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Match the phono-pre to cart., or arm?

Hello all:

I am narrowing my search for a phono pre-amp, and have a question for those who are more knowledgeable (not hard, if you know anything, you know more than me). Currently, I have a Rega P-25 with the stock arm (I added VTA & Heavyweight to the RB 600) and a Dynavector 17-D Karat cartridge.

Does it make sense to match either the arm or the cartridge supplier? Both Rega and Dynavector have phono pre's.

Thank's in advance, Dave.
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I'd say the more critical match on phone pre is to the cart, not the arm. This is a pure guess on my part but seems to make sense being those 2 need to electrically interface, the arm is never hooked up to the phono stage...

The cartrige does however have to like the arm it's on...
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