Re: [newbie] Playing LPs in Linux

[Raffaele Belardi]

You need to use a preamp not only for boosting volume, but also for equalizing the frequency response of the vinyl player head. If you don't do it, the lower frequencies will be too low in volume, while the higher frequencies will be too loud (see for example http://www.paia.com/riaa.htm for a correct vinyl preamp frequency response)

That said, if you listen to your records through the PC speaker, you probably won't notice any difference between a correctly equalized recording and one that is not...

raffaele

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:35:36 +0800
"Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

old record players need something called a "preamp" to boost the signal
enough for an ordinary amp to pick it up...

if you can send the output of the turntable to the input of a cassette deck, then you can use the cassette out to record on your pc (the cassette provides the preamp
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