Turntable Conversion

thebullsback

I want to bring my old 90s Rega Planar Turntable out of retirement and hopefully rig her up to connect to my Bluetooth speakers .
Apparently I will need a pre amp and a device for connecting to Bluetooth?
Any help welcome 

Bonhomie

Example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fosi-Audio-X3-Preamplifier-Phonograph/dp/B0B3X71RZM

Read the reviews.

Bonhomie

Cheaper option is to buy the components separately.
Example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/PROZOR-Controls-Interfaces-Including-Adapter/dp/B08FR58CKD + https://www.amazon.co.uk/bluetooth-rca-adapter/s?k=bluetooth+rca+adapter (Example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Adapter-POMME-Transmitter-Receiver-black/dp/B09FT54QPS )

Vitor

If you want half-decent sound quality, best get an phono pre-amp/Bluetooth transmitter from a well-known brand and that does the better Bluetooth protocols like aptX HD

Phono Box E BT 5 – Pro-Ject Audio Systems (project-audio.com)

DullGreyGuy

Does it have a MM or MC cartridge on the turntable? 

All the options suggested to date only work with MM, so may work with a high powered MC but certainly not a standard one. 

What budget do you want to spend?

Heedtheadvice

Well said @Dullgreyguy!

If fitted with a MC cartridge a cheapish option might be to buy a MM one then use one of the budget preamps and Bluetooth transmitters. Somewhere in there you will need a level and possibly tone controls.

As said above an idea of budget and fidelity aim is useful to be more specific. The two weakest points for fidelity are nearly always the transducers ( changing from one physical medium to another such as turntable/cartridge ( and its media!) and speakers/and room.

If you have just cheap speakers (that can still sound reasonable) it is hardly worth spending a lot on the electronics. Even high priced electronics qill not make much difference but the Bluetooth standard ( mentioned earlier) would be worth consideration - depending  upon what your speakers can handle!!

thebullsback

Many thanks to all replies. After some Googling I have decided to go the simple route and buy a Sony Bluetooth ready Turntable.

flaneurs_lobster

thebullsback said:

Many thanks to all replies. After some Googling I have decided to go the simple route and buy a Sony Bluetooth ready Turntable.

Boo, don't do it. The Rega is a design classic, the finest consumer product to come out of Southend-on-Sea since the EKCO Bakelite radio. Unless it's broken why have you decided to take the easy shiny way?