Wanting to include a wall connection for a turntable, question for y'all.... - Blu-ray Forum

jvoorhees · 01-31-2010, 12:22 AM

Im in the process of finishing off our basement for our home theatre room... And Im also starting to really get into vinyl... and about to buy a turntable... Im wondering do turntable just use a simple red/white audio cable to connect to a recvr/amp... or do some turntables use other kinds... digital optical etc?

Basically Im wanting to put a turn table with all my lp's on one wall and then the amp/recvr/tv all the other good stuff on another...

Hope tha all makes sense?

Cheers in advance!

dg5150 · 01-31-2010, 12:37 AM

Your turntable will use red/white analog cables. One thing to remember, if your receiver does not have a dedicated phono input, you will need to buy a phono preamp. These can run from $50 to ???
Even if your receiver has a phono input, a separate preamp will sometimes sound better than the one used in the phono input.

Johnny Vinyl · 01-31-2010, 12:52 AM

Seeing as your proposed TT will be seperated from your AVR you will have no choice but to buy a Phonostage/Phono Pre-amp (same thing). Most turntable connections are hard-wired, so they are not removeable unless you want to have it modified.

As such, you will need a Phonostage and a proper length of Analog Interconnects. The TT will plug into the Phono Stage and it will plug into your AVR, using any unused input...but NOT the phono input if it has one.

99% of the phono inputs on AVR's and regular receivers are not even worth their inclusion from a quality perspective, albeit it is a convenience factor. A seperate Phonostage is the way to go and you can get them as inexepensively as $50 to uber-thousands of dollars.

John

jvoorhees · 01-31-2010, 04:15 AM

Ah ok.... so basically my TT will be on the opposite wall from my Recvr... I go TT to preamp to wall plate to Recvr? That make sense???

Cheers!

Johnny Vinyl · 01-31-2010, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jvoorhees

Ah ok.... so basically my TT will be on the opposite wall from my Recvr... I go TT to preamp to wall plate to Recvr? That make sense???

Cheers!

No!

If you plan on doing an in-wall application, then you'll have to pre-wire with a set of analog interconnects first. Then you'll need two more stets. One for the Preamp to wallplate and one for wallplate to AVR.

If you're not doing in-wall then you'll only need a sufficient length of analog cables to go from the preamp to the AVR.

John

01-31-2010, 12:22 AM	#1
jvoorhees Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CANADA!	Wanting to include a wall connection for a turntable, question for y'all.... Im in the process of finishing off our basement for our home theatre room... And Im also starting to really get into vinyl... and about to buy a turntable... Im wondering do turntable just use a simple red/white audio cable to connect to a recvr/amp... or do some turntables use other kinds... digital optical etc? Basically Im wanting to put a turn table with all my lp's on one wall and then the amp/recvr/tv all the other good stuff on another... Hope tha all makes sense? Cheers in advance!

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01-31-2010, 12:37 AM	#2
dg5150 Senior Member Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Nashville, TN Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:286 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:2	Your turntable will use red/white analog cables. One thing to remember, if your receiver does not have a dedicated phono input, you will need to buy a phono preamp. These can run from $50 to ??? Even if your receiver has a phono input, a separate preamp will sometimes sound better than the one used in the phono input.

01-31-2010, 12:52 AM	#3
Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	Seeing as your proposed TT will be seperated from your AVR you will have no choice but to buy a Phonostage/Phono Pre-amp (same thing). Most turntable connections are hard-wired, so they are not removeable unless you want to have it modified. As such, you will need a Phonostage and a proper length of Analog Interconnects. The TT will plug into the Phono Stage and it will plug into your AVR, using any unused input...but NOT the phono input if it has one. 99% of the phono inputs on AVR's and regular receivers are not even worth their inclusion from a quality perspective, albeit it is a convenience factor. A seperate Phonostage is the way to go and you can get them as inexepensively as $50 to uber-thousands of dollars. John

01-31-2010, 04:15 AM	#4
jvoorhees Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CANADA!	Ah ok.... so basically my TT will be on the opposite wall from my Recvr... I go TT to preamp to wall plate to Recvr? That make sense??? Cheers!

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