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Expert: - 11/22/2009


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Hi I have a turntable that I wish to connect to a mini hi fi system.  Alot of the products do not say if they have an aux in connection.  Do you have any ideas on the best product or a way of getting over this hurdle?  

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One thing about the mini systems is that they are meant to be self contained units. You are correct in that many do not have any inputs.

One other thing I should mention is that you will need to find one that has a "phono" input. This is different than a standard auxiliary input because turntables typically require a pre-amplified circuit, and standard aux inputs are strictly line level (for dvd players, cd players, etc...). Unfortunately, this narrows your choices for systems.

A quick Google search of "mini hi fi phono input" gave me some choices:

Sony LBT-ZX80D

Pure DMX-50 DAB Micro System

There were more, but these two can get you started.

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