Phono Input.. or lack thereof

[Unregistered]

Hey,

I was wondering does a turntable need to go into an assigned "phono" input on a A/V receiver? Or are there ways around that?

I'm asking this because a lot of receivers in <i>my</i> price range do not have an alloted phono input.

Thanks for listening to my uninformed question.

_Nick

 

[Mort Corey]

One reason I bought my new receiver with a phono input If your receiver doens't have a phono input you'll need (what I believe is called) a phono pre-amp (or something like that) It seems these run anywhere form a little to a lot and is another box (small) between the player and receiver. Another way around the problem is a new turntable, like the lower end Denon, that has either/or circuitry built into it.

Pardon my lack of technical jargon.

Mort

 

[joelincoln]

Mort's right.

If you plug a turntable into a standard line-level input, the results will be lousy. Phono signals are lower than standard line-level and are equalized differently. So a phono input boosts the input more than normal and also re-equalizes the signal.

You can buy external devices that will convert the signal to a standard line-level signal.

 

[Rob Babcock]

You can get a decent (not uber high end) phono pre for $60 or so. And some pretty nice ones for a couple hundred.