This might not apply to you but here is what happened to me. I too was having issues with the volume from my turntable. I had to turn volume up all the way and still had very low volume. I adjusted the gain on my phono pre amp and the distortion was bad so had to move that back. I then removed the cartridge to check the connections and that let me discover the issue. The stylist was not fully connected into the cartridge. I pushed on it, it snapped into place and volume was restored to levels on par with everything else. Check to make sure tour set up is sll correct.
Where's The Volume?
Looking for suggestions in getting more volume out of my Vinyl. When I play a CD at normal listening I usually have my volume set at 45 - 50 (readout is numerical 1 - 99), but when I switch to my turntable, I find I must increase the volume output to 60+ (the odd LP like some Blue Note discs sound great at the 55 level). Listening to The Beatles White Album last night, I had to crank the dial to 70 in order to enjoy the album. I'm thinking I shouldn't need to push my amp to 70% capacity to hear the music? Components are: Thorens 206 turntable, Ortofon Q Black MC cartridge, Vertere Phono 1 preamp, Hegel H590 integrated amp, all good quality cables, Acoustic Zen speakers. The Vertere is already set at maximum gain. Suggestion that won't break the bank. Thanks.