Vinyl on NAD M10 lower volume

If it still bothers you, you can get a McIntosh integrated. You have the ability to adjust the individual levels on all your inputs, phono included, so all the levels match.

just underlining what has already been said: its normal. The phono stage has to guess as to the cartridge’s output level. hey will pretty much NEVER match. But why do you really care? turn up (and down) the volume - unless it is so dramatic as to be dangerous to your ears or speakers or ????

There might be a gain adjustment for your phono stage. Mine all did (although it required unplugging the module and sending it back -- or having a good tech change 4 resistors).

Finally you could likely have a voltage divider placed on the DAC/line level signal to bring it down to the phono level.

Seems much ado about nothing. All the other options (adding components) have real, measurable, audible, costs / distortions asociated.  A level off my 6 dB has essentially none.

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This must be a record, no condescending, rude responses from the usual suspects!  Yet.

Get a phono pre with adjustable gain and you can match most any cart output. ADC? good luck finding one since Schitt and others stopped selling them. Whatever could be you possibly want one for?
Turn the DAC down. If you can't do that, live with it.

Makes me wonder what cartridge you’re using. I don’t have a volume problem when switching from phono source to digital. Occasionally I have LPs recorded at lower levels than others. 5 mV is an average cartridge output. What is your cartridge output?