Can I connect a tape deck *and* a turntable to the Sony STR-DE595?
The four MD/Tape sockets ("ports"?) are already occupied by my tape deck. So I tried to plug my phono in and phono out cables into the Video 1 field. That seems to work for the phono in function (I can hear my records with my headphones), but I'm not getting any phono out. I am trying to pass my phono signal on to my computer so I can digitize my LPs.
As someone else has observed, "The STR-DE595 has few (non-speaker) outputs. There is the MD/Tape output and the Video 1 composite+L+R outputs and the component video pass-throughs."
Isn't there some way that I have have my turntable *and* my tape deck, sort of like a traditional stereo system? I am not doing anything else with this receiver, only tape-in and tape-out, and phono-in and phono-out.
FixYa tells me that my question has been viewed, but not answered, and that my question will be removed unless I add some clarifying details. So question number one is: how do I edit my original post to add some clarifying details? Question number two returns to the stereo question: in decades past, we connected our receiver/amplifier to a phonograph turntable and to a tape deck. Is the Sony STR-DE595 unable to do that? I would appreciate help on either question: 1) how do I edit my original post so as to clarify my question, or 2) how to connect a tape deck and a phonograph to this Sony receiver. Thank you!FixYa tells me that my question has been viewed, but not answered, and that my question will be removed unless I add some clarifying details. So question number one is: how do I edit my original post to add some clarifying details? Question number two returns to the stereo question: in decades past, we connected our receiver/amplifier to a phonograph turntable and to a tape deck. Is the Sony STR-DE595 unable to do that? I would appreciate help on either question: 1) how do I edit my original post so as to clarify my question, or 2) how to connect a tape deck and a phonograph to this Sony receiver. Thank you!
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If your turn table has a magnetic cartridge it will not work,Becuase the ner recievers are not equip with a phono preamp, They are equip to only use a crystal or ceramic cartridge in the turn table.
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Connect equalizer cables (4 total) to the MD/TAPE section of your receiver. OUT from the receiver to the equalizer IN and Out from the equalizer to IN on the receiver.
One issue with the equalizer running through the MD/Tape jacks is that it may affect any other speakers hooked up to your system.
Take 2 rca wires a white one and a red one. On the back of the receiver, find a source you are not using( md/tape or aux ) connect red to red, white to white Turn on receiver and on the front, push related button( aux ). This should work. Good luck
you need a empty in/out tape slot (jacks in back of Sony, if tape deck is connected you can use "Y" connectors) connect jacks to EQ tape in & out.... (press EQ button Bypass)
Turntables have a very low output level. Receivers with a phono input have a op-amp to boost the signal level.
What you can do: Check the turn table it may have a line level switch under the rubber mat, otherwise you can get a phono amp ($20-$40) to boost the signal. and input it to any unused input on the receiver.
There's good news and bad news. The bad news is that a multichannel receiver with Bose 901's attached as you have them will only sound right in STEREO on stereo analog material. For one thing, the other speakers around the room are not designed to receive its Active Equalization and for another, if you engage your Tape Monitor you will NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR DIGITAL sources. Tape Monitor is for analog stereo material only and on my receiver it disables any digital inputs so you really can't use the Tape Monitor circuit or attached devises for modern digital sources. However, you can still employ the various DSP options to spread 2-channel analog source material around the room. I do.
The good news. I have a setup similar to what I think you're trying to do and it works great! With one caveat - My receiver actually has 5.1 analog Outputs so I can drive up to 6 external amplifiers if I want to (I drive 4). Yours does NOT so we have to be creative in extracting the front two channels from your multi-channel receiver. The obvious place would be at one of the few OUTputs on the back, assuming you have one free to use.
I see Video 1 and MD/Tape have Audio Outputs. Use one of these to feed the Bose EQ. **
A separate stereo amp for the 901's was my solution. I run a Carver AV-406 (5-channel amp) for my 901's in Front, 2 Subwoofers and the Rear Surround channel, with the Active EQ between the receiver Front L&R Outputs and the 901's amp channels. My receiver controls everything and just drives the Center and Surround speakers.
You could get by with just a stereo amp for the 901's. A Carver M-200 is a good efficient amplifier that would have you cooking just fine (2x100W). Run it with the Active EQ between the receiver Front L&R Pre-Outputs ** and the 901's amp channels.
** Sony STR-DE595 (Video 1 or MD/Tape Audio Out ***) >>> Bose EQ Amplifer IN, then Bose EQ Amplier OUT >>> new amplifier IN.
Attach the 901's to the new amp, set its volume to Max and run through your receivers speaker level setup.
*** In either case you will NOT be able to SELECT the source you use for the 901 Pre-Outs for listening, or else the 901's will not get any sound sent their way. This is what's happening to you right now when you select MD/Tape. You're disconnecting the source from the 901 EQ.
You may have to get ugly with your other input components to find them all homes on the receiver. The labeling won't necessarily match up with the device types. Mine is ugly like that and I have a lot of connectors, but I have even more input devices.
If you have CD, TV Cable box and DVD (typical) you need to assess what you have that is digital and use what you can wherever you can, then the leftover analog device(s) - PC? - can go into any available analog input that is left over.
Whichever of these connections you DO NOT use for the 901's will still be available for using some kind of conventional analog recording device or sound processor such as an EQ or dbx Expander. However, as with any digital receiver, selection of that device for monitoring will kill the sound from any DIGITAL source you have playing (or maybe it just won't allow you to monitor).
FixYa tells me that my question has been viewed, but not answered, and that my question will be removed unless I add some clarifying details. So question number one is: how do I edit my original post to add some clarifying details? Question number two returns to the stereo question: in decades past, we connected our receiver/amplifier to a phonograph turntable and to a tape deck. Is the Sony STR-DE595 unable to do that? I would appreciate help on either question: 1) how do I edit my original post so as to clarify my question, or 2) how to connect a tape deck and a phonograph to this Sony receiver. Thank you!
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