re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.

Update on the old speaker/stereo receiver issue. I used the Deoxit but it still sounds awful with the phono input. What should my next step be?

my money is on the stylus/cartridge

I'm pretty sure my turntable has two outputs: LINE and PHONO. Is it possible that I'm using the wrong output? (I'd like to reiterate that I don't know dick.)

Hm. I didn't see a "line" input on the receiver. Only PHONO. It's from 1979.

Told you I was fricking ignorant, lol.

I googled the turntable and it said it has a switchable phono preamp out. So if you switch off the turntable preamp, you can use the one in your receiver (Phono input). If you leave the turntable preamp engaged, then you need to go to an AUX or any other input on the receiver and set the input selector on the front panel to that input to play the turntable.

Yep...what r3lay3r said.

There's a Sansui Classique 250T turntable available for sale in my area. $50.00. It looks to be in great shape. Would this be an upgrade over my Audio-Technica LP60 (their bottom of the line model)?

$50...go for it.

Yes, even at 50 years old, once properly cleaned, bearing re-greased, and a decent cartridge bought (Grado or Ortofon—can be had for $80-100), you will have a better table. The tone arm alone on it is worth it over the AT-60 (not calling your baby ugly...but your baby is ugly). The AT-60 weighs a WHOPPING 6 pounds (sarcasm), including the cartridge, 2 sets of cables, power cord, internal phono stage, and the platter/plinth. You need MASS in a turntable, and the Sansui should be in the 14-18 lb. range by itself.

Although that Sansui table doesn’t run with the likes of Dual, Thorens, or Lenco turntables of the ‘60’s, and it was probably Sansui’s entry level, it isn’t junk. It predates junk (junk tables became popular in the early ‘70’s)—and Sansui was a very reputable name in the ‘60’s—early pioneers (pun intended) of Japanese hi-fi.

If you use the internal phono stage in the AT-60, you will need a phono stage (preamp) for the Sansui if you plan to run it into a “line-level” input on a receiver. If the receiver has a “phono” input, you are good to go.