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 >> > >> >> >> -- >> ********************************************************************** >> * 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 >> ********************************************************************* >> * >> >