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Well, Norman ... I am not quite as 'senior' as I suspect you are but ...

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In Reply to: RE: Take one look... posted by Norman M on January 23, 2015 at 10:02:08

I don't have your problem (blowing a ribbon when comparing an LP to its CD counterpart, before having adjusted their levels). I say 'ribbon' because I don't use fuses! :-))

Now, I'm 'only' 65 and I run 3-way active Maggies ... so why don't I have this problem?

Simple - the output from my phono stage is comparable to the output from my CDP. Not exactly the same ... but all it needs is, maybe, a 10 deg turn of the volume knob to get the same volume when switching from one to the other.

So I suggest you need to get a new phono stage with less gain - because I think you are implying your LPs are louder than your CDs? (If not, get a phono stage with more gain!) Then you can do away with fuses and get a significant increase in SQ. :-))

Regards,

Andy

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RE: Well, Norman ... I am not quite as 'senior' as I suspect you are but ... - Norman M 09:39:15 01/24/15 (1)
Thanks "andyr" for your suggestion.

"So I suggest you need to get a new phono stage with less gain - because I think you are implying your LPs are louder than your CDs? (If not, get a phono stage with more gain!) Then you can do away with fuses and get a significant increase in SQ. :-))"

Yes, my pre-amp's phono output is greater than that from my CDPs.

You might have meant to write get a phono stage with *less* gain, either way one of us is having a 'senior moment'. Alternatively I could seek a phono cartridge having a lower output level. I don't really think I want to adopt either of those two alternatives since desiring the highest signal to noise ratio, that would degrade the SQ when listening to LPs.
(In choosing a MM phono cartridge, one of the characteristics I always select for are those having highest output level, ~4.5 to 5.0mV) OTOH I might better employ one of those portable amplifiers (e.g. NuForce) or a headphone amp to increase the signal level from my CDP.
- There is another simple possibility (which Davey alluded to) ... - andyr 13:13:55 01/24/15 (0)
  Inside your phono stage put (or get a tech to put) a voltage-divider on the output RCAs.
  
  This will enable the actual output level to be reduced - the resistor values depend on:
  1. the current output impedance of your phono stage
  2. the output signal level of your phono stage, and
  3. the output signal level of your CDP.
  
  I can give you the values if you give me the answers to the above facts. Davey could, too.
  
  Regards,
  
  Andy

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