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Anyone in or near Ann Arbor?

I bought a highly regarded phono pre to compare against my Thoress.  It doesn't sound right in my system, seems to possibly be a mismatch with my Allnic 300B integrated?  Unfortunately I don't have any other gear to test with.  So, if you're near me and interested in letting me hear it in your system please let me know.  This is a standalone phono pre, MM/MC, RCA in/out, many different load settings.
vortrex
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The Allnic has an unusually low input impedance of 10k ohm, which I discovered after the fact.  The unknown solid state phono pre I believe has an output impedance of around 2k ohm.  There is nothing defective with the Allnic.  If I could drop this phono pre into another system it would likely be fairly apparent if it’s a matching issue in my system. 
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lak
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Contact ozzy here on Audiogon or you could take the phono-preamp to an audio store in Ann Arbor and try it there.
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dlanselm
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Hello,

You are welcome to bring it over to my place, in Novi, for a listening session. Email me through Audiogon and we can exchange contact information.    

David 
johnss
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you may want to consider an RIAA EQ playback LP and measure the output voltage of your phono stage for each freq before you do anything. Once you have a flat response, then you can decide if a change is needed.
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