Turntable amp. Need Help?

jerryez
jerryez Posts: 17
edited January 2004 in Electronics
I have a Yamaha RX620 receiver and I am trying to add a turntable. I bought a Teac 988, non amplified turntable and it did not work. Volume sounds hollow and distant. I returned it and got the Teac 688 amplified turntable and the volume is loud, but blurry. You cannot understand the voices. All that my Yamaha manual says is to use an MM cartridge or a high-output MC cartridge. The cartidge on the Teacs are VM. Could that be causing the problem. What is the difference between the MM and VM cartridges. What should I do.
jerry
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2004
    MM= moving magnet
    MC= Moving Coil
    VM= ??? new one on me...

    Having gone to an "amplified" TT (which I presume means it has a built in phono-amp), you need to go into your receiver's Aux input, not its TT input. The signal is likely too strong now and is overloading the Yammie's phono pre. Make this swap first and get back to me/ us...

    Added possibility is that the TT is not set up correctly. Who set up the TT for you? It's possible that the stylus pressure and/ or anti-skate are not dialed in. But will address this later if sound is still not right after you make the input switch...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • jerryez
    jerryez Posts: 17
    edited January 2004
    Tour2ma, Thanks a lot. I switched to the cd input and it works perfectly. My aux input is used for something else.

    Just curious! Why didn't the non amp turntable work on the phono input.
    jerry
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2004
    You're welcome... glad all is well.

    Only guess I can make is that the VM cartridge is a low output model... too low for your Yammie's phono pre...
    More later,
    Tour...
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    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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