Turntable distortion

Hooked my TT to my new Marantz receiver and it sounded all distorted. Plugged in my iPod to the amps phono input and it played fine. Then plugged my TT into my other system and it played fine there! Any ideas what the problem could be and what else I should be looking at? I'm at my wits end here.

 

What's your turntable & cartridge? What's your other system? It would helpful if you filled out your profile page.

 

This often has to do with turntables that do or don't have built-in phono preamps and receivers or integrated amps that do or don't have them. You want your turntable going through one phono stage.

 

My guess is that you really didn't plug your iPod into the phono input jacks. If you had, it would have sounded very strange.

 

I don't see a new Marantz receiver with phono.

 

If you have a phono input on your receiver was you turntable grounded properly?

 

Other system?
Marantz input?

Whole bunch of info missing here.

 

Agreed. Can't help much if we don't know model number of receiver and turntable.

 

AGREED; need more info

 

DITTO! Please fill out your profile, then we call all try to help you solve your problem.

 

Kenner close 'n plays usually do that.

 

Please join us on the forum by filling in what your gear is in your profile. This is a great help to yourself and the rest of us particularly when you use the forum for help or hardware advice. It also let's the community get to know you a bit better. Cheers

 

I stopped by to say that I really think you should fill out your profile.

 

sorry, but you are in a land where profiling is SOP. This thread has the makings of the longest thread with no information!

 

Since nobody mentioned it yet, let me suggest you fill out your profile. ()

But then, for convenience, please post the model numbers here in the thread.

Actually, I would like to see PICTURES of exactly where you connected. If you really input your iPod to a phono connection, it would sound like no bass, too much treble, and unless you had the volume way way down likely overload and distort and possibly damage the phono input.