I decided to play safe.
Fed both the 401 and the Avid with MC carts into the Goldnote PH-10 and bought a Vincent PHO-8 just for the Rega with mono Ortofon MM cart and feeding that into a single ended input on the amp.
All works well sweetly and in all honesty all TT now seem to be quieter at the speakers, quite considerably less background noise.
More than likely due to rerouting of cables while rearranging than anything else I think.
Fed both the 401 and the Avid with MC carts into the Goldnote PH-10 and bought a Vincent PHO-8 just for the Rega with mono Ortofon MM cart and feeding that into a single ended input on the amp.
All works well sweetly and in all honesty all TT now seem to be quieter at the speakers, quite considerably less background noise.
More than likely due to rerouting of cables while rearranging than anything else I think.