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By BLKLBL Fri May 19, 2006 8:26 pm
Im not sure what I should be looking for when it comes to music production with a record player and an amp..should i be looking at the specs like watts etc...or does it really matter? im just wondering if some recivers might not have enough power.

Can anyone help explain what type of reciever or amp i need? thx!!!!!
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By stonetrooper Sat May 20, 2006 6:21 pm
record player (turntables)?
Last edited by stonetrooper on Sat May 20, 2006 8:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By Spirez Sat May 20, 2006 7:22 pm
stonetrooper wrote:record player ( turntables)


What?! sinc when did a record player amp anything?!

I use a CAmbridge Audio A1 mk3, it's a nice amp and it goes more than loud enough. Pretty cheap too, considering how nice they sound.

Cambridge stuff wins a lot of awards at the lower end of the market.

If you wanna go more expensive, i love crown amps.
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By stonetrooper Sat May 20, 2006 8:03 pm
thats not what I meant I meant it as a question on what he means by record player
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By BLKLBL Sat May 20, 2006 11:22 pm
yes turntables lol...but thats not the problem...its the reciever/amp...whatever type i have right now it doesnt work with the turntable..so i wanna know what kinda reciever or amp i need..?? does it matter how many watts they have?
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By Spirez Sat May 20, 2006 11:24 pm
Get a standard DJ mixer to run your turntable into, then run this into the MPC main ins
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By BLKLBL Sun May 21, 2006 12:35 am
thats not how my setup is gonna be though...i have a regular production mixer that im using for that...and i need to hook the turntable up through a reciever.
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By Spirez Sun May 21, 2006 12:41 am
Ok i'm confused now. What are you trying to achieve?

Do you need to hook your mixer/tables up to speakers?
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By Smoove03 Sun May 21, 2006 1:47 am
basically what you wanna do is boost your signal coming from your turntable right?

i just have my turntable plugged into one of the channels on my mixer like spirez was telling you. its not a dj mixer, but its a mixer. the channel its plugged into has a preamp on it. it boosts the signal more then enough
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By BLKLBL Sun May 21, 2006 4:27 am
Spirez wrote:Ok i'm confused now. What are you trying to achieve?

Do you need to hook your mixer/tables up to speakers?


no...i need to hook the turntable up to a reciever or amp but i dont know which kind.

I need something like this to hook my record player into
http://www.royjowetthomecinema.co.uk/im ... -large.gif

but before i go and buy one.. i need to know what kind of reciever will allow a record player to be hooked up to it... i have one now but my record player doesnt work with it.
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By Re: Sun May 21, 2006 4:38 am
Why do you need that kind of reciever? The product in the image you provided is for home entertainment, for playing cd's, dvd's, what are you looking to get out of it?

We can't really help you if we don't know what you're trying to do.

You have an MPC, right?

TT--->mixer--->mpc...unless your mixer doesn't have a preamp, then you're sound quality will be lower, but you can go out and buy a phono preamp for cheap. I don't understand what you need a reciever for.
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By BLKLBL Sun May 21, 2006 7:29 am
umm cuz the record player wont make a sound without one lol.
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By Re: Sun May 21, 2006 8:55 am
you said it's a turntable...must be a certain kind of turntable that doesn't work with a mixer, which I know nothing about, so I'm out.
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By Spirez Sun May 21, 2006 9:48 am
What mixer are you using? Does it not have a preamp in any of the channels?

If all you want to do is play records back then my first suggestion of a Cambridge amp would do fine...
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By stonetrooper Sun May 21, 2006 6:36 pm
This is how I record from my battle mixer get a dual stereo to 1/4 inch plug use that.