Recording LP's

[smitty]

I am wanting to copy my LP's to CD and make MP3's out of them. I want to maintain the quality of the recordings. I am looking at buying a Gadget Waveforce sound card. I was wondering if I still needed to take the Record player thru my Amp or if I can take it straight to the sound card

[Dragon]

You have to go through an RIAA preamp no matter what in either case. Search for RIAA here because it's been discussed a few times.