GC for tape deck use?

dine1967 · 11th May 2004, 01:14 PM

Iam planning to make a gainclone for my father who primarily listens to tape as most of his old recordings are in that medium.
Can I use a gainclone directly with a tape deck as a source? Do I need a preamp for this? I don't have a deck with me to check but I feel that the output voltage from the tape would be low. Can anybody shed some light on this?
thanks,
Dinesh

Sherman · 11th May 2004, 01:34 PM

You can use a tape deck directly with a gainclone (at least the ones based on Brian's boards) without the need for a preamplifier. My first tests of my gc were with an old cassette deck and it worked fine.

To date I have used-
* an old cassette deck from Sharp
* a tuner
* a Sony CD player
* an inexpensive DVD player
* an electric guitar (with a quarter inch to RCA converter jack)
all without the need of a preamp and they worked well.

In addition I have used my turntable feeding through a phono preamp and it sounds great.

dine1967 · 11th May 2004, 01:42 PM

Sherman,
thanks for your reply.
Dinesh

11th May 2004, 01:14 PM	#1
dine1967 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ	GC for tape deck use? Iam planning to make a gainclone for my father who primarily listens to tape as most of his old recordings are in that medium. Can I use a gainclone directly with a tape deck as a source? Do I need a preamp for this? I don't have a deck with me to check but I feel that the output voltage from the tape would be low. Can anybody shed some light on this? thanks, Dinesh

11th May 2004, 01:34 PM	#2
Sherman diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago area	Yes, you can. You can use a tape deck directly with a gainclone (at least the ones based on Brian's boards) without the need for a preamplifier. My first tests of my gc were with an old cassette deck and it worked fine. To date I have used- * an old cassette deck from Sharp * a tuner * a Sony CD player * an inexpensive DVD player * an electric guitar (with a quarter inch to RCA converter jack) all without the need of a preamp and they worked well. In addition I have used my turntable feeding through a phono preamp and it sounds great. __________________ --Sherman

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11th May 2004, 01:42 PM	#3
dine1967 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ	Sherman, thanks for your reply. Dinesh