Seems like you should have enough gain with your receiver to play the Blue Point. However, you shouldnt have wide variations in loudness between albums. Some will be recorded at a higher level than others, or will be more dynamic, but not more than about 6db or so. Is it entire albums that are different, or just tracks on the same album?
Volume?
I recently acquired a CJ Sonographe SG 3 with an Audioquest PT 7 arm and a Blue Point cart. I am using it with a Marantz 2226 receiver and Paradigm Studio 40 speakers. I'm new to vinyl so I have a question. I notice that some albums seem to play louder than others and also it seems like I need to turn the volume up around the 12 o'clock position to get decent playing levels. I do have the TT plugged into the phono input with the ground attached. Any advice or is this the norm? Thanks again for any advice.