uses for an old style amplifier from the 70s

de1amo

İ have an old amp that i would dearly love to use in some way but İ am confused as to what i can plug into it....can i run things like mp3s/phones through it?...İ used to run a cd player through the aux!

Also i live in Turkey and speakers are horrendous prices but the speakers they use for TV surround sounds are much cheaper and wonder if i can use these....the amp is rated at 40w.

sorry to sound naive but ...modern technology has past me by!!

Norman_Castle

If the mp3 has a 3.5mm headphone socket you can use one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5m-3-5mm-Jack-to-2-x-RCA-Phono-Audio-Cable-Gold-Lead-/160600769096?pt=UK_Computing_Sound_Vision_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item25648d4248

googler

It's an amplifier. You connect a line-level source (CD player, tuner, cassette deck, MP3 player or similar) to its inputs, and a pair of speakers to the output.

There's no other 'uses' it can be put to, unless I've missed something about your question....

almillar

Yup, anything that can be turned into stereo phono can plug into your amp. This includes a PC, laptop or TV, as well as the examples above Exception being a record player, it needs a pre-amp, but maybe your amp has one - if there's a 'phono, Mag PU or record player' input, don't plug anything into except a record player, it's much more sensitive than the rest.
Any ancient speakers you can find can be used, they haven't changed, there's just a + and - wire. Connect them + on amp to + on speaker.