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tlainhart

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Qobuz.
I was a Tidal subscriber, and am now using the Qobuz trial.I find the sound quality on Qobuz to be superior to Tidal.  However, >50% of the time, I'm not able to find titles (jazz, electronic) that I find on other services.So for me, I'll proba... 
Ideally matching preamp output to a power amp
Thanks atmasphere. 
If you love the Ortofon 2M Black, you'll really love...... (help me upgrade)
If you are willing to sacrifice just a little detail for warmth, liquidity and timbre I would suggest that you look at the Grado Reference Reference 2 (not a typo - that's the model). This is one of the best sleeper high output cartridges on the ... 
Why the volume drop for this .5mv cartridge
@folkfreak @almarg (Al) - thanks for the education.  I get it now - I didn't realize that there wasn't any real preamp gain.  I assumed (without knowing anything) that since the Ragnarok had preamp outs, that there was something of signficance the... 
Why the volume drop for this .5mv cartridge
Thanks all.  I'm happy keeping the amp with the range I described - just trying to understand the difference between the phono pre out for the different cartridges, which I assumed would be normalized with the appropriate gain setting.@folkfreak -...