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Hi. I have just changed my amplifier to a Marantz PM6005 and am having issues playing my existing turntable (Pioneer PL-990) through it. I tried plugging the red/white leads from the turntable into the PHONO connections on the amplifier, but the resulting sound is very distorted. When this happened on my previous amplifier (Technics), I used the AUX connection which gave good results regarding sound quality. The Marantz PM6005 does not include AUX inputs, instead it has 'TUNER', 'NETWORK' or 'RECORDER' available. I tried both the 'NETWORK' and 'RECORDER' connections with the turntable, which works (no distortion), but sound quality is not as good as I used to get through the AUX connections on my old amplifier. Do I need to use an external PHONO pre-amp and then use the PHONO inputs on the Marantz?
I'm a bit confused, as the manual for the Marantz PM6005 states "this unit is provided with a PHONO amplifier so that you can directly connect a turntable and play records (only the MM cartridge can be used)".....and according to the turntable manual for the PL-990, it uses a MM cartridge(?)
Many thanks, Steve. |
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