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Connecting Turntable to Port

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January 22, 2021
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Dave 1874
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Hi,

I have an old Pioneer PL12D turntable with no pre amp. It currently connects to my hi fi system through the phono in of a Rotel amp which also has tape in and out sockets. Can I use the existing amp to connect to a Sonos port rather than buy a separate pre-amp?

Best answer by Antifon

Yes - the Tape Out should provide a pre-ampified and equalised source that you can use. You will probably need to turn on Tape monitoring - how you do that will vary from amp to amp. Note also that this is usually a line level output (i.e. not affected by the volume control on the amp) and that typically you won’t get any output from the amplifier’s speakers unless you loop Tape Out back to Tape In.

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Forum|Forum|4 years ago
January 22, 2021

Yes - the Tape Out should provide a pre-ampified and equalised source that you can use. You will probably need to turn on Tape monitoring - how you do that will vary from amp to amp. Note also that this is usually a line level output (i.e. not affected by the volume control on the amp) and that typically you won’t get any output from the amplifier’s speakers unless you loop Tape Out back to Tape In.