recently bought a record deck.At present have a surround sound system which I can use as CD / DVD player and use the amp / speakers thats with it. Now someone said I would need a 'pre amp' to put my record deck through this system........not very technical. & dont want to go any buy the wrong thing or something I dont really need......any one know what I need & how to wire it up?
2007-09-12 23:41:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
Back in the days when vinyl was the main way to listen to music, just about every amplifier had a turntable input (sometimes marked 'phono'). As vinyl's popularity declined, fewer amplifiers came with a direct connection for a turntable.
The problem is, that the signal from a turntable is very weak and needs to be boosted before being fed into the main amplifier, in order to hear anything. This extra amp used to be inboard, in the same box as the main amplifier. However, if your surround amplifer doesn't have a 'Turntable' or 'Phono' input, you will need an off-board turntable amplifier (also known as a phono stage, phono pre-amplifier or turntable pre-amplifier).
These range from about £15 up to several thousands of pounds. How much you spend will be up to you, of course. They are every easy to connect: you simply plug the leads from the turntable into the pre-amplifier, then a second set of leads runs from the pre-amplifier to the 'Aux' or any other unused input on your main amplifier. Put on a disc and you're away!!
2007-09-13 02:05:07 · answer #1 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have a look at this link ,I hope it helps.
http://www.richersounds.com/productlist.php?cda=productlist&sgroup=TURNTABLES
2007-09-13 00:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by ♣ My Brainhurts ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋