A:AnswerYes. You'll need a receiver. This will not power speakers. I suppose, if you have powered speakers, it might work. Why risk it ? Check out the jensen one with speakers or the victrola turntable with built in speakers.
A:AnswerI have this turntable connected directly into my Sonos Play 5 and it works great! I can then group it together with the rest of my Sonos speakers on the Sonos app so that I can listen to records throughout the rest of the house.
A:AnswerYes, it will work with a standard phono plug setup on your receiver. In fact it’s a little easier since you don’t have to mess with a ground wire. The only thing you have to look out for is a switch on the back of the turntable that says phono/line. Patching it through a receiver, you’ll need to make sure the switch is on phono.
A:AnswerThis is not enough information; we need to know the exact model Shockwafe that you have. It will need to have a Line Level analog audio input on it of some sort, it does not have to be a PHONO input, an AUX In or Line In input will work.
A:AnswerCheck the belt routing. The belt comes preinstalled around the drive rim on the flipside of the aluminum record platter, but you have to finish installing it by placing it around the motor pulley after placing the platter on the spindle. Make certain that you are placing the belt around the brass-colored motor pulley after installing the platter. To check this, simply remove the black felt record mat from the turntable and rotate the aluminum record platter by hand until one of the large rectangular shaped openings in the platter is located in the upper left corner of the turntable (at about the 10 o’clock position). Look into the opening and locate the brass-colored motor pulley. Is the belt around this pulley and is the belt taught? The belt does not go around the white post located on the right side of the turntable (at about the 2 o’clock position).
A:AnswerWhen you get a turntable, you should also get a pair of active speakers (I recommend edifier if you don’t have a pair of speakers already)
Otherwise, you will not be able to properly listen to your record. Yes you may still hear the record faintly just from the needle, however there are no volume settings on the turntable themselves, unless you get an all in one turntable & speaker. All in all, if you want the best sound quality and the most traditional set up, you can’t go wrong with a pair of active speakers connected to the turntable via the included Left and Right output cables. Hope that answers your question.
