How can I hook up an old record player to a newer sound system?
I can hook up my record player to my new Sony sound system via the red and white inputs, but the sound is very very quiet; even if I turn the system to maximum, the output is negligible. How can I make it louder? I know there must be a way, since it was played at a normal sound level back in the day. Any ideas?
When CDs came in vogue, manufacturers removed the "phono" inputs on receiver/amps. However you can use the aux inputs but you will have to provide a phono interface. Be sure and get a phono pre-amp, not a generic. The phono pre-amp has two features not found in generic amps. First is it has a precision 47k ohm input inpedence to properly load the pickup cartridge. Second is it has the RIAA equalization curve built in. Without equalization, your LPs will sound very shrill and tinny.
Also when CDs came in vogue, manufacturers removed the "mono" switch on receiver/amps. If you are going to play mono LPs, and especially old 78s, you need to bridge or "mono-ize" the stereo output from the cartridge. the old mono cartridge did not respond to vertical movement, but the stereo type does. It is important to cancel out the vertical signal from the stereo cartridge to eliminate a major source of noise that was pressed into old mono records. This should be done at the pre-amp stage and can be as simple as a switch that ties the two stereo feeds into a common mono feed when needed.
First replace the record player with a CD player and it should work just fine.
hook up the wires that hook up the needle to the speaker and hook them up to ur new speakers
Go to circuit city/radio shack/best buy and by a converter.
Or, you may just need to be a little on adapter that will fit both the system as well as the record player.
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it's nice to see that some people are still holding on the the good days
You can try using more components in between and keep increasing the sound but eventually it's going to distortion. Cables matter sometimes to I bought a Philips Tape adapter so I could use my MP3 player to my car's tape deck and it wasn't' very loud I tried an RCA and know I works fine. Try different cables
Back in the days many audiophiles used "pre-amps" with their phonograph turntables, to boost the level of output, if their receiver didn't have a built-in phono input pre-amp, for record players.
An external one can be added to your component system, if you have separate components, plug it into the wall, add your red/white cables from the record player (audio input), and then have another set to run from the pre-amp out to your receiver input.
Make sense?
Yes, you need a "phono pre-amp". They are widely available:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Behringer-Microphono-PP400-Phono-Preamp?sku=187200
http://www.needledoctor.com/LKG-PRE600-Moving-Magnet-Phono-Preamplifier;jsessionid=0a010b421f431b856c8846234e2ab56dac92b7531323.e3eSc38TaNqNe34Pa38Ta38Sa3f0
http://www.zzounds.com/item–ARTDJPREII