Azur 640p /w Denon DL103 and Clearaudio Virtuoso?


Do the specs on the Cambridge Audio Azur 640p allow for safe usage with the Denon DL 103 and Clearaudio Virtuoso carts? (I own both carts). According to the 640p stats:

Sensitivity for nominal output: 3.35mV / 0.5mV

I assume that figure relates to the MM/MC inputs. The output on the Denon DL 103 is 0.3 mV, and the output for the Virtuoso is 3.6 mV.

Thanks
jwglista

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Interesting. So a difference of 0.2 mV will make that big of a difference in the MC stage? The output and load impedance on the DL103 are both 100 ohms, which matches directly with the 640p specs.

According to the 640p manual:

"If your turntable uses a moving coil cartridge, connect outputs here
(0.5-1mV, with 100 ohm 220pF loading)."

So it does look like it requires an output of 0.5, but would it really sound bad with the an output of 0.3 mV from the DL103?
Good point. Well I think my preamp will have plenty of gain. When listening now, I never turn it up past 9 o clock...and that is at a blasting level. So I think I should be fine in that area.