New to Vinyl, need help!

[dredg]

Hi, all. Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm in the market for a turn-table, or standard vinyl player. I currently have an old Audio-Technica player that I inherited. I also have a logitech 5.1 system that I have connected to my PC.

As a test run, I found an old converter, very similar to amazon.com/Logitech-Console-Adapter-Convert-Single-Pc/dp/B0006U3ACY Although mine does not have the orange (center?) jack. So I have the RCA's from the turn-table going in to the converter, and the black/green from my speakers to the other side of the converter. Powering on both, and starting up a record I have very little to no volume. I can actually hear the music coming off the needle, it's that quiet. I have to literally crank the volume on my speakers to absolute max to get a small amount of volume out of them.

I tried the 2.1/4.1/5.1 settings on my subwoofer to no avail. Is this problem easily remedied by purchasing a cheap pre-amp? Obviously I'm going to have to still use the converter, but right now I'm looking for something to just get the job done until I can drop some cash into a real setup.

Thanks again!

 

[dkane360]

You need a phono preamp or a receiver with a phono input.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=537175

 

[TLS Guy]

Hi, all. Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm in the market for a turn-table, or standard vinyl player. I currently have an old Audio-Technica player that I inherited. I also have a logitech 5.1 system that I have connected to my PC.

As a test run, I found an old converter, very similar to amazon.com/Logitech-Console-Adapter-Convert-Single-Pc/dp/B0006U3ACY Although mine does not have the orange (center?) jack. So I have the RCA's from the turn-table going in to the converter, and the black/green from my speakers to the other side of the converter. Powering on both, and starting up a record I have very little to no volume. I can actually hear the music coming off the needle, it's that quiet. I have to literally crank the volume on my speakers to absolute max to get a small amount of volume out of them.

I tried the 2.1/4.1/5.1 settings on my subwoofer to no avail. Is this problem easily remedied by purchasing a cheap pre-amp? Obviously I'm going to have to still use the converter, but right now I'm looking for something to just get the job done until I can drop some cash into a real setup.

Thanks again!

Turntables produce 3.5 mv not I volt which is line in. Also turntables have a rising frequency response known as the RIAA curve which has to be corrected. So yes, you need a phono preamp between the turntable and converter.

 

[dredg]

You guys are great. Thanks for the help.