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Beginner question about turntable+preamp+speakers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: Read this first. The solution was to not try to do everything online and go to a local music/record/vintage audio equipment shop and chat with the folks there. They were super nice, showed me the gear they recommended, and now I've got a nice sounding vintage setup that may not be audiophile worthy but is super awesome to me.

Hi there all, beginner audiophile here. Trying to build out my first turntable setup.

I decided on a Fluance RT82 and Douk X1 for a preamp. Now, when selecting speakers, I decided I'd just buy a second pair of the studio monitors I was using on my computer, Kali LP-6.

Now I'm a bit confused on the connections. The RT82 comes with an RCA cable and ground cable I'll connect to the Douk preamp, so that is covered. But the preamp has 4 speaker outputs that are binding posts. There is only a single RCA input on each monitor, so I'm not sure how to connect the preamp to the monitors.

I did see someone online say "why would you connect a preamp to LP-6? They already have amplifiers in them" But I also saw another person who had a TT setup with the LP-6es, which included a pre amp.

Any advice would be appreciated!! Or reading materials. The douk manual isn't much help.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think I probably don't want studio monitors for this set up after more reading.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I don't know what the output of you preamp is nor do I know anything about tjhe specific model but generally you'll need a preamp to connect turntables to anything without an internal preamp. Tape decks, digital sources, tuners etc use line level, they already have preamps before the output. Turntables are passive they have electromagnetic coils witrhin the head instead that produce a very low current far lower than line level.
Idk how much the output level of that amp resembles line level, but your studio monitors will expect line level input. The first thing to read would be the manuals/tech spec of your equipment.