By
vdd
Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:23 pm
OK, than you definitly have no phono preamp! If you just turn up the gain it should sound "strange". You need something like an "ART DJ Pre II Phono Preamp" or, if you want to put more money in it something like a "Radial Engineering J 33".
The cheapest way is to use an old hifi-amp and getting the signal from "tape out" to your audio interface. Not nice, but as 1st aid...