Check the wiring and your cabling. I,m using that cartridge with a graham slee reflex era gold and a Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 300 and for referance level for playing CD,s thru the Esoteric DV50s is with the volume at 9 oclock , with the lp's on most is only to 10 oclock to be as loud and on well recorded dynamic lp,s it is almost the same as cd,s. I would start with checking the wiring and cabling first. What input are you using on the pre-amp to put the phono through ?
Not getting enough volume with my new MM cartridge
I am just getting started with vinyl and bought a new REGA P5 & Exact cartridge. I have to turn my pre-amp more than 3/4 of the way up to get reasonable listening levels! I am using both a REGA MM phono pre-amp and a NAD PP2 phono stage and have the same results. I was using an Thorens 125 MKII with a Benz Micro Silver cartridge that gave me plenty of volume with the NAD PP2. Any ideas why I have to turn my pre-amp up so high given the output of this MM cartridge? Thanks for your help!
Pre-Amp: Ayre Acoustics K-1XE
Amplifier: Mark Levinson 331
Speakers: Wilson Audio Sophia
TT: REGA P5
Cartridge: REGA EXACT 2
Phono stages: REGA MM Phono & NAD PP2
Pre-Amp: Ayre Acoustics K-1XE
Amplifier: Mark Levinson 331
Speakers: Wilson Audio Sophia
TT: REGA P5
Cartridge: REGA EXACT 2
Phono stages: REGA MM Phono & NAD PP2