I hooked up my turntable to my Marantz receiver with a cheap Pyle pre-amp. The problem is, when I turn it up fairly loud, the speakers cut-out and the only thing I can hear is the sub. It goes in and out but seems to work fine at lower levels. My receiver has never done this so I'm assuming it has something to do with the new turntable addition. Could a bad pre-amp cause this?
Yes, I assume the Pyle's pre amp is overloading the pre amp on the Marantz. I'm not concerned with where you have the Pyle plugged in, it is still feeding the pre amp on the Marantz from any line level input. I'm asking if you are taking the signal from the tape out of the Pyle. If you are coming out of the variable outputs of the Pyle, you are probably putting too high a voltage into the Marantz's inputs.
Oh, the Pyle is just a phono preamp it only has one set of outs, and no level adjustments or anything. It sounds like I should have spent a lttle more than 20 bucks on a phono preamp. Sometimes you get what you pay for. Thanks for all your help.