Hi marknewwood,

I think Racrawford65 got confused, and he just said the opposite thing. He said if the switch is on phono, then the turntable uses an in-built phono preamp, and if the switch is on line, then you need to use an external phono preamp.

Well, this is wrong.

The correct explanation is that if your turntable is on "line," then your turntable is using the turntable's in-built phono preamp, and similarly, if your turntable is on "phono," then your turntable's in-built phono preamp is not engaged and your signals are still at the phono stage, so you need to use an external phono preamp. I recommend you check out this article and understand the phono and line signal concepts: https://turntablewave.com/phono-vs-l...record-player/

As you have explained, if you switch the line switch to phono, then you hear a bad sound from the speakers.

In most cases, the speakers sound bad when the phono preamp is used twice, which means phono signals are amplified twice, but according to the information shared, I think you are transmitting the line-level output from the turntable to the line input of the receiver, which is the correct way.

And, in this setup, if you switch your "Phono," then there is no phono preamp, which might cause speakers to output no sound or a very low volume but no bad sound.

Can you please tell me what kind of sound you are getting?