Would this product be a solution for the low volume on the Jenson 220 record player? My only problem with the Jenson is the low volume w/headphones..
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This product is a line level preamp; it CANNOT drive low impedance (wired) headphones. Wireless headphones (e.g. the transmitter) can be connected, but doing this will probably NOT make them louder (since their maximum clean output is determined by the battery-powered amplifier contained in the headphone themselves...).
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The regular old record players were supposed to go into a special phono input preamp on your stereo receiver. (The unamplified phono output is tiny.) That would boost the signal so that it was like other inputs. Then, you plug your headphones into the proper plug on your stereo receiver. You might find it cheaper to buy a stereo receiver in a garage sale, if you don't already have one. Think of TC-780 as a variable audio preamplifier with less gain than a standard phono preamp which has a set gain. I believe that the TC-780 company also makes the standard phono preamps.
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I don't have a Jenson turntable, but it should work. It works well with my 30+ year old Sony turntable and with my iPod.
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I was disappointed to find out that the answer to this question is NO. If you remove the battery from the headphone, music plays normally in them. Which means these are non-amplified headphones and rely on the MP3 volume to produce sound. And thus, the volume level associated with these headphones is only as loud as the MP3 amplification minus the loss from the headphone speakers. The volume control on the headphones only controls the volume of the sound received by the headphone microphones - NOT the volume of the MP3.
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I tried it out only once and didn't have any sucess with it. contacted the seller and they suggested I try increasing the volume out somewhere on the recorder. I haven't tried that yet. Not much faith in that though but we'll see.
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I've seen the other answers in the feedback but for the life o me I can't see how they would help. I use it for the tv, since I have become hard of hearing and wife says play the tv too loud I connect audio cables to the cable box and run them to Sony earphones and then using I splitter y adapter connect it to the amplifier and sound is unbelievable. Hope this helps
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Hi, Michael... I haven't played any records since I had this reciever until I read your e-mail. It took me a couple of minutes to coax my ancient turntable into playing, but it did play a record just fine... I turned the volume up to about 22 and it sounded great, and I don't have a pre-amp in my system. I hope it helps and if you buy this receiver, I think you'll be happy...we've enjoyed ours and have had no problems with it. We're not real serious audiophiles, but it does sound very nice on our CDs and radio use. Good luck...best regards... Doug in Niceville, FL
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I have a cheap all-in-one receiver and a 1970's Phillips turntable. The sound was very dim, as you say. The TCC TC-753LC pre-amp did the trick. My old albums sound great with plenty of volume. Mind you, I don't have a high quality receiver and was just glad to get any sound out of the old turntable.
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Yes!!! The NO answers are incorrect. A record player signal needs to be adjusted for the RIAA curve that is applied to the Vinyl when it is made. You will need a Phono preamp before this amp, otherwise the music will sound horrible
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if it is an audio technica atpl120, then it already has a phono preamp, so if you hook it up to a stereo or headphones, you should be hearing it in full volume control. so I would think just hooking it up to your headphones will give you full volume. 1980s or older turntables don't have a preamp so they relied on specially revamped phono audio hookups, but yours already is preamped so you don not need any addition preamp devices.
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I have to put the volume on max (Level 32) to avoid this (though sometimes I don't need to do this). Also, to avoid this problem, I make sure that the volume is high on the source audio when I transfer the mp3s to the device. I notice that low volume is a problem if the original recording was recorded at low volume levels. Hope this helps.
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You might be able to get some type of speaker for the player. Other than that possibility, you do have to have some kind of headphones to listen to it.
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Hmmm . . . the only thing I can think of then is that perhaps you have a defective unit. On mine, the low end is full and powerful, so much so that I've never felt the need for a sub (I'm using JBL L880's by the way). Curious--do you also notice this phenomenon with headphones?
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Hi there,I have had no problem with my portable unit and the big unit I had wouldn't play cassettes properly ,so when I got in touch with head office they sent me a new unit ,so their return policy ,in my case was incredible .Hope this helps !!
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You might try adjusting the main output high enough to give you adequate headphone volume, then reduce the gain on your power amp until it compensates. I assume you'd not be using the power amp at the same time as phones anyway so if your power amp sounds good the way it is, just increase the gain for your phones when you use them and down again after. It doesn't get any easier than one-knob control- that's why I love the compressors in this.
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I would recommend using some sort of pre-amp between the turntable and the Kinter Amp. Most Phono pre-amps have a built in EQ curve to remove the pre-emphasis added during recording.( The RIAA EQ curve).there are several small phono pre-amps availible that would work well with this amp. A quick search here on amazon turned up one, the Pyle-Pro PP444 PYLE-PRO PP444 Ultra Compact Phono Turntable Preamp
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You won't solve that problem with the headphones themselves. What you need is a headphone amplifier and potentially a DAC (there are many DAC/AMP combos). These devices will enhance and/or override the mp3 player's internal digital components with better ones. FYI: "Active" usually refers to noise cancelling as far as I know.
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If your turntable has an internal pre-amp, the problem is probably with that piece of your equipment. If it doesn't have an in internal amp, this product should help. Most older turntables do not have built-in pre-amps. I'm assuming you have your turntable connected to an external amp. If it is a stand-alone (speakers in the phonograph) machine, this will not help.
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Your headphone jack is still a low volume output that you can control. It should work just fine.