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From:
Emanuel Borsboom
To:
Danny Freer
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Date:
Sat, 9 Aug 1997 12:18:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) I went out and bought a record player solely because of the argument on here
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On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Danny Freer wrote:
quoted 4 lines [...] I hooked it up on my stereo and it plays.. but the> [...] I hooked it up on my stereo and it plays.. but the > signal is very faint and tinny. I'm listening to the vinyl of "801 Live" > that I bought last night and I have to turn my stereo's volume _way_ up to > hear the record. [...]
What input do you have it plugged into on your amplifier? Record players don't put out a normal aux signal, so it has to be hooked to your amp's phono jack. If the amp doesn't have a phono jack, you'll need to get a pre-amp. Get a decent pre-amp, because cheap ones (like I bought at Radio Shack at first) are really noisy. In honour of the discussion I went out and bought a quality needle and had everything calibrated by an expert. It sounds really, really good now. -- Emanuel Borsboom -- Victoria B.C. Canada -- "complete with surface noise" [Home Page] http://zerius.com/manny/ [Java Synth] http://zerius.com/synth/ [Vocoder] http://zerius.com/vocoder/