Any recommendations on a turntable phone pre-amp, for an AV receiver that has no phono input? - Beyond Tiki

MT Mai Tai Tiki Socialite Exotic Isle of Alameda Joined: Mar 21, 2004 Posts: 1438	MT Mai Tai Posted posted on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 9:39 PM Okay, Costco had a really good deal on an AV home theater receiver, and I went ahead and purchased it - actually it was a Christmas gift, and yeah, I only opened the box now to set it up, which is my bad. It's a nice mid-level receiver (not super audiofile, but decent, especially for the price), and I want to use it for the front living room area here at Casa de Mai Tai. So I opened up the box yesterday, and realized that the receiver has no dedicated phono input specifically for a turntable. I have a cool old german Dual 1219 turntable that I wanted to use through this receiver, because I was planning on listening to a lot of vinyl in that room! I tried hooking up the turntable anyways, and there is hardly enough signal being sent to the receiver, so you can barely hear a vinyl record even when the amp is cranked to eleven. My choices at this point are to either try to return this receiver to Costco, which they probably won't take back because they have been cracking down heavily on their 90 day return policy, or get a phono pre-amp to connect between the turntable and the receiver. If anyone has a recommendation on a good phono pre-amp that doesn't cost a fortune, I'd like to hear it. I can spend a little bit on a pre-amp, but don't want one in the hundred to hundreds of dollars range, especially if it were to cost more than the turntable or a new receiver!

Okay, Costco had a really good deal on an AV home theater receiver, and I went ahead and purchased it - actually it was a Christmas gift, and yeah, I only opened the box now to set it up, which is my bad. It's a nice mid-level receiver (not super audiofile, but decent, especially for the price), and I want to use it for the front living room area here at Casa de Mai Tai.

So I opened up the box yesterday, and realized that the receiver has no dedicated phono input specifically for a turntable. I have a cool old german Dual 1219 turntable that I wanted to use through this receiver, because I was planning on listening to a lot of vinyl in that room! I tried hooking up the turntable anyways, and there is hardly enough signal being sent to the receiver, so you can barely hear a vinyl record even when the amp is cranked to eleven.

My choices at this point are to either try to return this receiver to Costco, which they probably won't take back because they have been cracking down heavily on their 90 day return policy, or get a phono pre-amp to connect between the turntable and the receiver.

If anyone has a recommendation on a good phono pre-amp that doesn't cost a fortune, I'd like to hear it. I can spend a little bit on a pre-amp, but don't want one in the hundred to hundreds of dollars range, especially if it were to cost more than the turntable or a new receiver!

Post #474271 by Mai Tai on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 9:39 PM