end and a mini-stereo > Garrett> connector (for the audio card) on the other end to hook > Garrett> your sound card through the receiver. > >Sorry; I wasn't clear enough. Yes, I know how to do the phono -> >receiver -> sound card trick using Y-connectors. I just don't know if >it's possible to dispense with the receiver. I'd love to if it was! > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list