Turntable Dan
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Greetings!
My friend and I decided to add a 3.5mm headphone jack to his Crosley CR49 turntable. We went to Fry's and picked up the headphone jack, (3.5mm Phone Jack (No. 502J) by Philmore) and went to work cutting and soldering.
Our work resulted in a pretty clean project. The sound continued through the in-case speakers just fine.
The problem came when after inserting a 3.5mm cable into the newly-mounted jack, the sound coming out of the jack sounded bad. Instead of the clean sound coming from the onboard speakers, we heard very muted and distored vocals along with loud and precise keyboard sounds.
After reading another post on this site regarding turntable modification, I wonder if it is possible that there is too much power going through the headphone jack. If that is the case, is there something I could insert between the input and the jack to tone it down? Or, in your experience, is there another problem that I do not know how to address? Pictures are attached. Also, let me know if you need any further specs on the turntable or its speakers.
Thank you for your time!
Turntable Dan
My friend and I decided to add a 3.5mm headphone jack to his Crosley CR49 turntable. We went to Fry's and picked up the headphone jack, (3.5mm Phone Jack (No. 502J) by Philmore) and went to work cutting and soldering.
Our work resulted in a pretty clean project. The sound continued through the in-case speakers just fine.
The problem came when after inserting a 3.5mm cable into the newly-mounted jack, the sound coming out of the jack sounded bad. Instead of the clean sound coming from the onboard speakers, we heard very muted and distored vocals along with loud and precise keyboard sounds.
After reading another post on this site regarding turntable modification, I wonder if it is possible that there is too much power going through the headphone jack. If that is the case, is there something I could insert between the input and the jack to tone it down? Or, in your experience, is there another problem that I do not know how to address? Pictures are attached. Also, let me know if you need any further specs on the turntable or its speakers.
Thank you for your time!
Turntable Dan