turntable pre-amp or not

[Snickerzz]

Do I need pre-amp to my setup to work or not. Basically what I want to do is use https://www.jdslabs.com/products/48/o2-odac-combo-revb/ this but would it work? turntable RCA to 3.5mm -> input -> output headphones or do I need to get pre-amp to get it work? Right now when I listen my turntable through Panasonic stereo system the audio volume is maxed but still too low to listen.

[RatedBlam]

I don't have any sort of an external pre-amp on my stereo system, and I can listen to my turntable just fine. So have you perhaps plugged it in to the wrong hole, that's not pre-amped. (Usually marked phono)

 

But I have never tried what'd happen if I used an RCA -> 3,5mm to an amp.

 

But if I'm not completely mistaken record players need pre-amping to work correctly.

@Snickerzz

[spwath]

I don't have any sort of an external pre-amp on my stereo system, and I can listen to my turntable just fine. So have you perhaps plugged it in to the wrong hole, that's not pre-amped. (Usually marked phono)

 

But I have never tried what'd happen if I used an RCA -> 3,5mm to an amp.

 

But if I'm not completely mistaken record players need pre-amping to work correctly.

@Snickerzz

A recorrrd player will need a pre amp. sometimes it built into the record player, somtimes it built into the stereo system/receiver, sometimes you need an external box

 

@Op, that will not work, you need a propper preamp

[RatedBlam]

A recorrrd player will need a pre amp. sometimes it built into the record player, somtimes it built into the stereo system/receiver, sometimes you need an external box

That's pretty much what I said. Just shortened and with some extra info.

[Snickerzz]

I don't have any sort of an external pre-amp on my stereo system, and I can listen to my turntable just fine. So have you perhaps plugged it in to the wrong hole, that's not pre-amped. (Usually marked phono)

 

But I have never tried what'd happen if I used an RCA -> 3,5mm to an amp.

 

But if I'm not completely mistaken record players need pre-amping to work correctly.

@Snickerzz

It is not plugged wrong I've plugged it right. https://my.mixtape.moe/bqwnrb.jpg here's the specs of the Panasonic. What I need to know does the O2+ODAC make the turntable sound louder if I use RCA splitter 3.5m then plug it into input in O2+ODAC then use as output my headphones.

[RatedBlam]

It is not plugged wrong I've plugged it right. https://my.mixtape.moe/bqwnrb.jpg here's the specs of the Panasonic. What I need to know does the O2+ODAC make the turntable sound louder if I use RCA splitter 3.5m then plug it into input in O2+ODAC then use as output my headphones.

Well looking quickly at that specksheet it looks like it doesn't have a pre-amped input suitable for record players.

But I don't know if any old amp can be used as a pre-amp.

[spwath]

It is not plugged wrong I've plugged it right. https://my.mixtape.moe/bqwnrb.jpg here's the specs of the Panasonic. What I need to know does the O2+ODAC make the turntable sound louder if I use RCA splitter 3.5m then plug it into input in O2+ODAC then use as output my headphones.

That wont work well.

Just get a cheap pre-amp, 12$

http://www.amazon.com/PYLE-PRO-PP444-Compact-Turntable-Preamp/dp/B004HJ1TTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446301514&sr=8-1&keywords=record+player+preamp

[KaminKevCrew]

Well looking quickly at that specksheet it looks like it doesn't have a pre-amped input suitable for record players.

But I don't know if any old amp can be used as a pre-amp.

The OP should get (as spwath said) a proper phono pre amp. Phono pre amps are designed to bring the signal level from phono up to line level, which is what every non-phono amp uses for its original signal.

Also, @op, if you're stereo system has a receiver, there's a 99% chance that it has an RCA input on the back labeled 'phono'. If you plug the turntable into that, you will have audio that is more than loud enough.

[Snickerzz]

That wont work well.

Just get a cheap pre-amp, 12$

http://www.amazon.com/PYLE-PRO-PP444-Compact-Turntable-Preamp/dp/B004HJ1TTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446301514&sr=8-1&keywords=record+player+preamp

turntable -> Panasonic phones 3.5mm -> O2 input 3.5mm -> output 3.5mm headpones would this work?

[spwath]

turntable -> Panasonic phones 3.5mm -> O2 input 3.5mm -> output 3.5mm headpones would this work?

Wait, does your sound system have an input labled phono?

[Snickerzz]

Wait, does your sound system have an input labled phono?

 this is my current setup. turntable RCA -> Panasonic -> 3.5mm port. What the dude from mayflower suggested is. turntable -> Panasonic -> 3.5mm in Panasonic labed phonos -> O2 input 3.5mm -> output 3.5mm headphones. He said if I'd directly plug ditching Panasonic there wouldn't be enough power. my turntable specs are: http://i.imgur.com/LpTGKmE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/z51Yn3H.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/79Otmoa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0G2Oc8q.jpg

[KaminKevCrew]

this is my current setup. turntable RCA -> Panasonic -> 3.5mm port. What the dude from mayflower suggested is. turntable -> Panasonic -> 3.5mm in Panasonic labed phonos -> O2 input 3.5mm -> output 3.5mm headphones. He said if I'd directly plug ditching Panasonic there wouldn't be enough power. my turntable specs are: http://i.imgur.com/LpTGKmE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/z51Yn3H.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/79Otmoa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0G2Oc8q.jpg

We don't care about your turntable specs. We need to see a picture of the back of your Panasonic.

[spwath]

 

 this is my current setup. turntable RCA -> Panasonic -> 3.5mm port. What the dude from mayflower suggested is. turntable -> Panasonic -> 3.5mm in Panasonic labed phonos -> O2 input 3.5mm -> output 3.5mm headphones. He said if I'd directly plug ditching Panasonic there wouldn't be enough power. my turntable specs are: http://i.imgur.com/LpTGKmE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/z51Yn3H.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/79Otmoa.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0G2Oc8q.jpg

 

Well if the panasonic thing truly has a preamp, the volume from the panasonic thing should work fine.

 

So if the panasonic has a port labled phono, it should have a preamp, and you shouldent need a headphone amp.

 

If not, you will need a preamp

[KaminKevCrew]

Well if the panasonic thing truly has a preamp, the volume from the panasonic thing should work fine.

So if the panasonic has a port labled phono, it should have a preamp, and you shouldent need a headphone amp.

If not, you will need a preamp

I'm 99% sure that it will though. Everything that is a receiver has a phono input...

[Snickerzz]

We don't care about your turntable specs. We need to see a picture of the back of your Panasonic.

http://supost.com/uploads/post/84864b

 

don't yell at me, i'm just posting what i'm told to

[spwath]

I'm 99% sure that it will though. Everything that is a receiver has a phono input...

I would disagree. My sony receiver im selling, and my onkyo receiver both dont have phono inputs. Only my old sony with no digital inputs had a phono input.

[spwath]

http://supost.com/uploads/post/84864b

 

don't yell at me, i'm just posting what i'm told to

Yeah, you need a preamp, like the one I originaly linked

[KaminKevCrew]

http://supost.com/uploads/post/84864b

don't yell at me, i'm just posting what i'm told to

I wasn't yelling. That was the second time I asked about the Panasonic though...

Anyway, you're going to need a phono pre amp, and there is no way around it.

[spwath]

I wasn't yelling. That was the second time I asked about the Panasonic though...

Anyway, you're going to need a phono pre amp, and there is no way around it.

Or listen to a modern form of media 

 

That said, i have a record player as well, so i cant say that.

 

Mine happens to have a built in preamp, as it was made in 2003.

[SmirG3l]

Or listen to a modern form of media 

 

That said, i have a record player as well, so i cant say that.

 

Mine happens to have a built in preamp, as it was made in 2003.

 

Mine is from 1988. 

 

Also how I'm suppose to setup it with O2+ODAC if I get this

[spwath]

Mine is from 1988. 

 

Also how I'm suppose to setup it with O2+ODAC if I get this

Wait what? Are you the same person/horse?

 

Also, you just go RCA out on that to the o2 amp

[SmirG3l]

Wait what? Are you the same person/horse?

 

Also, you just go RCA out on that to the o2 amp

 

No, He was just posting for me. 

 

So you're suggesting I'd do following: turntable -> Pro-Ject Photo in -> phono out using RCA splitter to 3.5mm -> O2 input -> O2 output headphones? 

[spwath]

No, He was just posting for me. 

 

So you're suggesting I'd do following: turntable -> Pro-Ject Photo in -> phono out using RCA splitter to 3.5mm -> O2 input -> O2 output headphones? 

Yeah, though you may not need the 02

[SmirG3l]

Yeah, though you may not need the 02

 

In that case I will get the Pro-ject photo-box with the O2+ODAC. I guess that's decent pre-amp