Good advice!
I shy away from the cheapies because they use 'jelly bean' IC's, and
they typically have the equalization in the feedback loop of the IC.
Both are a bad idea when it comes to audio fidelity.
You get what you pay for!
CB
Corey Bailey
www.baileyzone.net
------ Original Message ------
From: "Steve Smolian" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 11/23/2022 3:12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] TEAC A-4300SX
>Br cautious. Some of the inexpensive ones have RIAA equalization, some don't.
>
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Railroads On Parade
>Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 5:15 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>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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>>> * James Perrett
>>> * JRP Music Services, Hampshire, U.K.
>>> * Audio Mastering, Restoration, Recording and Consultancy
>>> * Phone +44 (0) 777 600 6107
>>> * e-mail [log in to unmask]
>>> * http://www.jrpmusic.net
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>>> *
>>>
>>
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