sony fh-411r

I don't know if this is correct, but I got told that turntables generally doesn't have a pre-amp. Thats why on some hifi's, if you plug a cdplayer into the PHONO input, it is very loud and distorted.

Don't take that as gospel, maybe someone else can confirm this?

Adz

As mentioned by the other contributor unless the amplifier has a specific "turntable" input (which I believe takes the signal and pre-amplifies it before going out to amp) you will need a pre-amplifier inline with the turntable before the AUX input to make it work.

Thank you Adam & Andrew. This unit was obviously manufactured when Turntables were still in regular use and has dual cassette deck but only an input for CD (which works) As it didn't come with a dedicated turntable one would think it would have the Pre Amp. Weird. Graeme

Probably not actually, the popularity of CD players quickly circumvented that of vinyl (as a friends son calls them "the big black CD's). Most people had cassette players in the car still though hence the dual cassette recorder on your unit (i.e. to record off the CD).

You can still buy pre-amplifiers, or make your own, if you have the knowledge. Vinyl is making a come back anyway!

Regards,

Andrew

Yep; bought a pre-amp from Jaycar & now works fine.

On 22 Jun 2005 22:42:05 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@iprimus.com.au put finger to keyboard and composed:

I don't know which preamp you bought, but make sure it has RIAA equalisation.

- Franc Zabkar