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Which outputs when using Pre as phono front end?

I have an old Threshold FET2 that I want to use at least temporarily as a phono pre amp for my Threshold T3i. Obviously the output from the turntable goes into the phono jacks on the back of the FET2, but which outputs on the FET2 should feed the line in on the T3i line stage - the normal amp outputs or perhaps the tape outputs?

Thanks in advance,

Phil
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paulwp
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The tape outs will give a non-variable signal to your linestae, bypassing the preamp features (volume and tone control? circuits) of the preamp. If you use the pre-out as though connecting to an amp, you would have two stages of line amplification, useful only if it might help to have a volume control going in to the line stage to match levels with a cdp.

Paul
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