http://antiquerecordplayers.info/could-i-use-a-y-phono-to-stero-adapter-from-radio-shack-to-plug-in-my-vintage-1980-record-player-into-my-stero.htm Sun, 20 May 2012 05:47:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/could-i-use-a-y-phono-to-stero-adapter-from-radio-shack-to-plug-in-my-vintage-1980-record-player-into-my-stero.htm/comment-page-1#comment-50186 jonal Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:02:14 +0000 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/could-i-use-a-y-phono-to-stero-adapter-from-radio-shack-to-plug-in-my-vintage-1980-record-player-into-my-stero.htm#comment-50186 If the record player has an amplifier built in you can take the output from that into the tape. aux, or tuner inputs of a stereo amplifier....called the 'line level' inputs. The Y connector will be fine or whatever fits . If it's a turntable without an amplifier built in so the cartridge output is all you have you need a 'disc' or 'phono' input on the stereo amplifier because the output from the cartridge is too weak for the other inputs. It will ne around 2mv to 5mv for a magnetic cartridge and around 20mv for a ceramic cartridge but line level inputs need around 100mv to get decent volume That's why you get turntable pre-amps, to boost the level and characteristics of the signal to suit a line level input and then you can use one of those on an amp without a phono input It changes the response to better suit the RIAA curve for the line level inputs and provides a suitable input impedance and capacitance for the phono output which line level inputs can't do if you plug the cartridge output straight into them because they're not designed to accept the output of a phono cartridge so even if you have enough volume the sound will be be tinny and distorted. A phono input has a little pre-amp circuit board behind it to change the characteristics of the signal before it's sent into the main part of the amplifier. Some of them have a switch to change from ceramic to magnetic cartridge outputs and some expensive ones have a switch to change from moving-magnet to moving-coil cartridges. Moving coil cartridges have a very low output, around 0.2mv, but are of very high quality and they need a very good tonearm. That's top level hifi stuff. You've used two terms in your Q. A turntable has no amp built in but a record player does. Phono input is short for phonograph input, not to be confused with phono plugs and sockets which are otherwise called RCA connectors. http://www.showmecables.com/RCA-Connectors-Adapters.html. The red connector on your turntable is the right channel and goes into the red socket on the amp. The white one is the left channel and goes into the white or black socket on the amp. Some amps just say right and left instead of having color coding. You can join them with a Y connector and put both sighnals into one socket for mono sound. On a stereo amplifier you can plug them straight in as they are to an input labeled phono or disc if you have a turntable or into a line level input if you have a record player. If the record player has an amplifier built in you can take the output from that into the tape. aux, or tuner inputs of a stereo amplifier….called the ‘line level’ inputs. The Y connector will be fine or whatever fits .
If it’s a turntable without an amplifier built in so the cartridge output is all you have you need a ‘disc’ or ‘phono’ input on the stereo amplifier because the output from the cartridge is too weak for the other inputs. It will ne around 2mv to 5mv for a magnetic cartridge and around 20mv for a ceramic cartridge but line level inputs need around 100mv to get decent volume
That’s why you get turntable pre-amps, to boost the level and characteristics of the signal to suit a line level input and then you can use one of those on an amp without a phono input
It changes the response to better suit the RIAA curve for the line level inputs and provides a suitable input impedance and capacitance for the phono output which line level inputs can’t do if you plug the cartridge output straight into them because they’re not designed to accept the output of a phono cartridge so even if you have enough volume the sound will be be tinny and distorted.
A phono input has a little pre-amp circuit board behind it to change the characteristics of the signal before it’s sent into the main part of the amplifier.
Some of them have a switch to change from ceramic to magnetic cartridge outputs and some expensive ones have a switch to change from moving-magnet to moving-coil cartridges.
Moving coil cartridges have a very low output, around 0.2mv, but are of very high quality and they need a very good tonearm. That’s top level hifi stuff.
You’ve used two terms in your Q. A turntable has no amp built in but a record player does.
Phono input is short for phonograph input, not to be confused with phono plugs and sockets which are otherwise called RCA connectors.
http://www.showmecables.com/RCA-Connectors-Adapters.html.
The red connector on your turntable is the right channel and goes into the red socket on the amp.
The white one is the left channel and goes into the white or black socket on the amp.
Some amps just say right and left instead of having color coding.
You can join them with a Y connector and put both sighnals into one socket for mono sound.
On a stereo amplifier you can plug them straight in as they are to an input labeled phono or disc if you have a turntable or into a line level input if you have a record player.

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