Turn table

[flippo]

Well, I finally got my TT hooked up to my Onkyo. I found a used Parasound phono preamp and used it. I must say the Turntable sounds great, better than it has in years. The last time I actually had it hooked up it was with my old Sony receiver. I didn't listen to it much because it didn't sound that good.
I believe the phono section in my old Sony was a piece of crap (it was so bad I was considering selling the turntable). I never would of thought there would be much difference with phono sections (whether seperate or built in to receiver).

 

[TLS Guy]

Well, I finally got my TT hooked up to my Onkyo. I found a used Parasound phono preamp and used it. I must say the Turntable sounds great, better than it has in years. The last time I actually had it hooked up it was with my old Sony receiver. I didn't listen to it much because it didn't sound that good.
I believe the phono section in my old Sony was a piece of crap (it was so bad I was considering selling the turntable). I never would of thought there would be much difference with phono sections (whether seperate or built in to receiver).

Yes, a lot of those receivers did a terrible job of equalizing the RIAA curve. The other problem is you can be lucky, with different combinations of cartridge wiring and phono input stage. The capacitance the cartridge sees is important. As far as I know only the Quad 44 has adjustable input capacitance. Another thing Peter Walker got right.