Is my amp faulty or am I doing something wrong?

[The Negotiator]

I took a fancy to listening to Travelling Wilburys on vinyl so got my Dad's old record player from the loft and hooked it up to my amp (Denon PMA 250SE). It works and everything but is just quiet so I assume I am missing a pre-amp? I have used the "phono" input on my amp though which I assumed would be pre-amped automatically? Am I doing something totally wrong? I know very little about turntables.

Cheers

 

[The Negotiator]

Found it On the back it says "Phono is optional, [i.e. internal pre-amp], see user manual if fitted" - so I expect it's not fitted from new

 

[The Negotiator]

Found an old amp so using the post pre-amp from that through my amp, works perfectly

 

[custard]

glad we all helped

 

[The Negotiator]

Yep I didn't want to not update the thread as somebody might try to help me yet I had solved the problem...!

Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash, stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash.....


Now I am onto End of the Line

 

[jug]

Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash, stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash.....

To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man

 

[hmallett]

Found it On the back it says "Phono is optional, [i.e. internal pre-amp], see user manual if fitted" - so I expect it's not fitted from new

It was an option which cost about £30 for the PMA-250SE (back in 1997 IIRC). I didn't bother with it!

 

[The Negotiator]

How dare you have not bothered, like the original owner of mine, you're scum!

 

[hmallett]

Well I figured that if I bought it I might have to listen to some of that Travelling Wilburys ****e

 

[The Negotiator]

We can't all appreciate the finer things in life