Maybe I got the wrong forum...but turntables don't seem discussed anywhere else.
So I apologize if I intrude.
 
Anywayz.
I just finished a re-boot of an old Harman Kardon t35 turntable.
Got it on the back of a tubie, it sounds weedy and very low volume.
This is my first time refurbing a table and running it outside of a solid state rig.
 
So.
I figure the tubie is too low amp to work with the table? Either I put it on the Carver, or should I pre-amp?
Or am I way wrong about my thinking?
 
Thanks for any suggestions you guys care to offer!

Not sure what a "tubie" is.
 
You must connect a turntable to a phono pre-amp
 
Older pre-amps or receivers have a set of RCA's on the back that are for a turntable.
 
What type of amplification do you have?

Sorry.
I was referring to my tube amp.
I am running an upgraded Yaqin MC100B  with a matched set of Shuguang Treasures that I sometimes roll to a set of Golden Lions instead of the "stock" tubes provided with the rig. This amp powers my Polk Audio Monitor 7s.
 
My alternative is a Carver TFM35 magnetic field amp that I'm using for my Celestion sl6si's.
 
Since your reply, I have been reading up on phono pre-amps and understand what I need and why.
Any suggestions?
Bear in mind that I'm trying to finish paying off med school before I turn 95.... LOL!
 
 

Hi DogMeat:
 
According to this schematic  your integrated tube amp does not have a phono stage -- build (or buy) one of these -- Hagtech Bugle -- for MM cartridges, along with one of these -- Hagtech Piccolo -- (if you want to use low output moving coils.)  The HK T35 has a tonearm on the "light" side with an effective mass of 8 grams --a higher compliant MM would be a good bet -- try a Nagaoka JT-555
 
-- Charles