<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Samuel Kidman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samkidman@gmail.com">samkidman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Tim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au" target="_blank">ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 13:18 +0800, Samuel Kidman wrote:<br>
> My current audio set up is like this:<br>
> Turntable --> Phono Input | Amp |Tape/Ext Output ---> Front Mic Input | Computer.<br>
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</div>Just a heads-up:<br>
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As a general rule, you shouldn't connect line outputs (your amplifier's<br>
tape output) into microphone inputs (your computer), as the audio<br>
voltage is about 100 times too much. You're likely to overdrive the<br>
input stage, well before the volume control part of the circuit, causing<br>
noise and distortion. Line outputs should connect to line inputs.<br>
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Also, the microphone inputs typically have about 5 volts of DC on them<br>
to power electret microphones. This can upset whatever's connected to<br>
them, causing problems or damage (destroy output stages, make connectors<br>
and volume controls go noisy).<br>
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Having said that, you *may* get away with it, as *some* sound cards do<br>
have quite a large handling range. Though none of mine do.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>Damn, I kind of wish I already knew that. It's now plugged into the line input at the back.<br><br><br>
</blockquote></div>This is a little OT but I think something might have happened to the amplifier. When I listen to the output on my computer the left channel is completely distorted, when I listen on the headphone socket on the amplifier it sounds fine.. bearing in mind that this is an Technics SIJ-500 amp that I found on the side of the road, does anyone know if this is fixable?<br>