Eben King wrote:
> 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.
Hi Eben,
The receiver is relatively new, say 10 years old. The other stuff dates
as far back as the 60s. Receiver does not have a "phono in", I plugged
the phono cable to "VCR in". I can't remember if I ever played a record
through it, though, since CDs were the big thing by then.
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