Audio input

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

George Arseneault wrote:
> At the risk of sounding dumb:
> 
> How old is the phono-player?
> 
> The reason I'm asking is because some of the older
> players have a different style of pre-amplifier and
> require a special input. (long time since I dealt with
> this... I think it was called a "ceramic input")
> Without the right input on your amplifier it would
> sound very faint or possibly not be audible at all.
> 
I thought the ceramic input actually gave a higher level input the
the magnetic ones. In any case, the phono pre-amp also has to
compensate for the response curve of the magnetic cartridge. This is
why amps (used to?) have a phono input besides the aux unput - the
levels and response curve is different between a phone-player and a
tape deck.

Mikkel
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