Complete newbie here, is this a pre amp with a built in phono stage? Or will i also need a separate pre amp if i bought this? (Don't need a power amp as i have powered studio monitors).
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Yes it's has a built in phono stage. Rca input and output. Should hook up directly to powered studio monitors. Night and day difference with quality of sound. Highly recommend it!
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This is just the phono stage. It will give you around 500mV of signal. Powered monitors often require a lot more for the line input, often 2V or more. Also this phono amp has no level control but I expect the monitors have one?So the answer is yes it will 'probably' work...
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i dont think u need a seperate pre-amp - i have a turntable and all i use is a speaker bar (large powered speakers... not the best, but for now it works) that plugs into the pre-amp, and then the preamp hooks into the record player
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Nope, sorry J. no preamp here. It is a good equalizer though and serves my needs. The only company I know of that makes a seperate phono preamp is NAD. They make good equipment and I think they have a budget model. I think their address is www.nad.com.
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I have recently purchased a new receiver and found that higher priced ones will have a phono input. There are preamps that can used - reviews of the lower priced ones left me skeptical about quality and frequency response, so I decided to spend the money on the receiver. (Denon 3313)
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Check your amplifier/receiver and see if it has a phono RCA input on the back. You should also see a ground wire screw as well. If it doesn't have this and doesn't say phono you will need a preamp. Also check what type of cartridge the turntable has, most common is MM Moving Magnet so a common preamp will do. If the cartridge is a MC Moving Coil you will need a more powerful preamp. Many preamps will tell you on the box if they can amplify a MC signal. If you have a not that expensive table you probably have a MM cartridge and a regular phono preamp will suffice.
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There is no "phono" input on this receiver, so it doesn't have a preamp. You can use another RCA input (I am using "Tape"), but that will only work depending on your turntable, and if it has a built-in preamp. If your turntable has a "phono" out or phono switch/setting, it will work. I have one connected and it works fine. Otherwise, you will need to buy a little $20 preamp. If you are only looking to power your speakers for a turntable, this is probably not the receiver for you.
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You can tell if your receiver does not have a pre-amp built into it because you will have turn the volume knob way up to get a little sound out.The pyle pro pre-amp will solve this situation. If your receiver has a pre-amp built into it you need to do nothing, if you connect a exterior pre-amp such the pyle to a receiver that already has a built in pre-amp you will get a very loud buss as you are amplifing the IF twice. Usually if a receiver has a built in pre-amp the receiver will have an out put that says "PHONO", if there is no out put that specifically say "PHONO" then your receiver does not have a built in pre-amp and you will need the pyle pro pre-amp. It works quite good.
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Dear Tracy, This will be a good addition to your system. I have been and audiophile for 30 years, and started back in vinyl, and this little amp is great for the price. Be sure to hook the RCA cable input to you AUX, not Phono input. Hope this has been helpful. Good listening. Bill
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its basically a mixer, no power to speak of, you get a preamp when using the xlr input and the corresponding input thats below it. you need either an amp or powered speakers, Im using some cheap though nice sounding altec lansing monitors. Im going for small, large amps are a pain to carry around!
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This is just a pre-amp. Meaning it boosts the small signal from a turntable to a volume where an amp can do its job. Old amps used to have a phono stage, and some new amps do. Essentially this is the phono stage separate from an amp amp.
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This is a phono preamp, what you use if your preamp or receiver does not have a phono input, its for your turntable. The accessory input can be used if you don't have a sufficient number of inputs on your preamp/receiver, but there's only one extra input beyond the phono.
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FOR CERTAIN this will not work properly with a phono out. You will need a pre amp or a turntable with a built in pre amp.
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No you don't need a phono pre-amp. Just connect your turntable pickup direct to the TX-8255 phono input, it comes with the RIAA equalizer built in. That's the beauty of this receiver, it will give your old LP's new life... The ground wire in your turntable is to be connected to the ground nut on the back of the 8255 to reduce hum noise picked up by the stylus magnets from the motor and surroundings.
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This turntable should have a pre amp built in. If it doesnt you will need it. I have the audio technica lp 120 and the pre amp on that is fine
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It needs an actual amplifier, but also using this Preamp with Bose 901s is kind of like having generic Cheerios everyday while there is a freezer full of Filets. You are better off getting a used name brand receiver (preamp and power amp) unless you have a power amp already in which case you will seriously want a better preamp.
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No, you don't. A turntable preamp will amplify a signal from phono level to line level, so you need either a phono input on your system (which you have) or a preamp between your turntable and a line level input.
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These Micca speakers are not powered speakers so you will need some kind of amplifier to power them. An old stereo receiver would work or use what I do, a Topping T-amp available on Amazon and known for great sound quality at a low price. Another alternative if you need small speakers would be to consider powered speakers with the amplifier built into the speaker, sometimes known as powered studio monitors. I do see that this same brand Micca does make a powered speaker model # PB42X and is available on Amazon and would work with your Phono Pre and turntable.
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This is a power amp, not a turntable preamp. It expects line level input. Though you might be able to modify it, given sufficient electronics expertise, I would not recommend it.