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phono preamp volume
I wonder if anyone can help. I have a modern Yamaha receiver which therefore
needs a phono preamp when connecting a turntable to it. The turntable that I have - the Bush MTT1 - has built-in preamp with on/off switch. When that is switched on the TT plays OK through the receiver. However, the volume is only about half that of CD playback. I thought that a preamp is supposed to boost the volume level up to that of CD. If I added a standalone phono preamp to my system (with the TT's preamp switched off) would it increase vinyl playback volume to the level of CD? |
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"qwerty" wrote in message
... I wonder if anyone can help. I have a modern Yamaha receiver which therefore needs a phono preamp when connecting a turntable to it. The turntable that I have - the Bush MTT1 - has built-in preamp with on/off switch. When that is switched on the TT plays OK through the receiver. However, the volume is only about half that of CD playback. I thought that a preamp is supposed to boost the volume level up to that of CD. If I added a standalone phono preamp to my system (with the TT's preamp switched off) would it increase vinyl playback volume to the level of CD? It's possible that the built in phono preamp is only a headamp for a moving coil cartridge...in which case the answere would be yes if you added a standard moving magnet phono preamp. However, given that building preamps into the turntable is a relatively new phenomenon, in response to phono stages being dropped from preamps, my guess is that it is a full-fledged phono-to-line stage preamp. You should examine the innards/manual...many preamps have adjustable gain and yours may be set for low gain...a seven to ten db difference would not be unusual if it is. |
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