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Im a relative newbie to turntable setups etc,I recently bought a rega rp1 with performance pack and am now looking to buy a pre amp I've been looking at the jolida jd 9,does anyone have a opinion on this amp or can offer any other suggestions in this price range,any input will be greatly appreciated
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The Audioengine speakers have an amp built in along w volume control, so you would only need a phono stage aka phono pre-amp, if you are only going to use that one source. Give us a budget and we can make some recommendations. If you plan to connect more than one source, you would need a full function pre-amp (line plus phono stage) and most likely would run the volume control on the A5+ wide open and control the volume w the pre-amp.
Corin- Both of those appear to be integrated amps; a pre-amp and power amp in one chassis. The Rotel seems to have a pre-amp output so you could use that to drive powered speakers but you'd be "wasting" the amplifier section. I can't tell if the Fisher has pre-amp output jacks. Here's an example of a phono stage that also has additional inputs for a line stage item like a CD player.
http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PAZPHOUSB