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How to increase the gain on a preamp

I just received a preamp I bought a week ago, and it sounds fabulous, but the gain is very low specially when playing vinyl, I use an MC cartridge, and the volume knob is all the way up, what can I do remedy this situation?
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rcprince
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Come on Marcel, you have to tell us what you did. Speculation is rampant, and inquiring minds want to know!!
rcprince
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Agree with Onhwy61 and Jmcgrogan2. It sounds like you may not have enough gain in your MC stage to properly amplify the signal from your cartridge, but we'd need to know how much gain you have in the phono stage and the output of the cartridge. An SUT (which I have used in the past and found very effective, but a bit pricey) or a higher output cartridge may be in order.
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