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A little Turntable help?
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| Gluegun |
Hello, first, lemme get this out: I'm not a DJ. I just need some turntable knowledge
Now that that's taken care of, I need some help.
I have this turntable:
http://mark.kouts.home.mindspring.com/sld3.html
I am getting a set of self-powered speakers that terminate in RCA plugs. Now, I am wondering, what would I need to hook them up to this thing?
I have heard a few things about phono and rca that are confusing...
I heard someone say they are the same thing.
I heard someone say they are different, and need an adaptor,
and I heard someone else say that they are physically the same, but because the amount of gain is different, you have special phono inputs on recievers, or, if you want to hook them up to a set of self-powered speakers, you would either have to get a preamp to boost the gain, or just turn it up a lot louder.
Can I have a little bit of help here? Thank you. |
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| DJTJ |
OK, here's how it works.
The signal from a turntable cannot be patched directly into speakers, amp or other line-level receiver. The music on a record is changed when it is pressed: the bass frequencies are lowered, the mids and highs are raised and the whole lot is lowered to reduce the amplitude. To return the signal back to line level you need a phono preamp. All DJ mixers and almost all home hi-fi seperates set ups will have a phono preamp built in, you just hook up the cables to the phono input on the back. If your system is of the smaller variety, but has an aux input, you will need a separate phono preamp to return the signal to line level before you connect it to the aux input. If you have a mixer, then you can connect the turntable to one of its phono inputs and the output of the mixer into the aux input of the stereo.
In addition, turntables need to be grounded. There will be a special wire or terminal on the turntable that needs to be connected to an earth or ground. There is one of these on the back of any mixer, and on any amplifier that has a phono input.
When talking about cables, RCA and phono mean the same thing. They are identical. Some of these come with a ground wire built in so you can just hook the RCA/phono plugs into your turntables/mixer and the ground into its respective terminals. If you don't have these sort of wires, then you will need a separate piece of wire to do this. Some turntables, such as Technics, come with built in phono/RCA leads and ground wire, but others don't.
Hope this helps clear it up, if not just ask! |
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| Gluegun |
Okay, I looked at the TT, and it had two PLUGS, one of which was red, another of which was white, and it had the little ground...
Now, like I said, I am not a DJ, and all I have reciever-wise are the big ones dad uses at the theater downstairs, and a bunch of *really* ancient stereos (radio/tape player sort of deal). So, what sort of phono preamp could I get uber cheap that wouldn't be ugly and wouldn't lower sound quality, and would achieve my uses? |
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| Gluegun |
Okay, HERE'S what I believe I need....
A good, cheap, basic, mostly-featureless Phono Preamp, that is relatively portable, won't take up a lot of space, and will provide the conenctivity I need. Does anyone have any suggestions? |
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