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Pre amp for low output cartridge

I recently committed to buying Dynavector Demo cartridge at my audio dealer, and absolutely fell in love with the sound. For the past 15 years have been using Dynavector 10x4/5 which has out put of 2.5mv, high for a MC. My onboard phone section has 20-40 db of gain. I'm bringing the pre amp in tomorrow to adjust the gain and resistance. Did I make a mistake here, or is 40 db enough to add to the preamp gain?
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marakanetz
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How low is the output of the cartridge?
What is the preamp line section's gain?
Most of the time I hate carts <.25mV because they require SUT that may add another same amount to the purchased cartridge. For ones .25mV I have total gain in my set up 70 dB where 60dB is transformerless MC section +10dB of low-gain line section'n love it a lot!
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