FWIW, I see nothing wrong with having to advance your volume control past 12 to get sufficent volume so long as when you get there, even if its at 3 o'clock your not getting to the noise threshold of your preamp. If the tone and dynamics are still holding up, and you are happy with the sound, why change? Lots of folks prefer, and manufacturers support the proposition, that a pre amp will usually sound best at about 10 to 2 o'clock, if for no other reasons that the gradiations in the volume control it self become smaller and more usable.
Plinius M16 Phono vs. Plinius M14 Separate Phono
New to vinyl. Any benefits to going to a separate phono stage ?? Will the M14 make a significant difference in the musical reproduction of my records compared to the M16 pre w/built in phono stage ??
Associated equipment:
Plinius 250 MKIV
Plinius M16
Amazon Ref.TT
Tri-Planar Tonearm
ZYX UNIverse Cart
Totem Shaman Loudspeakers
XLO L.E.Speaker/Interconnects
Thx in advance,
Trevor.
Associated equipment:
Plinius 250 MKIV
Plinius M16
Amazon Ref.TT
Tri-Planar Tonearm
ZYX UNIverse Cart
Totem Shaman Loudspeakers
XLO L.E.Speaker/Interconnects
Thx in advance,
Trevor.