http://antiquerecordplayers.info/could-i-use-a-guitar-amp-for-my-record-player.htm Sun, 20 May 2012 05:44:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/could-i-use-a-guitar-amp-for-my-record-player.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2638 John F Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:32:39 +0000 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/could-i-use-a-guitar-amp-for-my-record-player.htm#comment-2638 Could you? Sure. Most record players need a preamp between them and the amplifier. Let's say you had one and hooked it up to a guitar amp. It would work, but guitar amps are made for guitars, and are generally designed to produce distortion along with a louder signal. Plus the amp doesn't generally have a flat frequency response over the same range that an amplifier designed for music playback does. So it would work OK, but might not sound that great. Could you? Sure. Most record players need a preamp between them and the amplifier. Let’s say you had one and hooked it up to a guitar amp. It would work, but guitar amps are made for guitars, and are generally designed to produce distortion along with a louder signal. Plus the amp doesn’t generally have a flat frequency response over the same range that an amplifier designed for music playback does. So it would work OK, but might not sound that great.

]]> http://antiquerecordplayers.info/could-i-use-a-guitar-amp-for-my-record-player.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2639 wires Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:32:39 +0000 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/could-i-use-a-guitar-amp-for-my-record-player.htm#comment-2639 You can use almost any amp, but you need a phono preamp to do so. Some amps have one built in and inputs labeled as phono or turntable. If there's no input labeled as phono or turntable then you'll need a preamp. You can use almost any amp, but you need a phono preamp to do so. Some amps have one built in and inputs labeled as phono or turntable. If there’s no input labeled as phono or turntable then you’ll need a preamp.

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