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