Pete Theisen wrote:
> Daniel Jarboe wrote:
>> If your records sound fine through your receiver now, all you need to
>> do is run the line to your PC soundcard. If it sounds tinny and lacks
>> bass then your receiver isn't compensating for the weaker magnetic
>> pickups and RIAA equalization. In that case you can get a cheap phono
>> preamp for something like $20 which will do the job just fine. You
>> don't need a whole new setup, just the preamp to sit between your
>> turntable and your line input. Of course, you can spend more on a
>> preamp if you want, depending on your budget and how discerning your
>> ear is, but the cheapo $20 ones work well enough and will run less
>> than the digitzing turntables others have mentioned.
>>
>> Audacity does offer an RIAA equalization effect which will help a
>> little without a phono preamp, but you still suffer because you're
>> missing the required gain to bring all frequencies up to a level your
>> sound-card will pick up clearly for a recording to apply the RIAA
>> equalization.
>>
>> But if you have the phono jack in your receiver/amp (it sounds fine
>> over your speakers now), there's nothing more to buy. Just do audio
>> out to your PC, record from the card, and slice/dice/encode to taste.
>>
>> ~ Daniel
>
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> It has phono in, and tape out, but I see that the turntable is not
> working. Several years since I tried it, LOL.
>
> In the light of that, I might as well get the USB one.
Taking the system apart, I see that the receiver does not have phono in
The phono was connected to CD in. I am not clear if I ever played it
that way, I may have just plugged it in and assumed that it worked.
The turntable needs a belt, a cheap fix. However, the receiver may NOT
have RIAA. Where do I get the cheap preamp if it doesn't do the bass?
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