What kind of amp do I need

You are not the first person to spot this.

I wonder if the digital to analog adaptor is hackable? Could be a resistor change be all that is required in the ADC setup?

What's the chip in there?

BTW, you may get a better response posting elsewhere TV hardware related. Yeah, I know your TV runs on electricity, but ...

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you're right a turntable preamp is no good because these have had and have what is called a RIAA curve de-emphasis because the records used to (and are) being compressed in the bass, I think. basically what you need is an op amp to boost your signal, surely there are pres or even kits that fulfill your needs? when I did for my thesis (in EE) an AM transmitter I needed an 60 W audio amp so I picked a ready PCB, it just needed a PSU and box.HTH.

The (apparent, only) compression of the basis was an attribute of magnetic pick-ups but not of crystal pickups.

Simple electromagnetics, the faster the movement between conductor and magnet, the higher the induced voltage.

High frequencies entail faster movements than low frequencies!

right, I never thought of that. likewise dolby was also an analogue mode of compression, I still have a working tape deck!that can do dolby b and c. short before analogue tape became obsolete there was also dolby s. the best tape decks were the 3 headed ones, where you could listen to your recording on the fly, while it was recorded! they could fit a record/play head on one piece, mine is a regular auto reverse, twin deck. one of the last good quality to be made.

Do they have a useable earphone jack?

No. The only out is digital/fiber.

When I get little time I will get back to it. I am looking at LM324 circuits and I have a few chips already. I am not looking for audiophool quality, just reasonable sound I can hear. A couple I saw look reasonable and I am just looking for line level inputs to an amp. I think a 324 can do it. Since I have 4, I might double them up. I saw that trick too.

It is possible new TV's do not have an isolated DC supply, so you might be best to use a transformer off the audio.

Since the audio output is optical, it is not much of an issue but I did need to put an isolation transformer on the output of the DAC. That may be part of my low level problem .

What kind of audio connectors are used? A set of computer speakers with an earphone jack would work, if your adapter uses 1/8" stereo headphone connec tors. Turn the volume way down, before turning it on.

Those mag phono preamps had the gain set to match the expected level of a c heaper cartridge. Some cheap cartridges put out up to 2V P-P. I used one ov er 45 years ago to bring the level up on the Network feed at a Military rad io station. That allowed a simple switch from local to network without adju sting the gain at every switchover.

Easy enough to try. Thanks.

It is not elegant but it works. It turns out the earphone jack must be attenuated because I had to turn the volume way up but it fixed my problem.

Thanks.

You're welcome. It's easier than building a custom amplifier, and it was designed for the right signal input levels. Some of the PC speakers that I've scrapped had a 220 ohm resistor in series with each earpiece when using headphones.

You can buy small headphone amp boards on Ebay, but most are overpriced.