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Receivers as Acoustic amplifiers

post #1 of 4
3/15/09 at 6:35pm
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Is it possible to use the Phono input to a receiver as an amplifier for an acoustic guitar with a pick-up?

Would the fixed line inputs work?

Should I be extremely glad I asked before I try it?
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post #2 of 4
3/17/09 at 10:56am

Re: Receivers as Acoustic amplifiers

I have connected my Yamaha keyboard to the microphone input on my Sansui 9090DB receiver and ran it through a pair of Bose 901's the sound that cheep keyboard produced through this system is pretty amazing.

I am sure a electric guitar would also work the same way but the amps used for both guitars and electric keyboards are special pieces of equipment made especially for those instruments.
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post #3 of 4
3/17/09 at 11:00am

Re: Receivers as Acoustic amplifiers

I might also add that running the keyboard through the microphone setting allows me to jam and play along with music I play on CD. I have suffered no problems with this arrangement on either my receiver or speakers.
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post #4 of 4
3/20/09 at 9:08am

Re: Receivers as Acoustic amplifiers

I have had a bass guitar and microphone plugged into my Yamaha RX-V995 to jam with cd's. But I used a small Radio Shack mixer and pluged that into the fixed rca's. I would do something like that instead of trying to go direct into a phono or fixed input. I would think that it would be a bad idea to use the phono input.
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