> Kaleb wrote: > > So I hooked up my high end Hitachi turn table to my receiver in > the living room that runs my surround sound etc. It is a decent > Sony unit that like I am sure all new units detects the signal be > in Dolby 5.1 7.1 etc, supposedly detects if its analog or digital > signal and so forth. Anyway when playing a record on the turn > table I have to turn the volume all the way to max and it still > is not anywhere near loud enough to really hear it.
A really cheap (crystal) record player cartridge will put out a line level signal and will EQ it approximately correctly. I haven't seen crystal cartridges for many years. So you good turntable almost certainly has a magnetic cartridge. These put out a mic level signal that also needs RIAA EQ applied. A "phono preamp" will do this. Old receivers would have all had a phono input. But in the last 20 years or so most do not. There are a few turntables with the preamp built in. In the old days, it was very rare. Now - I don't know. I haven't really looked. But from your description, it sure sounds like you need a phono preamp. The turntable feeds the preamp, the preamp feeds your receiver. The preamp will get the level up where you expect it - and apply the needed EQ. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
