JukeboxRomeo Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 hey folks.. my receiver bugged out on me over winter break, looking to pick up a new one. Tuner, turntable still work just fine. My question is, are all components more or less compatible with each other? Can I basically pick up an 'ol receiver at my local record shop, etc and connect it to my current system? Been a long time since I've shopped for individual components. If it helps, my AM/FM tuner is a Harman/Kardon TU 610 and my turntable is a Technics model (SL-D20). thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannibal Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 9 hours ago, JukeboxRomeo said: hey folks.. my receiver bugged out on me over winter break, looking to pick up a new one. Tuner, turntable still work just fine. My question is, are all components more or less compatible with each other? Can I basically pick up an 'ol receiver at my local record shop, etc and connect it to my current system? Been a long time since I've shopped for individual components. If it helps, my AM/FM tuner is a Harman/Kardon TU 610 and my turntable is a Technics model (SL-D20). thanks! Yeah, man, they are all pretty much the same. It looks like you'll need to make sure the replacement has a phono preamp, or you'll need an external one. Also just confirm your old receiver has standard speaker terminals. There are some all-in-ones or otherwise unusual systems that require proprietary connectors. It may help to post the model of your old unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echobat Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 If you would buy the same receiver - the same brand, model, and everything then it will work a lot fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 16 hours ago, JukeboxRomeo said: hey folks.. my receiver bugged out on me over winter break, looking to pick up a new one. Tuner, turntable still work just fine. My question is, are all components more or less compatible with each other? Can I basically pick up an 'ol receiver at my local record shop, etc and connect it to my current system? Been a long time since I've shopped for individual components. If it helps, my AM/FM tuner is a Harman/Kardon TU 610 and my turntable is a Technics model (SL-D20). thanks! Yes pretty much everything except a turntable uses the same line level signal between components. To confuse things slightly some more modern turntables have a built in phono stage so that they can be plugged into any normal line level input as some more modern amplifiers don't have a dedicated phono input. As kannibal said your turntable doesn't have a built in phono stage so either your new amp will need one built in or you will need an external one. Last point I doubt you have a receiver otherwise you will have two radio tuners as a receiver is an integrated amplifier and tuner in the same box so I suspect what you have is an integrated amplifier which to be honest is the better option anyway, having the radio tuner and amplifier in the same box is generally a bad idea and modern receivers tend to be audio visual units with more channels than you need and that don't always do a particularly good job with music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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