Gain and Loading


Hello friends,
I recently acquired a phono preamp with adjustable gain and loading. What should I listen for when trying to come up with the best settings? My cartridge is currently a Dynavector DV20-XH (2.5 mv output and loading specified as ">1000").
I currently have the phono stage set at 50db gain and 47K loading.
A related question: Should I be trying to use the minimim amount of gain that produces a good result, or the maxium amount? (Same goes for loading).
Thanks in advance.

Tom
tfkaudio

Showing 1 response by tfkaudio

Thanks for all the responses so far.

Hdm, how do I know if I'm in an overload situation? Distortion at musical peaks? My next adjustment down is to 44db, so that might be a good setting, huh?

Cheers.