I decided to digitize my album collection. I bought an Audio Technica USB turntable, hooked it up to laptop running Audacity, and got a Hidizs AP-80 for playback. I am using the Audacity defaults for bit rate/sampling 32/44.1K (I think) and saving as FLAC. The quality of the sound is great, but the volume is way to low to hook up to the home stereo. It is fine for headphones or pairing it with and external speaker for camping, but I was hoping to also listen to the music on my home stereo. There definitely is not enough power for that. I used the "amplify" effect in Audacity, but the amplification to 0db didn't help much. What do I need to do to play these digital songs on the home stereo?
While I'm at it, let me throw a couple of general questions out that have come up while doing this. Why is the volume higher when using a bluetooth connection than 2.5mm corded on an Oontz speaker? I understand using bluetooth will degrade the audio quality (not sure I will be able to distinguish it - too many years in the Army on these old ears) so I thought corded would be better. The corded volume is probably 30% lower than bluetooth. I even hooked the AP-80 to a Bose portable system and it was still a low volume.
I want to use the DAP with the Bose for outdoor parties. Would I need a different solution than the home stereo? The Bose is and older model without bluetooth. The home stereo has new integrated Yamaha amp if that helps.
Thanks for the help and expertise!
