You are welcome, just FYI watch the MP3 player. As I said that's how I blew my speakers. Keep the MP3 player at a lower volume and DON'T turn it up. See the thing is when you use a Cd player, VCR, squeeze box them send a signal out that the receiver is able to amplify correctly, a set voltage, amperage, MP3 player doesn't. When you use the ipod, computer, any other device that amplifies its own signal you really start to mess with how the receiver properly works.

You can very very easily have the MP3 player turned up loud then turn your stereo up to a reasonable volume and you will blow them. You start to make the receiver push I believe its called square waves and that's how you end up eventually burning out the coils. Mine only took 2 min into a song and they were done.

Anyway just be careful with it, specially if you plan on carrying the speakers over to a new receiver. When you get ready to actually build a new system send me a PM and I could show you a few things. Doesn't mean you gotta get it but its what I would do with my setup if i could redo.

Michael

Mr Lud: After loading some songs onto my mp3 player, going from the aux then into a single line, into the player I found that first the Bluetooth earphones sources the mp3 player only and just like most regular earphones, no speakers. That was very disappointing and,second, when I used earphones from a splitter the frigging volume thru the reciever was not loud at all and to get enought db,s the mp3 player had to be turned wide open and the reciever also had to be turned wide open which really s****d. This was bad because I like to slide/loosen headphones to hear the speakers while practicing or exercising so I don't totally loose my hearing.

So I started searching for answers on google. I searched using a question "how to hook up an mp3 player to a reciever" and lo & behold I found something called an LGB-1 made by a Co. named HTB. Also by clicking on Frequent questions, found that you were right about the various phasing.

I was going to buy a new reciever but found that I would still have to have something to boost the power coming from the earphone plug on the mp3 player also. So I am going to order this item tomorrow.

I know this is loosely related to Vintage drumming but thought this info may help other drummers.

Tom

Okay can you send me a link to the product you bought? I have NEVER had a problem with a MP3 player sending to little power to the receiver ever. I just use a 3.5MM to RCA cable off Amazon. Dirt cheap and does the trick.

Their website is htd.com/lgb-1 I don't know how to link their website directly to the forum

I did the 3.5 mm RCA cable into the mp3 player when I hooked them up and my recievers volume was way to low to play to. I should get the LGB-1($35.00) monday or tuesday so I'll let you know how it does. I,am supposed to have some kind of low impedients problem coming off the earphone jack on the mp3 player.

Tom