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I have a NAD 712 receiver I want to hook my turntable up to, it has a pre amp the manual says is phono but I can't seem to get any volume out of it. Any suggestions?
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It's just my 2-cents, but if you shop around a bit and you're willing to roll the dice on eBay you can find a vintage preamp with a fine phono section, MC capable, for $200 or less. More versatile and fun than of those little boxes for the same $$. There's something to be said for circuits designed when all there was was vinyl! You don't need to use it as a full-function preamp, just use the phono input and take the output from the main to your *real* preamp so you can use the volume control to trim levels (if its quiet enough). Stick it behind your rack if you don't want to look at the extra knobs.
I am now running a vintage Threshold/Forte Model 2 for my analog section. It has very, very clean sound, adjustable phono gain (enough to readily handle low-output MC's), adjustable loading heavy-duty external power supply, and it's built like a tank with the finest parts - $220. It sounds REALLY good. I also have an old Luxman C-120a with their sweet MC transformers that I bought for $60 on eBay because it had bad 'cosmetics.' Nice warm sound and superb performance from low-output MC's.
There are many other choices. Early Naim NAC's are usually available if you want to spend a little more. My local Naim dealer offered to throw in the MC cards for free with a used preamp- he had a drawer full. It had awesome, solid phono performance IMO. One could hear added solidity from the big power supply. That would be at home with multi-kilobuck components. Get the silly proprietary cables as part of the deal.
Good luck- vintage gear isn't for everybody. The chances of getting 30-year old gear repaired are low. You have to be willing to futz around with it a bit. So think it through and buy wisely
Are you sure of the model? The 712 does not have a built-in phono stage.
-Wendell
Sorry, I don't see any phono section in the manual for that one.
WW
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Under the section titled CONNECTING A SIGNAL PROCESSOR TO PRE-OUT AND MAIN-IN it mentions a phono pre but maybe that is a stretch.
"To Do Is To Be" Socrates
"To Be Is To Do" Plato
"Do Be Do Be Do" Sinatra
That's not the phono pre - it's the preamp out.
New Orthophonic High Fidelity
I agree with Bill, you will have to invest in a phono preamp. You can plug it into say the AUX input and then plug your turntable into the phono preamp. You should be up and running well then.
Thanks. Any recommendations?
"To Do Is To Be" Socrates
"To Be Is To Do" Plato
"Do Be Do Be Do" Sinatra
If you are on a budget the new Cambridge 651p may be one to look at. Others may give other choices. If you have a bigger budget then you ca go up, up, up the food chain
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