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Connecting Soundbar to Record Player

  • 20-12-2015 12:11PM
    #1
    Gunnersonny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭


    We just received a record player as a gift with no speakers. We have a new Soundbar that we would like to connect it up to. Not much of a techie when it comes to this, but connected the red and white outputs to an Aux 1 connection in the Soundbar. Sound wasn't great and there was a background hum also. A little but of Googling and I come across stuff about preamps. Should I just get separate speakers altogether or is this doable? Any help or advice appreciated. Thanks


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  • #2
    akaSol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭akaSol


    Gunnersonny wrote: »
    We just received a record player as a gift with no speakers. We have a new Soundbar that we would like to connect it up to. Not much of a techie when it comes to this, but connected the red and white outputs to an Aux 1 connection in the Soundbar. Sound wasn't great and there was a background hum also. A little but of Googling and I come across stuff about preamps. Should I just get separate speakers altogether or is this doable? Any help or advice appreciated. Thanks

    The hum is from a grounding issue. A preamp ( with ground) into the bar will help. Ultimately a separate stereo and speakers is the ideal way to listen to it but a preamp is cheaper.

    ~Sol


  • #3
    whizbang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭whizbang


    If you are going looking for a preamp, make sure it has a phono input. This is a specialised input designed to compensate the sound from a record player.


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