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Soundstage gone

Hi guys,
I was really happy with the sound I had from my system until I decided to upgrade my turntable to MC stage. What I had: Linn LP12 with Lingo 3, Akito tonearm and Adikt MM cartridge. The amp is MA2275, speakers B&W 802. Recently I upgraded TT with Radical power supply, Urika MC internal phono stage, Ekos tonearm and Kandid cartridge. My amp has only MM phono stage, so tried to plug the cords from the table into other available inputs: CD2, tuner or DVD. The sound was amazing but the soundstage almost gone. I was shocked. There is no more splitting sounds between speakers and all the records plays as mono. Is there a way to fix that? Forgot to mention: I have a dedicated power line and my cables AQ Hurricane, AQ Oak.

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katylied
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Wolfie62: the Linn Urika is an mc only phono stage and has the RIIA equalization. Is intended to go straight into a line input without any additional stage. It's also designed to work with the Linn Kandid cartridge but works very well with other mc cartridges.
I'm quite surprised by most of the comments above, no knowledge at all of the products...
OP, your dealer needs to visit you at home and fix the problem (this is what I will do with my customers).
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