Reel to reel

Yesterday, I recorded some new LP's on used tape at 15 IPS, the music came through, but there was tape hiss. This is a "tape hiss" free zone; that tape will be discarded, leaving the empty reel for later use.

Today, I've been listening to Diane Schuur recorded at 7.5, sounds great on Maxell XL-1 tape. She is one fantastic vocalist, I have to get some more of her works. She's still performing.

Another hard day in the life.

Uberwitz, have you thought about a phono pre for MM cartridges?

Orpheus

That thought had crossed my mind but was thinking that at 1.0v the input into the phono might be too hot?

I don't have the answer at my fingertips, but I'm positive that you could tailor the output of your reel to fit this;


          https://www.gearogs.com/gear/54893-parks-audio-budgie-tube-phono-preamp

Silly question possibly but.....
Is there any way to increase the output voltage at the deck or to increase it going into the amp.
Obviously without having any deleterious sonic effect.

Often there is. As I mentioned earlier with most consumer decks the output is calibrated to 1 volt. But they can do more than that and there is usually a potentiometer that is used to set the output voltage. You can probably guess where I'm going with this. The problem is volume control but there are solutions for that. With some tinkering you might be able to install a volume control on the deck itself (it it doesn't already have one).