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- From: ahchan@rd.hydro.on.ca (Arthur Chan)
- Subject: Re: turntable to aux input black box wanted.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.155939.28403@rd.hydro.on.ca>
- Organization: "Ontario Hydro - Research Division"
- References: <1jjkcbINN9fs@huon.itd.adelaide.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 15:59:39 GMT
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- rbatt@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Richard Batt) writes:
- :
- : Hi!
- :
- : I would like to connect a record player turntable to a hi-fi system that
- : only has an 'aux' input. I understand that this cannot be done directly
- : as the signal 'levels' are different (I'm not sure in what way).
- : Does anyone have information about doing this. For example can you buy
- : a black box that will act as a 'converter' or could an audio technician
- : make up such a thing?
- :
-
- You need a phono preamp. I am assuming it uses a magnetic catridge. Radio
- Shack used to carry such a thing, but I am not sure now. You can easily build
- one using inexpensive ICs such as 5532. If you really want hi-fi, than you may
- want to use more exotic ICs or discrete transitors or tubes. Or, Accoustic
- Research makes one for over $2000. An audio technician can definitely make up
- such a thing for you.
-
- Arthur Chan
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- Arthur Chan
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