Need to turn volume all the way up with cartridge

I am using a Madrigal Carnegie One 25 millivolt output and have to turn the volume all the way up for decent volume. Now my question is do I need to get a better phono stage that can amplify the sound or what causes it.

pdxhdhunter04-29-2008 4:28pm

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zenieth Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 381 posts 04-29-2008 at 10:14pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My appolagies for breaking into this thread. I have the same problem! A phono stage with gain of 60 and a cartridge with 0.5 output. My stage is loaded at 47k which I assumed was for MM cartridges. What do I need in the way of a transformer to correct this. I read Jmcgrogan2's thread but it's a bit over my head. Suggestions please ....
zenieth Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 381 posts 04-30-2008 at 01:50am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Calbrs03, I have a BAT VK300x integrated with the phono card. They told me that the card was factory set at 47K. The card has a switch for MM/MC on it. The gain was 45/60. I'm tring to use a Lyra Skala cartridge. They say the impedance can be between 100/47k ohms. That doesn't make sense to me. I wonder if it's possible that I have the gain switch on the card in wrong position? Would I get sound at all at 45 db's of gain? I'll check out your suggestions.

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