I really like these simple videos for people who are new to vinyl! I've been getting more and more into vinyl for the last year and these kinds of videos really help.

Just subbed. New to the vinyl game and loving all that I'm learning. Enjoying your channel especially. Keep it up!

Been collecting vinyl for about a year and never realised the phono\line switch on the back, just switched mine to line and not only is the sound much louder, the quality is insanely better. Thanks so much for the tip mate! Keep up the great videos 😁

Thank you so much for your recommendations! I had a crosley cruiser (it was my first player okay) and I was trying to replace the needle with a diamond needle and as I took the needle off, the cartridge decided to pop off too, and while trying to put it back on the arm snapped on me, so I went to my barnes and noble and picked up an audio-technica AT-LP60 and it works amazingly with my speakers that I already had and the sounds are so much more crisp

I recommend the Art DJ Pre II for a nice sounding phono preamp on a budget. It features a low cut filter plus adjustable gain.

Nice for you to mention that there is turntables with preamps and that they only need powered speakers to work. Mentioned this on one of your videos actually. I bought the: AT-LP5 a while ago and they are connected to my Klipsch R15PM speakers and the sound is awesome. AT-LP5 bypasses the preamp so i have it set to phono and use my Klipsch R15PM's preamp.

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5 жыл бұрын

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5 жыл бұрын

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👋☺"Hey There Jared!!. "Thank You! for Reintroducing me and Bringing Back The Enjoyment of Vinyl! I went ahead and Purchased the exact infamous Audio Technica Turnable in your vlogs, followed all your awesome set up instructions..but ended up with a question..What is that huge ridged wheel ( Horizontal ) located at the bottom of the turntable arm for?.

Thanks! You helped me fix my BSR turntable!

thank you so much, I was close to cut the RCA the wires, before watching this video and the solution was very simple, Just move the switch from phono to line.

Thanks man! The old "phono/line" Gets me every time. Subscribed.

One has to consider the type of phono cartridge being used as well. If you're upgrading from a Moving Magnet (MM) to Moving Coil (MC) type, the output voltage of the MC can be roughly an order of magnitude less than a MM type. This may or may not be sufficient for your existing equipment. A separate phono preamp for MC cartridges will then be required that is designed for these low output signals. This then gets wired into a LINE/AUX signal input in the original preamp.

You helped me with my issue. Thank you!

The opposite happened to me when I first hooked my Audio Technica LP-120 to a vintage receiver amp. I didn't realize that the turntable has a phono pre-amp built in. I plugged it straight into the phono input of the receivier, and when I turned the receivier on, the result was very loud. The amp had its own pre-amp, so the line signal coming from the turntable was too much. Thank goodness nothing got hurt.

I switched my record player to Line, and once I saw how loud my speaker got after messing with it for an hour I did a happy dance and got instant motivation to go the gym, thank you!

Omg !!! The switch !!! THANK YOU 🙏🏽 I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BUY NEW SPEAKERS !

Hi! thank you for the tips. I checked my set up and neither turned out to be the issue. The table was set up and worked fine at first. The only thing different was that i had moved it to it's permanent home in my living room. When i went to play a record i didn't realize i had put the plastic cap back on the needle. The needle had moved and THAT'S what caused the disconnect. I just put the needle back in place and the volume was back to normal.

amazing. thank you so much!

Hi from Czech republic and thanks for another great video. Keep spinning that Vinyl. :D

My upgraded Sherwood turntable having a beast sound! However, i had two 7" lathe cuts that sounds on too low volume...so..it wasnt a setup mistake. That was exactly the low volume of a record. So that means the low volume can be an act of badly recordered product - but its easy to test your setup with other vinyls to make sure that was exactly that type of problem.

My buddy had this problem and ended up just getting a new receiver. Turns out his preamp that was built in to the receiver went bad one way or another and it was just being bypassed. There was no switch or anything so he sold it to a friend with a pre amp and turntable who likes it very much now

Hey Jarrett. I think you've done an excellent job on this video. :) Please keep up the fine work you're doing. :)

@vinyleyezz

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for much for watching Mark!

I seem to remember that magnetic cartridges vs ceramic ones also have an effect on volume.

And you should NEVER have the turntable's switch set to LINE while connected to your amplifier/reciever's PHONO input! It is the same as plugging a CD player into the PHONO input and you may blow your equipment!

@vinyleyezz

5 жыл бұрын

Very true, it’ll be way too loud and will cause distortion and/or blow your speakers.

Hey jerred took your advice and got a new stereo system with your recommendations I got the Audio Technica turntable with the preamp and I got the bookshelf fluance speakers and I got the technical pro receiver they all are wonderful and work great love them but my volume was low and I usually play analog so in order for me to hear the stereo I had to get an external preamp my records never sounded so good thanks Jared you're always a big help

Thank you very much for your video.I spend 2 h searching where was the problem and I forget my switch was on MC instead MM . Almost I wanted buy new turntable. ,

Good job again, Jarrett!!! I have a question, both for you and the Vinyl Eyezz community: I have an Audio Technica LP 120 TT like the one in your video, and I absolutely love it!! However, lately I've been thinking that I would like to find an automatic direct drive turntable--but all the ones I can find are WAY too expensive, costing thousands of dollars. Do you or anyone else know of a good, reasonably priced direct drive TT? I should probably emphasize direct drive, because I'm not a fan of belt drive TTs. Any help you could give would be appreciated--thanks!!!

I luv you man, you fixed my issue!! I was one of the stupid people who didn't flip the switch. Shame on me too. I was a night club DJ back in the 80s and used turntables all the time. Thanks!!

When u said "Stupid Easy" I lost it! 😂😂😂😂😂

Awesome video Jarrett! This makes me understand the nuance of how record players work. Although I'm still having an issue with my dad's Linn Sondek LP12. I plugged the turn table into my edifer S2000 speakers which have a built in preamp, but there was no sound that was playing initally. I then connected the turntable into his preamp, and then into my speakers, and the speakers then played very little sound. Not sure if there is a technical issue with the turntable, or I'm missing something, but I have a sony turntable as well that has a built in preamp that works fine with the speakers. Any ideas on how to resolve this issue? Thanks!

@madisongosney1473

2 жыл бұрын

I gave the same issue. Connected my turn table to a preamp, and then into my active speakers, but still such little sound. Did you figure it out?

Beginner here. I have a victrrola vta-65. It has internal speakers so I'm guessing it has preamp? But I have speakers plugged in via stereo system through rca. No phono/line switch visible though. But the front has a knob with Blu tooth/phono/radio. When i play through stereo with external speakers the phono speakers play as well. Although I can simply turn the internal speakers all the way down on the knob it doesn't completely mute it. Not too much of an issue since the stereo speakers usually make the audio from the player itself I'm wondering if theres something I'm missing here.

I had very low sound with my built in preamp in turntable. I changed to pass thru and added a tubed pre-amp. Most tracks now good and loud but the lead vocals come in low and with an echo. What am I doing wrong?

another consideration. I bought a receiver with a phono input. When I played records, I noticed that compared to the other out put sources that the phono played much lower (than say, cd's or even the tuner). I have since discovered that the built in pre amps in some receivers are simply not that amp'd. I bought an exernal phono pre amp and now have my turntable plugged into the corresponding line input (not the phono input) and low and behold, not only are my records playing louder but sounding better.

I sort of had this happen to me when I bought my first turntable. I wasn't ignorant of the existence of pre amps it's just that I set up my turn table looked around it saw no pre amp switch and since I knew it was built in I figured it was just already on. After checking the manual it turned out that switch was underneath the platter. It happened with one of my Project record player as well but that had nothing to do with the preamp being on or off, it just broke after a month or maybe less so the store gave me new one.

I had this problem and it annoyed me so much because my dad didn't know how to fix it either, so I only noticed the switch a year later when i moved to another apartment and then TADA it was fixed!

@yaneitshkamorales7088

3 жыл бұрын

Wait can you please tell me how like idk what to do

My vyinil gear setup is a Sanyo TP1024, plugged directly into a Sony RX-99 and the latter to the speakers. Do I need a preamp to turn up the sound?

I remember when I bought my receiver I plug into phono but also had the built in pre amp on so it sounded loud and not clean.

@vinyleyezz

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah that will happen when you’re using 2 preamps in the same Setup, it’ll sound very loud and distorted.

I have an old school console with record, 8 track and radio. I just replaced the needle on the record. The 8 track and radio play perfectly through the speakers but the record is so quiet. I’ve never had an issue before. Everything is just as it should be. I’ve used it a million times. I’m not sure what i can do and everything I find is for more updated turntables. Any suggestions? I inherited it from my grandmother and would love to keep it working! Thanks!

i've had my lp120 for almost a year now and my sound has always been somewhat quiet but i just chalked that up to my speakers. turns out it was just set to phono instead of line this entire time.

Hey what if your just using a rca to headphone jack and connecting up to ur speaker kinda like an iPod. Would that work too??

I have a crosley and it doesn't seem to do anything when set to line. It seems to work on phono.

I have a different kind of issue with phono, that I solved with a mixer, but, for a tape deck I place the gain control on 5, for CD player on 6, for the PC on 5, for the turntable on 8 to 10, except when I use the Ortofon Archiv E that match with the other devices, but for the Shure M97xe and the Audio Technica AT95E I need set on 10 the gain (yes, that channel have a phono preamp, it´s a DJ mixer)

Thank you tons. My issue was the very first thing you mentioned lol =)

@vinyleyezz

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help you out Neal! 😄👍

No, this volume issue has never happened to me, because I read so many articles about vinyl and turntables, that I could repeat some of them by heart :D

Thanks for the great info... here's my problem I have a Fisher MT-6120 which I bought in 1975. Over the years it has played very well. Recently I moved it to a new location in the house and now see that the volume is low. I have tried a new home theater receiver, no luck. I just purchased a Pyle PTAU45 power amp, after connecting I still have the low volume issue. I do notice that if I touch the needle, I don't get the noise from the needle as I had before. I have ordered a new hard-shell assembly Gemini Sound Professional HDCN-15. As I continue to "chase the rabbit down the hole", the turntable only has an RCA jack white and red, ground wire, what am I missing?

Hi vinyl eyezz, thanks for all your audio suggestions. I have tried many different combinations without success. I have a Sony record player with two switches, phone/line and gain (low,med,high). It is connected to my reciever in Aux port which is a Onkyo TX-SR393. My speakers are polk audio 150W. The setup: Record player in in Aux port Line is selected Gain is med. Record player is right next to reciever. Left speaker is 2 ft from Record player. I tried moving father apart did not correct issue. The ussue: When the volume on the reciever is below 70, no issues, but the sound seems too low for 70. At 70 and above, I get the humming. The Record player is fairly new so I do not think this is due to the stylus. I think the signal from the Record player is not enough and maybe a preamp is needed. This same Record player worked great at high volume when it was connected to a Bose system. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Todd

I actually have the reverse problem. I have a stereo that has instructions that say to start off with the volume in the middle, well I can't do that, I'd either blow out windows or annoy neighbors. I have to set it to the second to third mark on the volume control and it is still pretty loud and clear. Oh did I fail to mention its an old Capehart console stereo cabinet from 1975 all original parts. Its about as old as I am.

Just subbed! I have this low volume issue. Running an AT-LP120XBT connected to a Sony STR-DN1080. For some reason when I listen to vinyl I have to turn the volume up a bit more to get an equal amount of sound compared to listening to Spotify via wifi. Any ideas?

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Rah !! thank you so much !!

I have a Marantz NR1510 which obviously has its own preamp. Can I hookup another preamp in line with my turntable? And, what inputs do I use?

Hi, I’m pleased I’ve found your video I just wish I’d found it before I’d bought my daughters record player. I’m stuck. This might sound stupid to some but I am completely new to this. I hooked the turntable to the amp she uses for her guitar (just started lessons so she doesn’t know anything either), and I can only have the volume on really loud or quite quiet buy switching a little switch at the back of the turntable from left to right. I can’t adjust the sound at all. Can you help me please. I don’t have more speakers, just the one connected to the amp box. Thank you, Kimberley

It was stupid easy to “fix” my volume😂 thank you!

I've had my LP120XUSB for almost 5 months now and I'm only now just seeing this! I thought the internal preamp was already switched on, I was probably getting mixed messages from Audio Technica's video tutorial

My first turntable was the Audio Technica LP 60 with a pair of Insignia Bookshelf Powered Speaker (pretty cheap right?). I noticed that the volume was loud enough where you could enjoy the music, but it want loud enough. I did some research and ended up replacing the speakers with the Klipsch R15 non powered speakers and a receiver. BOOM! the difference is night and day, I cant get over 75-80 volume level without blowing my head up lol. So yeah, even tough I technically had all four components, the volume wasn't that loud. just listenable, I think it had something to do with the powered speakers not being that powerful.

Also another super easy setup is: turntable, dj mixer (has the preamp inside + you can equalize your music, which can be useful), Active speakers. ... just another setup possibility. :)

I have a Denver Portable turntable, so everything is built in, the volume is low, can this be fixed?

Hey Jarrett!... I have a question... I have an Audio Technica ATLP60XHP pugged to a pair of Thonet & Vander Hoch speakers (using the turntable built-in preamp)... But I notice that when I use the speakers with my phone plugged in, the speakers sound louder than the turntable (playing the exact same song)... Maybe the preamp is not powerful enough?... Thanks man, I appreciate if you can answer my question. Great Channel!

Okay I need some help here, I’m new to all this and have quiet sound coming out of my speakers, however, I have it hooked through a stereo that has the built in phono input. Here’s my setup. A Philips 437 Synchro Belt Drive turntable going into a Realistic Modulette 939 stereo with built in phono, then straight to some realistic speakers, as well as into my Bose surround sound system. The stereo works well through the speakers, but records are kinda fuzzy and quiet. Is maybe the pre amp bad? I got them both pretty cheap and put a new belt and needle in the turntable

Hi! But what about low cost turn tables like Victrola? I'm having issues with the sound. It's just too low only when the vinyl is playing, but working perfectly with Bluetooth and Radio. I already changed the stylus but the problem is persisting. What can I do?

I have an Ion Premier LP. I have this exact problem and my player dosen't have that phono/line switch you're talking about. What do I do?

Yo jared, I have a genuine question for you. I looked at the specs of your Yamaha amp amp and I couldn't help but notice that there wasn't a phono input with a screw to ground the turntable. Is there a reason you chose this over any other Yamaha amplifier? Just curious as I like their amplifiers. Always live up to their reputation. Alright thanks :)

This video saved me, you the man

I’ve got a audio-technica alt lp5, what is the recommend of configuration? I put anti skipping at 2 and the balance as well

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@TameTones

5 жыл бұрын

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Hey! :) I actually have the total opposite right now.. I've decided to go into vinyl, but with my turntable with build in preamp combined with my active speakers, my sound is to high on the lowest volume for a nice background music... The sound is amazing, but I can't put it low enough. Do you have any suggestions for me how to fix this?

I have two decks one for playing LPs and one old deck for playing singles which is an auto changer from the 60s, trouble is the sound is way too low and I have it going through my pre amp then to the soundbar via analog in 3.5 jack. Its connected via a 5 pin din with adaptor to phono then phono in to pre amp and phono out to 3.5 in. I thinking that the person I bought it off may have re wired it inside from the Tape out instead of line out or something or even headphone out not sure.

So it was switched to phono, but I switched it back to line. I can still barely hear anything from my audio technica AT-LP120XUSB

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Holy crap thanks!! It was just the switch i could barely even see in the back!!!! Boo yeah! My mom's Led Zeppelin 1 I just put on my 1st turntable hasn't been played for like 30 years!!!!!

Hi, I have mot used my crosley record player in a very long time but have kept it away safely, yesterday I tried to play a record but the sound is extremely low and will not go higher or lower nor will the sound be completely off when I turn off the sound. It stays at the same very low sound, I got a replacement NP1 needle thinking the one I had was maybe old but it did not help. Could the problem be internal?

Hi 👋🏿 I have a problem with the lp120 audio. When i conect it to my mixer or my active speakers the music is very low, even in phono or in line. Do u know what could be the problem?

I have my record player connected to home theater system and the volume is slightly lower than, for example a cd

My turntable is part of a built in all in one CD, radio system with built in speakers Is that okay or do I need more components? My make is the GPO Memphis

I have an issue. My turntable (an old ponieer) is very low. I have my receiver with a phono output and everything is set up. For some reason the audio is still very low.

Hey great video maybe u can help me I have a Ion turntable with a built in pre amp connected to studio moniters my problem is it can't push the studio monitors to there potential I hear volume ok but not as loud as it should be have the moniter volume all the way up to get decent sound..can this be a cheap pre amp in the unit.....thanks

Where is the link to recommended preamps?

This video was a life saver

Came here looking for some advice on increasing the output on my mm cartridge. With Other inputs, my integrated amp can be set at 1 or 2 for comfortable listening, but when the 'Phono' (pronounced FO NO) selected volume has to be turned up to 3 or 4... So, Preamp works, but just not 'loud' enough to match other inputs. Otherwise, yeah. didn't need any advice provided in this video as I lived through albums, tapes, CD's, and now MP3s.

my record player is a fenton record player with everything built in and the volume is very low. the switch doesnt say phono and line, it says phono and bt and if i switch it to eaither of them, the volume still does not change. any advice????

The first day I got my LP120 I hooked it to active speakers, put on my first record and was wondering why it's so quiet. Flipped the switch mid-song and jumped scared by the 120 decibels :D

You a real life saver!

I've had the problem of too high volume with my record player as I'll put it on phono it turns out that the record player was set switch on preamp inside lift the rubber mate up to knock off switch going to phono so I had to turn of the pre amp off using phono !!

I had this happen to me and it was my needle. It was worn out. I replaced the needle and it was loud again.

Please help, I bought a Sony pshx500 and it plays but it’s really really quiet, even through a headphone amplifier, I don’t know what to do

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Great tid bit Jarrett!🎧

I finally got around to hooking up my ageing Project Debut II to my PC, so I could make copies of my precious vinyl that I could play in the car, or around the house through the wi-fi speaker setup (yeah, yeah, I know, sound quality and all that, but I have to take account of WAF and the separates system I used to have was just too much tech for her to bear!) I've hooked it up to a Project pre-amp, with the switch set to match the stylus type, which then feeds into a USB ADC and then onto my computer. The sound coming through is a little below what I'd like, but I can live with that as I can use Audacity to bump up the level a little to give me what I need. It's not ideal, though, as I'm never entirely sure that such post-processing isn't going to affect the quality. I'm fairly sure it's the ADC causing the problem, but I'm trying to do this with the tech I already have at my disposal.

i have VINYL STYL GROOVE. i think it does not have an preamb,?¿?? please help me out. manuals say nothing.....

Ok, i just got my AT LP120X tt, set it on LINE and connected it to my home theater 5.1 Sony VSX 417 ans STILL the volume is like 30% lower compared to a CD. My speakers are passive but connected through an active subwoofer. ( I got the US BLASTER 4000 complete 5.1 setup). So.....help?

thank you so much

Thank you for helping me! I just wanted to test a player before selling it And i thought I could just plug it in the front Aux Inputs so I wouldn't have to pull my receiver out to get to the back phono plug in. My player did turn out to work great. Technics SL-BD20D. Any one interested in buying it? Next I will have to watch a video on shipping these things!

I can't resist to mention that combining the Klipsch speakers with a turntable with pre-amp gives major problems. The speakers nearly blow up when the turntable is on. Also: Adamski - Killer

Yes, there are a lot of audio setups ... I can name these two that you haven't mention: active speakers with preamp like Roth VA4, or Hi-fi studio (basically hifi station with turntable, audio cassette recorder, AM-FM radio and amplifier all built in) like Grundig RPC500.

i had a phono amplifier and it was great after about a year it did a boom noise and stopped working. today i have 3 record players!!! but back than i only had 1 *and i just didn't play records for 6 months* until i got a preamp my other record player has 1 built in and the final 1 i got an amplifier for

When I switch my turntable from Phono to line it goes from very quiet to extremely Loud, I'm unable to adjust anything in between. Do you know what's wrong?

Pls help i have a Smarton turntable, first when i got it worked great but Now i i play a 33 rpm records it's playing horrible And it still sounds litlle slower And this happening with 45 rpm records too.

Would not recommend an external preamp. I've noticed they introduce more hum than they should. Just you an Amp with a phono input, or a turntable with a pre-amp installed.

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