George Arseneault wrote: > At the risk of sounding dumb: > > How old is the phono-player? > > The reason I'm asking is because some of the older > players have a different style of pre-amplifier and > require a special input. (long time since I dealt with > this... I think it was called a "ceramic input") > Without the right input on your amplifier it would > sound very faint or possibly not be audible at all. > I thought the ceramic input actually gave a higher level input the the magnetic ones. In any case, the phono pre-amp also has to compensate for the response curve of the magnetic cartridge. This is why amps (used to?) have a phono input besides the aux unput - the levels and response curve is different between a phone-player and a tape deck. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
