dankara
Novice Member
I don't know how possible this is or if anyone has done it, and it may not be worth it; but can an all in one phonograph be integrated into a home audio system?
A little background first, I have an Onkyo TX-NR616. I have been wanting to get into vinyl for awhile but didn't really know if it was for my wife and I, so I didn't want to drop a bunch of money.
Recently my wife found a 1993 Thomas AIO record/cassette (yay, haha) player for cheap. I realize it is a low end phonograph and the speakers sound pretty, um, bad. I would like to integrate it into my audio system to at least be able to judge it with fuller speakers (I currently have a 3 channel Klipsch tower setup).
Obviously it was not intended for this, but is it reasonably possible? I am fairly comfortable with light to moderate rewiring and soldering, but I honestly don't know where to start. I saw no obvious preamp built in and it appears the ~5w speakers are soldered directly to some control board.
Any help is appreciated, I will probably end up upgrading in the future, but I'd like to get some use out of this thing first.
A little background first, I have an Onkyo TX-NR616. I have been wanting to get into vinyl for awhile but didn't really know if it was for my wife and I, so I didn't want to drop a bunch of money.
Recently my wife found a 1993 Thomas AIO record/cassette (yay, haha) player for cheap. I realize it is a low end phonograph and the speakers sound pretty, um, bad. I would like to integrate it into my audio system to at least be able to judge it with fuller speakers (I currently have a 3 channel Klipsch tower setup).
Obviously it was not intended for this, but is it reasonably possible? I am fairly comfortable with light to moderate rewiring and soldering, but I honestly don't know where to start. I saw no obvious preamp built in and it appears the ~5w speakers are soldered directly to some control board.
Any help is appreciated, I will probably end up upgrading in the future, but I'd like to get some use out of this thing first.