usb turntables (Page 2 of 2)

I run my shitty turntables through my jack-in on my computer, doesn't sound amazing, but its only coming through shitty computer speakers anyway. More than good enough, if fidelity is not your biggest worry (i can't afford to worry about it )
I always thought it sounded like the opposite of being compressed, like the bass is more rumbly without necessarily being louder or deeper.

@ricemilk - maybe your behringer thing needs some software to get the audio coming in to also play out, like on OS9 the play system audio option. on OSX sound input is not routed straight to the output, but theres plenty of free downloads to fix it, i use Line In by Rogue Amoeba (or something) its free, easy and works. No idea if it is good if you are concernewd about super crisp hi fi, but I think you are not that tbothered?

No. You still need a phono preamp I'm sure. Or at least a ground for the table at the very least.

the fuss is about bypassing a vital stage in the audio chain. it's what the phono is, and why it's a part of every input stage from any vinyl playing device. the choice is entirely yours if your willing to sacrifice all the production value of the record.
no one sits in a studio with the objective of making an mp3, well not many anyway

even if you have no phono preamp, if you crank up the volume on the inputs you should still hear some sound.

the phono preamp is nothing more than a preamp (gain) with the riaa curve (eq). i actually had my old turntables for years over my normal mixer on the line inputs, basically if you turn up tne inpyt volume all the way and add quite a lot of bass eq, its listenable..