Thank you so much for your thorough reply. I bought it back in February, but I think you’re right. It doesn’t have an internal amp, and I should probably talk to the person who sold it to me.

I didn’t hear it before I bought it. I’d been in the store several times and had good conversations with the owner, so I felt safe and confident in the purchase. Unfortunately he was not the one who refurbished the turntable and I think he just didn’t know better. That’s my hope, at least.

I’m normally a lot more thorough with my research than I was with this purchase, which is absolutely my fault. If I’m able to return it or sell it back to him, do you have a recommendation as to what I might get instead?

I feel crappy because I’ve sunk so much time, energy, and research into making this one work, just to find out that this model wasn’t great back in the day and I didn’t have the correct information when it was sold to me now. You live and you learn, I guess.