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Re: Import vinyl album to PC computer: low sound levels

Nil <rednoise+n...@removethiscomcast.net>

On 24 Feb 2008, Thumper <thumperstra...@gmail.com> wrote in
rec.audio.pro:

> I connected my old Technics SL-D202 turntable via the RCA audio
> output to an RCA to mini-stereo splitter, and into my sound card's
> Input mini- stereo hole.

> I slid the Input sliders all the way up (in both recording and
> playback mode), but the sound coming through my computer speakers
> is pretty low, as is the recorded wav file (using Audacity and
> VinylStudio).

Phonograph cartridge output must be pre-amped and EQed to
specifications written by the RIAA in the 1950s. You need to run your
turntable into such a preamp, then into your sound card.

The preamps are available at just about any price point. Radio Shack
has a cheap one:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2573420