Hi all. I'm very new to HiFi and don't have great knowledge which might go some way to explain why I'm in a pickle. I have a 90s Denon system with Denon PMA 6.5 amp.
I wanted to start listening to vynyl so bought a cheap Denon turntable. Then my daughter got a pro Ject and ruark speakers and made mine sound like it was underwater.
First job was to buy a new TT. I found a Thorens TD 240d nearby so bought that and connected it up. It was clearly better and went loud. I upgraded my speakers to some acoustic energy aegis 1 and again it sounded better but still not as good as my daughter's.
Then it all goes wrong, I thought I would use the Denon system for tapes, CDs etc with the newer speakers and then get some stand alone stuff to go with my Thorens TT. I bought a Cambridge AU 1 amp? And some Ruark passive speakers. All excited I connected it all together and the sound was low to medium, no ability to get it higher or loud. No switches on TT or anything to make a difference Also one Ruark was keput😓. So they got returned and then my lovely daughters had chipped together and bought some KLipsch r-15pm active speakers with Bluetooth. So I ditched the Cambridge and connected up the TT. Same thing, low to medium volume. Played with the line switch on the back which either killed the sound of made it back to medium. The speakers go really loud when connected to my phone. So I'm wondering if it's my Thorens deck but it worked fine on the Denon PMA. I kinda wish I'd got the passive KLipsch speakers but I like the Spotify through these now . So I rang the guy at Richer sounds who sold my girls the speakers and He said you need a preamp. So I bought a pro ject preamp. No difference 😓. If I turn the line switch off I get medium sound as always. If I turn it on wow it cranks up massive but sounds like something is going to pop and make it sound like the needle is bouncing around. It's so bad you turn it off straight away. So there we go, the Denon is completely separate so it's not that I just mentioned it as the TT worked fine on it but doesn't amplify on the Cambridge or through the active speakers. Can anyone help? Many thanks.
I wanted to start listening to vynyl so bought a cheap Denon turntable. Then my daughter got a pro Ject and ruark speakers and made mine sound like it was underwater.
First job was to buy a new TT. I found a Thorens TD 240d nearby so bought that and connected it up. It was clearly better and went loud. I upgraded my speakers to some acoustic energy aegis 1 and again it sounded better but still not as good as my daughter's.
Then it all goes wrong, I thought I would use the Denon system for tapes, CDs etc with the newer speakers and then get some stand alone stuff to go with my Thorens TT. I bought a Cambridge AU 1 amp? And some Ruark passive speakers. All excited I connected it all together and the sound was low to medium, no ability to get it higher or loud. No switches on TT or anything to make a difference Also one Ruark was keput😓. So they got returned and then my lovely daughters had chipped together and bought some KLipsch r-15pm active speakers with Bluetooth. So I ditched the Cambridge and connected up the TT. Same thing, low to medium volume. Played with the line switch on the back which either killed the sound of made it back to medium. The speakers go really loud when connected to my phone. So I'm wondering if it's my Thorens deck but it worked fine on the Denon PMA. I kinda wish I'd got the passive KLipsch speakers but I like the Spotify through these now . So I rang the guy at Richer sounds who sold my girls the speakers and He said you need a preamp. So I bought a pro ject preamp. No difference 😓. If I turn the line switch off I get medium sound as always. If I turn it on wow it cranks up massive but sounds like something is going to pop and make it sound like the needle is bouncing around. It's so bad you turn it off straight away. So there we go, the Denon is completely separate so it's not that I just mentioned it as the TT worked fine on it but doesn't amplify on the Cambridge or through the active speakers. Can anyone help? Many thanks.