On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:39:41 GMT, MiNE 109
wrote:

In article ,
(Martin) wrote:

I'm planning to buy an inexpensive receiver for my study, and I've
seen some that don't have phono jacks. I was told that if I decide to
hook up my turntable to it, I can use the tape deck inputs of the one
for a CD player. Would that work as well?
Like I said, it's just a unit for my study, but I may someday make my
records into CDs (if I ever get around to it) and would like to use
this receiver to do it.
Any advice?

You need a phono preamp, either built in to your receiver or in a
separate box.

One cheap receiver with a phono amp is the Onkyo TX-8211.

Stephen

One thing to keep in mind when buying modern receivers with phono
sections is that they might not have subsonic switches, as I found out
with my Denon 2802, another phono section equipped receiver. This
*could* be an issue with certain phono setups and/or certain speakers
that don't have well-regulated woofers.

I went to the Onkyo site and there is no external switch, although
it's possible that it's somewhere in the menus. The web site isn't
specific. The Denon definitely doesn't have *any* subsonic switch,
although the Denon national rep told me about something that Nakamichi
or someone used to make. Seems they had an RCA jack adapter with a
built in subsonic filter (according to him). He didn't know whether
they still made them or not (infact, he was doubtful) but it might be
worth looking to see if someone makes such a thing.