On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Pete Theisen wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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?
eBay. A preamp that runs off batteries _may_ have less 60 Hz hum. No
guarantees though.
I haven't yet found a receiver phono input without RIAA curve compensation.
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