Which Cartrudge For My Upcoming Technics 1200 GR 2 Turnable - Looking at Ortofon 2m Black

@audphile1 Well.... I feel like it is slightly distorted. But maybe that is the just the way vinyl sounds compared to streaming?  Also, the highs will have a hiss when I have the volume pumped up. 

I feel like I should let @viridian answer this and then I can echo his comments. Lol just kidding there V…

@dman777 do you know how to setup and align a phono cartridge? Can you please list the tools you used to mount the 2M Black…including how you set VTA, Overhang, Zenith, Azimuth and VTF?

dman, If the Luxman phono has no attenuator, are you not also using a linestage? By definition linestages have attenuators.

Viridian, I am never quite sure what the Japanese mean in the way they use certain terms, but I take their definition of "sensitivity" where they are referring to phono inputs to indicate the lowest output cartridge one should use into those inputs to drive the circuit to full output. If that is the case, the spec is analogous to amplifier input sensitivity. So, yeah, 4.7mV should be plenty to drive a phono labeled 2.5mV minimum, and by the same token, that much cartridge output ought not to be excessive for those same phono inputs. I am focusing on why dman can’t attenuate the signal, apparently.

The much more puzzling custom the Japanese have is to label SUTs by the internal R of the cartridge that ideally should or could be used to drive them. 

@audphile1 the hifi shop installed it and adjusted it for me. I didn’t do any work at all on it. 

@lewm  AI said:

You are using a linestage—it’s the part of your Luxman that controls the volume. The "problem" is that your Ortofon is a very "loud" guest, and your Luxman’s linestage is being forced to do a lot of work to keep that guest quiet.