I connected it, but it's still heavily distorted, sounding as if it's over-driving the speaker.     EDIT: I figured out the distoriton.  The turntable was set to "line" instead of "phono."  Problem one taken care of.     What would be the correct way to loop back the EQ?  I have a Line...

I understand what you're saying.  I don't have the correct vocabulary to discuss it, yet.   Yes, there's the phono, receiver, tuner, speakers, and tuner.  The speakers get their power from the speaker cables.   I'm pretty sure the connections are wrong, but this is how it was set up when...

Just received a Fisher Amplifier, Tuner, and Graphic EQ.  Not the most expensive, but for my first system, hey, I'll take it.  Right now, the only speaker I have is a pretty small bookshelf-style speaker.  It's rated for 8 ohms, so I'm not sure what the problem is.  I had this problem on another...

Right now I have my AT turntable feeding directly into my computer speakers.  As you might imagine, I'd like to get a bit of a better setup.   I was looking at these since they were half off and were well-reviewed, but I'd like any advice or suggestions if anyone has experience with them. ...

Hm... I'll definitely look into them.  I see a lot of folks complained about the lack of comfort, but I can't see that being a problem for me, as my Sony headphones have no padding whatsoever.

I realize you get what you pay for, but unfortunately, I just lack money in every conceivable way.    My main (and only) headphones right now is a pair of the Sony MDRZX100's. ...