Anybody ever use a Stereo Receiver/amp for a preamp?

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I have a vintage Toshiba receiver/amplifier. It has preamp out (and back in) jacks on the back (they are bridged with little connectors right now). I'm thinkin of trying to run the preamp out into my computer, and hook a mic up through the line in.

Has anybody ever tried this with good results? Some of those old amps/receivers have a pretty nice sound on them when playing music through a set of speakers. It also has several sound shaping options: treble, bass, hi-cut, lo-cut, loudness. Anyway . . .
 
Nope. I can guarantee you that that will pretty much suck. First of all, you're running into a line input, which would bypass any preamp that the unit had in the first place. Secondly, since it is an integrated reciever/amplifier, the noise is most likely going to be higher than if it was just a reciever.

Yeah, it may have a nice sound running music through a set of speakers, because that is what it is designed as, a home music system. What it is not designed as is a mic preamp.

But.......all that being said, you may find some cool new use for it. You never know........ :D
 
I have to agree... It will pretty much suck...

But it certainly won't hurt to give it a try (could be better than nothing)... Plug the mic into the phono input...
 
Well, you seem to know enough of what you're talking about, so . . .

How come running into the "line in" bypasses the preamp. It probably is actually called "tape deck in". What about the AUX jacks or PHONO jacks?

I'm not expecting a miracle. I already have a meek preamp which I'm more than happy with, but I was going to get rid of this big bulky amp, when the thought occurred to me it might just have a use . . .
 
i think it could be a fun experiment. i wouldn't use the phono input on the amp though.. it has a built in eq for record playback
 
cactuseskimo said:
Well, you seem to know enough of what you're talking about, so . . .

How come running into the "line in" bypasses the preamp. It probably is actually called "tape deck in". What about the AUX jacks or PHONO jacks?

I'm not expecting a miracle. I already have a meek preamp which I'm more than happy with, but I was going to get rid of this big bulky amp, when the thought occurred to me it might just have a use . . .
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I just assumed that the line in bypasses the preamp. Otherwise it wouldn't be a line in. I think. :D

Go ahead and try the different inputs and such, just be careful. Who knows, this may be the next big fad in recording!! :D
 
I have a vintage Toshiba receiver/amplifier. It has preamp out (and back in) jacks on the back (they are bridged with little connectors right now). I'm thinkin of trying to run the preamp out into my computer, and hook a mic up through the line in.
Has anybody ever tried this with good results? Some of those old amps/receivers have a pretty nice sound on them when playing music through a set of speakers. It also has several sound shaping options: treble, bass, hi-cut, lo-cut, loudness. Anyway . . .
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* Hi....I don't know about mics but I've done this with a Harmon Kardon for
monitoring overall mixes......worked ok....take some time to match the EQ to what you're used to and it *should* be usable...if it's a good image of the original....it's probably *close enough*
Regards......MAWD
 
I used to record using my stereo power amp into my cassette player(about 15 years ago). The only thing I found it useful for was to put ideas down on tape so that I didn't forget them. That was before I started my home studio of course. But that is about as far as that ever got. :rolleyes:
 
The preamp loop on your stereo is basically an insert. You can hook an EQ into it or use it as a tape monitor.

You can also run the preamp out to a nicer amplifier...
 
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