Music Hall PA1.2 Phono Amplifier PA12 special price

Unlike line level Audio sources you connect to a Stereo (DVD/CD players, tape decks, TV audio, minidisc, etc.), the Output from a magnetic cartridge installed in a good quality Turntable is considerably lower, and requires an additional stage of amplification to bring it up to the same volume as the other sources you listen to that connect through your Component stereo or Home-theater Sound system. This additional amp stage, the phono preamp, is built-in to most older receivers and amps, allowing direct connection of a turntable. Newer and most current audio equipment (including virtually all mini-systems and home theatre units, as well as many stereo receivers and amps), have NO phono Input (this because records and turntables are supposedly obsolete - virtually eliminated by the use of disc media (CD or DVD). That is why this pre-amp is necessary. The turntable connects to the preamp while the preamp connects to one of the line inputs into your component or compact audio system.