Low gain step-up for high-output MC

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Hi All,

I am too often facing volume limitations when coupling high-output MC cartridges with preamps that have a not so high MM phono input sensitivity.
Instead of tweaking the amps themselves or adding an extra active gain before the poweramp, would it make sense to use a moderate gain ( say, 5? ) step-up transformer before the phono input?
In this case, assuming an high-out MC impedance of about 160 Ohms, what would be the correct parallel resistor value for correct coupling with the 47KOhms standard MM phono input?

Thanks for reading

Best

Raffaello

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Topic - Low gain step-up for high-output MC - milanraf 07:34:01 05/19/16 (1)

RE: Low gain step-up for high-output MC - divo 06:45:39 05/24/16 (0)

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