"I had an older table on the Moon which didn't cause me to do this with the volume."
The table has NOTHING to do with this. It's the cartridge's output that determines this. What cartridge did you have before? It was probably a higher output MC or even a MM. The Ortofon Cadenza has only a .4mv output, so yeah, you'll need to boost that.
Peter is spot on with his advice as along as you have the MC card installed. If not, you'll need a SUT or a different phono stage with MC capability.
Also, you should load that cart at around 100-120 ohms or so.
The table has NOTHING to do with this. It's the cartridge's output that determines this. What cartridge did you have before? It was probably a higher output MC or even a MM. The Ortofon Cadenza has only a .4mv output, so yeah, you'll need to boost that.
Peter is spot on with his advice as along as you have the MC card installed. If not, you'll need a SUT or a different phono stage with MC capability.
Also, you should load that cart at around 100-120 ohms or so.