Benz Ebony LP loading

Try a stepup transformer.

I used to think that my preamp was capable, until I tried the stepup transformer.

I was using the quicksilver transformer.

When you went from the "H" to "LP" H=2.5 mv output to .35mv
(http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/cartr.html)
That is a factor of almost 100.

Insufficnet gain in the phono stage manifests itself as a lack of "slam." Did you have to turn your volume higher than with the "H"?

sorry too much egg nog. that would be a factor of ten not 100.

I still think gain is your answer. It is the only significant change between the two carts. It(gain) has always been the source of my disappointment with low output mcs'. The output level of the H was like a moving magnet. The Lp is near the lowest you would see in a mc. That has to make a huge difference.

It could also be that I have always found HP's all out recommendations to be highly system dependent. Moreover in upgrading, you expected the the LP to be the same as the H only better. It maybe they went for a diffewrnt sound. I have found this to be frequently true. It is not as easy one might think to design a no holds barred product.