The albums aren't that big of a difference. Truthfully, I noticed my Elton John albums seemed lower than the others, but it seems the same way on my cd's with his stuff. The 12:00 position is good with me, I just was curious because it seems like when just the tuner is playing it is considerably louder at a lower position. Thanks again for the input. I'm really enjoying this little rig. I have all my dads old albums and the Marantz was his when I was a kid. I saved it from being thrown out a couple of years ago and a good friend gave me the TT..it was just collecting dust in his closet.
Volume?
I recently acquired a CJ Sonographe SG 3 with an Audioquest PT 7 arm and a Blue Point cart. I am using it with a Marantz 2226 receiver and Paradigm Studio 40 speakers. I'm new to vinyl so I have a question. I notice that some albums seem to play louder than others and also it seems like I need to turn the volume up around the 12 o'clock position to get decent playing levels. I do have the TT plugged into the phono input with the ground attached. Any advice or is this the norm? Thanks again for any advice.