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deanclean
deanclean
Contributor I
August 29, 2023
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Connect vintage turntable to Sony TA-1130 to Era 300

Hello all,

     I think I have this figured out, but I’m no expert and cant find my exact setup or attempted setup.  I have a record player without an integrated amp.  I also have a vintage Sony receiver that I inherited from my grandfather, its a TA-1130. I just purchased the era 300 with the line in adapter.  I believe I can get this all working together.

I hook the record player to the receiver with RCA cables, then receiver to era 300 with an RCA to 3.5mm cable.

My question is what input on back of receiver do I connect the rca to 3.5.  Im assuming the preamp input? any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

 

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buzz
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Grand Maestro
August 29, 2023

In this case “TAPE” is an input for tape playback. You want to use “REC OUT”.

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buzz
Grand Maestro
September 1, 2023

Assuming that this is a vintage turntable without a built-in preamp, it should be connected to “PHONO 1” in the rear. If present, be sure to connect the turntable ground wire.

deanclean
deancleanAuthor
Contributor I
September 1, 2023

Sweet @buzz thanks again. I’m doing it now. Hopefully the Ramones will be blasting soon!

deanclean
deancleanAuthor
Contributor I
September 1, 2023

Thanks @buzz everything is working. None of the “effects” like base treble volume etc on the receiver make any difference to the playback though. Perhaps that’s just the way the setup is. The volume doesn’t even do anything on the receiver. 

buzz
buzz
Grand Maestro
September 1, 2023

This is the way that it should operate. If you want these controls to be active, move the connection to PORT to “PREAMP OUTPUT”, but I don’t think that you or other operators will appreciate the resulting “war” between SONOS and receiver controls.

    deanclean
    deancleanAuthor
    Contributor I
    September 1, 2023

    Ok thanks @buzz i couldn’t have done it without you. I’ll give it a try and see what happens. I’ll leave you alone for now. 

    deanclean
    deancleanAuthor
    Contributor I
    September 3, 2023

    I messed up and chose the wrong the best answer and don’t know how to resolve. Just to be clear it was @buzz who had the best answer. Very helpful. Thanks as well to the others that responded. I have everything wired up and working perfectly. Sounds amazing as well. 

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