Thanks for the response! I'm using Blue Point V2 that comes with Pro-ject RPM 5 turntable preinstalled sitting on their Pro-ject carbon fiber tonearm. It is MC cartridge. But it outputs healthy 0.25 mV. Its output signal/voltage is similar to MM cartridges. I think I don't have to use RM-4 at all. But what particular model would you recommend for the PHONO amplifier that can be used with LINE-IN input (jack) of my headphone amplifier? I really would like it (Phono-stage-preamp) to be vacuum tube.... Thanks again!
No PHONO IN Solution
The headphone amplifier I use doesn't have PHONO-IN input.
I always thought that MC/MM phono preamp such as Music Reference RM-4 would be sufficient. But as it turned to be the device like this only brings the signal up to the level when it can be fed into the PHONO IN input of the amplifier that does already has a PHONO-IN jack. I wonder what I supposed to do if the amplifier doesn't have PHONO IN build in. What category of devices can be used?
I always thought that MC/MM phono preamp such as Music Reference RM-4 would be sufficient. But as it turned to be the device like this only brings the signal up to the level when it can be fed into the PHONO IN input of the amplifier that does already has a PHONO-IN jack. I wonder what I supposed to do if the amplifier doesn't have PHONO IN build in. What category of devices can be used?