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Phono pre amp

About 2 weeks ago I posted this question about upgrading the phono stage of my Yamaha AS2100. You guys gave me a lot of ideas, so I did my homework and chose a barely used Musical Fidelity Nu Vista Vinyl. I'm using the XLR output to my Yamaha. I've played with it briefly and It sounds great. My question is, how do I determine which settings to use? Do I choose with my ears? I have a VDH MC DDT II Special cartridge and a VPI Prime TT with the 10" JMW tone arm. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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chasda OP
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@elliottbnewcombjr There's no need to unplug the cables, the settings are changed on the front panel via push button. When you change a settings it mutes for a second then changes. I'm currently at 400R. It goes from 100R to 400R no settings for 200R. I'm currently at 400R and it sounds balanced with deep bass and no shrilly highs. 100R was kind of dull. 
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@millercarbon Thanks for the explanation. I thought there would be one specific setting for resistance that should be used based on the cartridge. I will experiment with it today to see where the sweet spot is that does what you said. 
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@lewmspecs 
The specs are hand written inside the box the cartridge came in, and the handwriting is poor. I think the output is .65mV. I think the MC resistance is 9 ohms +/- 10%. The load imp is 20 ohms to 47 kohms. There are 5 inputs MC/MM and 8 resistive settings for each. I'm currently set at 47k. It has a +6db setting which is currently on and sounds good. I've read the manual it says use the cartridge set up data sheets which as I said are hand written, or use your judgment as to what sounds the best? Anything else?
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