New to Turntables


My Father sent me a box of 45s and I no longer have a record player. Albeit, I do have some old LPs stored away.  So I thought it was time to get at least a serviceable record player.

I opted for the Denon DP-450USB. All the reviews say that the cartridge on this player is sub-par, so I have ordered the Ortofon 2m Red to replace it.

The question I have is on the best setup, based on what I have.  The Denon player has a built in pre-amp and my Yamaha TSR-7810 has a Phono stage connection.

Would it be better to use the player's built in pre-amp? Or switch the pre-amp off and use the Yamaha's pre-amp? I suppose it is a matter whether Yamaha's pre-amp is better than the built in Denon player's pre-amp.

Any thoughts?
guakus

Showing 2 responses by millercarbon

Last resort? Yes, by and large. In your case though Yamaha, by and large means try and see. Same for ground. By and large just don't cut it. Good example, just got a new Origin Live Enterprise arm. Terrific arm. Hum in one channel. Hate hum, because you just never know where or what until you luck out and find it. In this case I decided to try and disconnect the ground. By and large that would yield horrible hum. In this case though I lucked out- hum eliminated. Why one channel not the other? Who knows? Why ungrounded dead quiet when it should be ruinously loud hum? Who cares? Not me!  

In your case for all we know the built in stage being built to eliminate such problems may well wind up being the better or at least more quiet way to go. Or not. Point being you can ask and ask and take polls and ask some more- and never ever know.  Until you try. 
Try both and see. Bearing in mind the one in the table is brand new and will take some hours to smooth out and sound its best. Even the one in the Yamaha, while it has been powered it hasn't had any signal running through it. Probably the differences will be obvious enough this won't matter but keep this in mind in case they are close.