If you buy a tube preamp without a phono section, you can plug your TT into your receiver, and take the tape out from your receiver and feed it into your new preamp. Ultimately, you probably want to eventually just get a decent stand-alone phono stage, or get a preamp with a phono stage included.
I'm a total newbee to all this... Phono vs Preamp?
Ok, I realize that before a turntable's signal gets amplified it needs to (1) get EQ'd and (2) be brought up to Line level. I currently use a decent receiver that has a built in Phono Stage. My turntable also has a built in preamp, but I don't use it.
I've been looking at getting a decent tube preamp to fool around with, but I want to get this straight before I buy anything:
If I hook my turntable into a preamp that does not have a phono-stage, can I still hook that into the Phono section of my receiver? Or will that be too much gain?
Could I switch on the preamp on my table, or would that be too much gain?
Or would I need to get a phono stage on it's own?
Let me know, I'm a tad confused.
I've been looking at getting a decent tube preamp to fool around with, but I want to get this straight before I buy anything:
If I hook my turntable into a preamp that does not have a phono-stage, can I still hook that into the Phono section of my receiver? Or will that be too much gain?
Could I switch on the preamp on my table, or would that be too much gain?
Or would I need to get a phono stage on it's own?
Let me know, I'm a tad confused.