One affordable standalone phono preamp we repeatedly recommend here at Vinyl Restart is the very popular ART DJPREII Phono Preamplifier (Amazon link). It will make this perfectly clear.Īnd you can read a more in-depth article on phono preamps by clicking here. If you make sure that a phono preamp is included in your setup in one of the ways discussed above and connected correctly, the problem with way too low sound from your turntable should be fixed.įor an in-depth article on the different ways to set up a vinyl-playing stereo, please check out this article that will teach you everything you’ll ever need to know.
If neither your turntable or receiver has a built-in preamp, you’ll have to get hold of a standalone preamp that connects between the PHONO output on your turntable and one of the line level inputs on your receiver (LINE, AUX, CD, TAPE, etc.) If it has, it is perfectly ok to connect your turntable PHONO output to the PHONO input on the receiver. The turntable then has to be connected to a receiver with a built-in preamp, or to a standalone preamp that connects between the turntable and the receiver.Ī receiver with a built-in preamp will have a PHONO input. If your turntable only has a PHONO output it means that your turntable does not have a built-in preamp. Typical line level inputs on a receiver are LINE, AUX, CD, DVD, TAPE, etc. The LINE output on a turntable can be connected to any line level input on a receiver and it will work perfectly. If your turntable has a LINE output it has a built-in preamp. Built into the receiver (Receiver has a PHONO input) Built into the turntable (Turntable has a LINE output)Ģ. (Phono preamps are commonly called just preamps in the vinyl jargon.)ġ. Phono preampĪ phono preamp can be a standalone box, or built into the turntable or into the receiver. The way to fix this is to include a phono preamp that transforms the phono level signal to a line level signal. As the receiver “expects” to receive a signal that is about 100 timer stronger on that input. So when a phono level output on a turntable is connected to a line level input on a receiver, the result is almost no sound at all. The cartridge on your turntable outputs what is called a phono level signal.Īnd your CD player (if you still have one) or iPhone outputs a line level signal.Ī line level signal is about 100 times stronger than a phono level signal. Or because you haven’t used the right inputs and outputs to connect the phono preamp.
If the sound from your turntable is way too low, almost zero, this is almost certainly because you haven’t included a phono preamp in your setup. So the music signal from a turntable needs to go through an extra stage of amplification before it can be connected to the same inputs on your receiver (or powered speakers) as for example a CD player or a DVD player.įor this extra stage of amplification, we’ll need a phono preamp. The music signal from a turntable is super weak compared to a music signal coming from a CD player, DVD player, iPhone, etc. The first one address the problem where there is almost no sound at all coming from your turntable.
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(PS! I also have an article on how to get more bass from your turntable were you will discover 8 ways to increase the bass from your turntable and stereo.)īut now, let’s go through each of the 5 ways to make your turntable louder in detail. Consider speakers with higher sensitivity Consider a more powerful receiver/amplifierĥ. Change the phono preamp to one with higher gainĤ. Change the cartridge to one with a higher output levelģ. Here are the 5 ways to make your turntable louder:Ģ. So, how can you make your turntable louder? We’ll look at several ways to fix that problem as well. The other flavor of problems is when the sound level from the turntable is decent, but not loud enough compared to other sources. This article will give you everything you need to know to fix that problem. The first flavor is when there is almost no sound coming from the speakers at all when using the turntable. And sometimes, way too low.Īnd we’ll address both of them in this article. A common problem many of us run into when setting up a stereo to play vinyl records is that the sound from the turntable is too low.
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