Do I need an amp?

I currently have a turntable set up which is a Rega RP1 playing through a set of Aktimate Blue speakers via a rega pre amp. I don't have an amplifier as the speakers don't require it - they have built in amp, I believe.
I'm looking to get a cheap CD player separate (looking at Cambridge Audio cd32-36 but open to suggestions). If I set this up through the pre amp and into the speakers would it work?
Or do I need an amplifier?

 

Hi there

You don't need another amplifier for a CD player (by the way, the Onkyo C-7030 comes well reviewed at £199 from Richer Sounds). But whatever you do, do NOT try to connect a CD player to the Rega pre-amp - and if it is the model Fono Mini A2D you couldn't easily do that anyway. This kind of pre-amp is specially designed to boost the tiny signal from a pickup cartridge up to the same level as from e.g. a CD player.

The Aktimates have connections and sockets on the back of one speaker. I can't see exactly how these are marked/labelled but probably your Rega pre-amp is plugged into one pair of sockets marked AUX1. You would connect the CD player into the other AUX input pair of sockets. Get a decent interconnect cable for that job, and personally I would try to keep the CD player some distance away from the Aktimates, and avoid having speakers and player on - for example - the same flimsy shelf (same goes for your turntable).

Hope that helps, and happy listening.

 

Did you make progress on this?