<snip> > > > > > > > > Does the turntable have a pre-amp? > > > Not sure who you are asking but on my setup it is just a technics > > > turntable, no preamp. > > That did not come out right. There is no built in preamp in the turntable, > > the preamp is in the tapedeck. HTH
In my (possibly wrong) understanding of turntable output the signal is 1.77-56.2mV. Typical "line in" input values expected are in the 0.1-5.6V range. I therefore suspect that your turntable has its own pre-amp on board. If so you could theoretically plug from turntable straight to soundcard with the right cable. This would bypass added noise which gets amplified exponentially. > It would probably be easy to add a dedicated preamp dnd make do without the > tapedeck that also adds the possibilty of putting a equalizer and or digital > signal processing equipment in line. At that point you may be able to clean > up the old recordings to make them sound better than new, get rid of > background hiss and pops etc. > The DSP can work wonders for some of the old 1930s to 1960s radio shows. Get a good signal into a line in jack on a good sound card and you can do all the digital cleaning up once it is a WAV file, without loosing the original. Many computer magazines have published oodles of howtos on the subject. Many WAV editiors have filters up to the task. This can be readgusted without having to play the LP over again. A DSP may in itself amplify noise at the expense of signal as much as it cleans it up. Graphic equalisers are known for this. -- Michael
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