On 9/8/2010 4:12 PM thanatoid spake thus:

If the phono preamp is dead, it's dead. The unit is still a
/great/ AM (and decent FM) receiver and line-in amplifier,
handles TWO sets of stereo speakers, and it will outlast all of
us. I have yet to find an 8-track cartridge, but the mechanism
and all the belts seem fine. Plus I don't think anyone needs an
8-track deck, while /quite/ a few people might enjoy having a
receiver with a phono preamp. Unless the phono preamp IS dead,
of course. But maybe someone can help me determine if it
actually IS dead...

One question is whether this unit uses a ceramic or magnetic phono
cartridge. Most units of its vintage used magnetic, and that's my guess,
but if it has a ceramic cartridge, you're not going to be able to use a
magentic cartridge with its preamp.

Another possibility is to get a small standalone phone preamp and plug
it into the line input. Not what you want, but it would work.


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