Vinyl on NAD M10 lower volume


Hi, I am a very happy owner of the NAD M10. I also bought it to listen to vinyl and I notice a significant drop in volume compared to streaming when playing a LP. Need to turn up the volume about 15-20 points to get to the same level as streaming. 
Any ideas on how to improve this?

Thinking of upgrading the phono preamp but I am not sure if this will work. Someone pointed out that it might have something to do with the ADC conversion that happens in the amp. 
This would suggest an external ADC converter might help. 

All tips are much appreciated.

Current setup:

NAD M10
B&W 705 Signature 
Rega P3
Rega fono mini preamp
remmy

Showing 2 responses by reubent

As @cleeds said, you don't really have any problem to solve, just an inconvenience that you need to turn down the volume when you switch from CD/Digital to your TT input.

The output voltage of your cartridge and the gain in the phono pre-amp will affect the relative position of your volume control. If you want to decrease the volume setting, to better match the volume position of your streamer, when listening to vinyl, you can either replace the cartridge with one that has higher output, or you can replace the phono pre-amp with one that has more gain. Or, you can do nothing (what I would recommend) and just live with it. The relative volume position is likely irrelevant to sound quality and is just an inconvenience.

@remmy 

What I was thinking is connecting the phono preamp to an external ADC converter and then connecting this to the digital input of the M10. Do you guys think this is worth looking into?
Absolutely not. Don't stick anything unnecessary between your analog setup and your pre-amp/integrated.


It all depends on the output of your phono cartridge and the amount of gain in your phono pre-amp. A cartridge with higher output, or a phono stage with more gain, will increase the relative volume when you play LPs.