marantz 2250 dubbing jacks

My Marantz 2250 has dubbing in/out jacks on front - I waqnt to record
to cd from this
unit and there is decent level at the dubbing out - anyone know if this
is same impedence-wise
as line-out type jacks ? or if there would be any other issues at this
jacks (this unit does
have pre-out/lmain-in jacks on back but they seem to be non-functional
and I don't see any
couple/decouple switch anywhere as was mentioned in another post - I
could probably go
in and reactivate these jacks but I am old now and getting lazy)

 

Been a LONG time since I saw one of those. Looking at

http://www.classic-audio.com/marantz/2250.html

it seems to me the dubbing jacks are for cross-connecting the 2 tape
decks for copying tapes. If you're doing FM or LP's, I would use one of
the tape record jacks. Marantz typically ran consumer levels similar to
other manufacturers. This was usually in the range of -6 dB with source
impedance fairly low around 1-10K.

The pre-out/main ins are usually immediately before the power amp so
volume/balance and tone controls would be active. Getting consistent
levels there would be a pain - especially when the phone rings and you
can't turn it down without trashing the recording.

Only thing to be aware of is, if you're using a computer sound card
analog input (not a standalone CD recorder), the level controls in the
computer 'control panel' are often after the first amplifier which has
very limited input range meaning its pretty easy to overload. Simple
cure would be to run the computer nearly full volume and have a passive
control before the computer.

Good luck and have fun.
GG

 

GG-Thanks for the tape jacks idea - I haven't used the tape deck since
CD's -
forgot all about recording fm/lps from them - appreciate the response

60's tech