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Need help setting up new turntable

I am hoping to get some quick tech advice here. I just purchased a new to me Rega Planar P6 with an Aria MC cartridge. Got a killer deal btw. I am at a loss though as I have an Adcom GFP 555 and I am not sure if it is really going to be compatible with this MC cartridge. There are two switches on the back one will switch between Lo MC and MM/High MC. The other switch is the capacitance setting and the choices are 55 175 and 235. At first read through I thought I had it figured out but now I am totally confused. The specs on the Ania cartridge isn’t matching up. Is this GFP 555 even compatible? Or am I opening a can of worms and diving down a rabbit hole?

some advice and direction is greatly appreciated here. 

jmoboogie

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elliottbnewcombjr
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Hi

Do you mean ANIA MC cartridge? We just need the exact cartridge you have.

Your Adcom Phono Stage will work,

it has MM Input (Moving Magnet);

it has MC  High Output Cartridge Input (same as MM Input;

It has switch enabled MC Low Output Cartridge Input (Rega Ania is MC Low Output).

 

elliottbnewcombjr
5,197 posts
 

OP,

Ania Output = 350 uV, (1 mV = 1000 uV)

that means ANIA output is 0.35mv, which is a LOW Output MC Cartridge. It’s coil impedance is 10 ohms, ideal load is 100 ohms.

1. use the MC LOW setting

2. Use the load closest to 100 ohms.

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