Help a complete n00b connect a modern record player to hifi speakers!

jonislost · 26 May 2017 at 11:06

The other night I was out in some new wave coffee shop by day/cocktail bar by night. Anyway they had a DJ playing vinyl and I was sat right next to some old technics hifi speaker and it sounded excellent. So in my slightly drunken state I retrieved the model number and scoured eBay, found a pair for 50 quid and ordered!

Now the slightly painful bit... these speakers have push terminal inputs. I'm aiming to hook up my GPO Bermuda record player to these. How can I achieve such satisfaction? Do I need a separate amp/preamp? The player has RCA output, and also has it's own internal speaker.

Any help would be much appreciated!

jonislost · 27 May 2017 at 08:53

Yep so true. I assumed I had a totally lack of knowledge. Will try contacting them directly.

jonislost · 5 Jun 2017 at 16:13

Thanks for the advice guys. Contacted GPO and the RCA outputs are powered! They advised they should work with unpowered hifi speakers.

So next question I how do I connect RCA to speaker cable terminals. Is there a one lead solution?

jonislost · 5 Jun 2017 at 17:46

Thanks, I agree, but they seemed pretty certain. Will give Rca cable stripping a go!

jonislost · 16 Jun 2017 at 07:54

As predicted, the advice from GPO is incorrect. Stripped one end of an rca, isolated positive and negative, hooked them up to the speaker clip terminals on the speaker and got zero output.

jonislost · 19 Jun 2017 at 12:00

Yep! All part of the fun. Any recommendations? Speakers are 30 watt.

jonislost · 20 Jun 2017 at 07:34

Thanks for the recomendations mate, will update with how I get on! Like the idea of buying something decent second hand