u/Dismal-Field-7747

I have a fair few vinyl records that I would like to digitize as they are recordings or mixes not available digitally for one reason or another. Ideally I would like to use the output directly from my phono stage or preamp (RCA connections on both) for this. My setup does have a 1/4 headphone out but I do not like the sound of this built-in headphone amp and would prefer to avoid it.

Please feel free to roast me if any of this is stupid, I have never ripped anything from a proper stereo before so some of my assumptions may be totally off base.

Edit: probably important to mention I'm running a bog standard Debian stable

What kind of shoes are you putting on your slate?