Record in and out jacks?


Why do so many Preamps and Integrated amps still have Record in and Record out jacks? Can they be used for anything else?

Thanks.

JD 
curiousjim
I use them to record content via a digital interface, e.g. if I have an old vinyl album I want to play via one of my streaming units.

So I am glad to see they are still provided, at least on my amp :-)

The digitizer is a Behringer UP-222 unit that costs around $30 and delivers up to 16/44 digital tracks and comes with the software to accomplish this. All that's needed is a USB cable and a computer

Regards - Steve




yes, you can use them for other equipment

EQ: equalization happens somewhere for both tape and lp. these are labeled tape, or record: but there is no eq involved in the preamp ’tape loop’ itself: the tape eq or any processing happens elsewhere.

OUT: they are line level, same as pre-out, send line level out to something

IN: use for any line level source in.

LISTENING: vintage, or new: various ’monitoring’ schemes/switches exist, make sure you know what you have or will have, how it works.

SIGNAL STRENGTH (in round numbers):

check the ’line’ specs of your unit(s). old days, pre-amps didn’t exist. amps were designed for A LINE LEVEL OF 1 volt in. pre-amps came about to boost new magnetic tape head’s and NEW magnetic cartridge’s weaker signal strength up to the 1 volt needed by existing AMPS. later: even smaller signal strength from low output MC cartridges need a pre-pre amp.












A preamp's PRE-OUT/MAIN IN, with LINKS is a bit different. It's a joint in the output wire

They are an external LINK in the signal chain, that MUST be connected for the signal to move back into/thru/out of that unit.

either

The U shaped factory LINKS

or

you go out thru something, back in, that something completing the link.
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you can remove the link, use the pre-out (nothing into main in), but then the signal has to keep going thru something else to get to the amp/speakers.

 

So are you saying that the Record in and out jacks are the same as a line in or line out and have the same  impedance and voltage?

Learning something new today.

JD