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Frank Barknecht wrote:

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> 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