Your Bryston 4b has 30 db. of gain and your PV10 has 80 db. of total gain when you factor in the 48.5 db. of the phono stage. The amp/preamp gain interface is out of whack. Mismatches of preamp/amp gain are common, but this one is pretty extreme. Your phono cartridge also has very high output. The easiest way to deal with it is to use a set of the Rothmann 10 db. attenuators. I hear absolutely no sonic compromise using them. You could also have the preamp modified, at a much greater cost. If you carefully selected a lower voltage output cartridge, you could use more of the volume control. It probably would not require so drastic a gain reduction as going to a low output moving coil. Are you content with the volume control's range when using your cd player?
Preamp gain question
I am unable to turn up my CJ PV 10 pre amp up past 9 o"clock. Could the gain be lowered by using different tubes? I have considered using rca attenuators which are advertised to take it down by 10db but I am not sure if this is the way to go.
Also, I am using a Goldring 1042 mm cart (6.5mV output) Would going to a lo mc cart allow me to utilize more of the preamp gain control?
I guess I am trying to find out where my mismatch is occuring.
Everything sounds great but I have no control over low volumes.
Also, I am using a Goldring 1042 mm cart (6.5mV output) Would going to a lo mc cart allow me to utilize more of the preamp gain control?
I guess I am trying to find out where my mismatch is occuring.
Everything sounds great but I have no control over low volumes.