Br cautious. Some of the inexpensive ones have RIAA equalization, some don't.

Steve

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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Railroads On Parade
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] TEAC A-4300SX

You all got me to look and there was one of those later little Radio Shack preamps for $5 I bid on as this could go into extra innings.
GW

On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 at 17:09, Railroads On Parade < [log in to unmask]> wrote:

> James, thank you.
> I bought the Citation 11 on eBay. It had flaws that have now floated
> to the surface.
> I was given a Harman Kardon Citation 6 last year and it too has one
> channel out.
> I like these, Radio Shack used to sell very small ones for $15 when I
> was a kid, and they seemed to work just fine.
> But anything to handle multiple inputs outputs and tone volume etc are
> on eBay, but they ain't cheap.
> GW
>
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 at 17:04, James Perrett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> The Revox A700 and some Philips machines (certainly the N4506, N4515
>> and probably others intended to be used with MFB speakers) include
>> phono preamps but most tape machines don't. You can buy basic phono
>> preamps for very little money on Ebay which will almost certainly
>> work better than trying to kludge something together using the mic inputs.
>>
>> James.
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 at 17:22, Railroads On Parade <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > One must have an exterior preamplifier to record from a turntable
>> > onto
>> this
>> > tape deck, correct? My pre-amp just lost one channel, off to the doc.
>> I
>> > wish someone would tell me my tape deck has a preamp for my
>> > turntable during the repair job.
>> >
>> > Happy Thanksgiving!
>> > Guy Walker
>> >
>>
>>
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