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    I have a power amp and a connected pre amp line only with 4 line in rca's
    I also have a Croft 25R , can I use the croft just as a phono stage and If I can how do I connect it up as all im getting is silence

    I'm not playing silence is golden
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    If the Croft has a TAPE OUT you can take the phono feed from this to your power amp.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
    If the Croft has a TAPE OUT you can take the phono feed from this to your pre-amp.
    The tape out will have a set volume output that bypasses the volume control so may be too low.

    Turntable IN connections to Croft.

    Croft output to OUT,

    The OUT phono's are volume controlled so set Croft output to low to start, the Croft volume control and the pre amp volume controls will be available.

    Set Croft to zero, set Pre amp to perhaps 45 degrees.

    Try increasing Croft to hear results, if too low increase volume on Croft.

    Suggest you do this slowly, if both volume controls are high your speakers may disappear in smoke

    Obviously both Croft and pre amp need to be connected to power.

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    The only time I used a tape out for something which I now can't remember it was full signal. Of course I was forgetting that the pre-amp would have variable out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
    If the Croft has a TAPE OUT you can take the phono feed from this to your power amp.
    Thanks Rob will try the tape out first with ALL volume set at zero , then adjust slowly avoiding no smoke needed here
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stryder5 View Post
    The tape out will have a set volume output that bypasses the volume control so may be too low.

    Turntable IN connections to Croft.

    Croft output to OUT,

    The OUT phono's are volume controlled so set Croft output to low to start, the Croft volume control and the pre amp volume controls will be available.

    Set Croft to zero, set Pre amp to perhaps 45 degrees.

    Try increasing Croft to hear results, if too low increase volume on Croft.

    Suggest you do this slowly, if both volume controls are high your speakers may disappear in smoke

    Obviously both Croft and pre amp need to be connected to power.

    Gary
    Thanks Gary will have a look at this option if the tape out does not work

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    Out of interest how did you have them connected with zero output?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Puffin View Post
    If the Croft has a TAPE OUT you can take the phono feed from this to your power amp.

    Rob , I have just re read you comment , I want the Croft phone to go into the pre amp ( 4 line only imputs ) combo not direct to the power amp

    OK I noticed you changed the pre / power comment
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stryder5 View Post
    Out of interest how did you have them connected with zero output?

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    Think it was TT into phono in Croft then out ( but it says to amp )
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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Al View Post
    Think it was TT into phono in Croft then out ( but it says to amp )
    Surely this should work, if you took the output from your Croft pre amp to amp, this should work, as the Croft is acting normally?

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