Thanks for the responses all. The ARC does have a built in Jenson transformer to give it 69db of gain, I am thinking that should be enough for most if not the lowest output MC's. The Grado sounds really good and the.5mv output into the ARC does fine. In fact I could be beating my head (and checkbook) against the wall on this one. The thing is I have only owned Grado's; first a Sonata, then the low output Ref. (which kills the high output Sonata by the way).
I always read/hear about the virtues of MC's, but as you know it's hard to borrow a demo from the local Hi-Fi store for the weekend....... So I am left wondering what I may be missing.
I always read/hear about the virtues of MC's, but as you know it's hard to borrow a demo from the local Hi-Fi store for the weekend....... So I am left wondering what I may be missing.