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Goldring - Audio Note - Roksan ?

I am looking to replace my Grado reference master cartridge that has an output of 5mV 
with one with that has a higher output , contrary to the direction of most cartridge makers .
I am using a passive preamp , so maybe I'm being stuborn with my less ( electronics )  is more ,
at the same time I am trying to increase the output voltage of my Tavish Designs Adagio phono amp .
Goldring , Audio Note and Roskan all have an output of 6.5mVs , I've read where the A N is built by Goldring 
and it looks like the Roskan is also .
Has anybody had experience , thoughts or opinons with any of these ?
Thanks
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yogiboy
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You need an active preamp to add gain. Otherwise you will be spinnin' your wheels trying to get higher volume with the speakers that you are using!
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Thank You yeti42

My amps impedance is 100k ( standard or most common ? ) .

I looked up chakstr's phono stage , using rca outputs it's output voltage is fixed at 1V , balanced is 4V ! 
My phono stage output is only .8V .

I've discovered that Goldring makes the AudioNote cartridges 
and that Decca/London cartridges putout 6.5mVs .

Still kicking things around .

Rob

 

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yogiboy

I am not looking for higher volume ,
but more reserve when bass pushes the speakers down to 2 ohms .

Rob
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If your amp has an input sensitivity of 2 volts you need a preamp with 2 volts or more to drive the amp to full power. You will never do that with a phono preamp with a .8 volt output. Like I said, you need an active line stage to drive your power amp! Or a phono preamp that has a 2 volt or more output!
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yogiboy
Thank you and I agree with you kind of ,
a new/different amp with  1V input sensitivity would be the direction
that I would go , but for now a higher output from the cartridge is the most economical way to go .
Interestingly my CD player has about a 2.3V output and yet 
on the 24 step attenuator with 2db per step  the CD is set at 10
and the TT is at 14 during normal listening !
I am very curious to hear what increasing the cartridge voltage output
by 20% .
Interestly the  Goldring 1042 stylus has the same diamond cut as 
Clearaudio's top of the line MM .

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