Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hallo, > Erik Steffl hat gesagt: // Erik Steffl wrote: > > >> so i finally got the recording on sb live! platinum working and I'd >>like to rip my old LP collection. So I bought the only turntable with >>pre-amp I have found, connected it and the sound was terrible (I think >>it was mostly too weak, wasn't even at 50% at max), it's also a cheap >>denon. I connected it to the RCA inputs on the liveDrive (front panel). >>BTW the liveDrive RCA work ok with line6 guitar pod and iPod. >> >> so my off-topic question is - how to connect the turntable? which >>turntable to get? since I mostly plan to use it to rip the LPs and I'm >>not going to use it afterward I'd prefer cheaper solutions (not the >>denon though:-) >> >> I also have receiver with phono input (so no pre-amp in turntable >>needed) but I have no way to get the signal out of receiver, it only has >>speaker outputs. >> >> so I guess I need sort-of-decent turntable with pre-amp or turntable >>plus external pre-amp? any recommendations? > > > So you need new hardware anyways. In that case I would recommend a new > receiver or hifi amp. Then just try you Denon with it. I never used a > turntable with built-in preamp and thus I don't know, what might be > the reason for your Denon's failure. > > I have a pretty standard hifi amp with several line connectors for > things like CD player and two tape decks, of which one tape can be > switched to record what is currently playing. It also has a phone in. oh! I also have the output for tape deck on the receiver!!! in the meantime I returned the denon, I guess I'll get a slightly better turntable and use the receiver after all. thanks for reminding me what I have:-) erik
