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Studio263 · 24th Sep 2007, 12:45 pm

It's easy to convert the phono inpit to line level if you don't have the record player, just disconnect the RIAA stage from the source selector switches and run the wires from the socket at the back in directly.

My FH-7 has a CD/Line input (1/4" stereo jack) on the front of the tuner, just select "tuner" on the amplifier and if there's anything pluged into the socket then that's what you get, perfect for the young people to plug their IdiotPods into.

The FH-10 gets around these problems but then there's only half the power, they give with one hand, they take with the other. Sony still make this sort of set but the quality has gone, even in cash terms they are about half the price (so in real terms that represents a very small fraction indeed).

24th Sep 2007, 12:45 pm	#13
Studio263 Octode Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hampshire, UK. Posts: 1,577	Re: Sony FH-7 It's easy to convert the phono inpit to line level if you don't have the record player, just disconnect the RIAA stage from the source selector switches and run the wires from the socket at the back in directly. My FH-7 has a CD/Line input (1/4" stereo jack) on the front of the tuner, just select "tuner" on the amplifier and if there's anything pluged into the socket then that's what you get, perfect for the young people to plug their IdiotPods into. The FH-10 gets around these problems but then there's only half the power, they give with one hand, they take with the other. Sony still make this sort of set but the quality has gone, even in cash terms they are about half the price (so in real terms that represents a very small fraction indeed).