Gain Question


I may not understand what is going on with my vinyl setup.

The chain goes as follows -

Ortofon Per Windfeld Cart .3 mv output
Herron VTPH-2 phono stage 66 db of gain
Cary SLP05 preamp 10 db of gain.

Sound is great but in order to be at a moderate listening volume, the volume nob on the Cary pre must be almost maxxed out. How can I fix this?
markus1299

Showing 1 response by gregm

Markus, methinks Hermann has a point about more power; your amp maxes out at around an extra 19dB. So, on paper your top undistorted amplitude with the 40.1 would be around 103-4dB.

Question is, can the 40.1 take many more Watts? If you get, say, a 250W/channel amp, on paper you'd get something like 110dB peaks... not bad -- i.e. twice the top spl you're getting now.