RE: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux

2003-01-28 Thread Franki
old record players need something called a preamp to boost the signal enough for an ordinary amp to pick it up... its likely that you are missing one... can you hear the record using headphones?? if so then the preamp is probably inbuilt... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux

2003-01-28 Thread Jerry Barton
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:51:22 +0200 Vahur Lokk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I happen to have a rather largish LP collection gathering dust for almost a decade since the player broke. Now I thought it would be cool to somehow digitize it all and acquired old grammophone (is this the right

Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux

2003-01-28 Thread Colin Jenkins
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:35:36 +0800 Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: old record players need something called a preamp to boost the signal enough for an ordinary amp to pick it up... if you can send the output of the turntable to the input of a cassette deck, then you can use the cassette out

Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux

2003-01-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 28 Jan 2003 8:51 am, Vahur Lokk wrote: Hello! I happen to have a rather largish LP collection gathering dust for almost a decade since the player broke. Now I thought it would be cool to somehow digitize it all and acquired old grammophone (is this the right word?). Connected it to

Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux

2003-01-28 Thread Raffaele Belardi
You need to use a preamp not only for boosting volume, but also for equalizing the frequency response of the vinyl player head. If you don't do it, the lower frequencies will be too low in volume, while the higher frequencies will be too loud (see for example http://www.paia.com/riaa.htm for a