owl9113
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| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @nlitworld @oldrooney Here's what I've used, I'm assuming to get the same measurements: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079ZBLJ4M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback PS I don't think this matters, so much that I forgot when I was describing my setup, but my turntable is sitting on the AT605 feet, so there isn't much if any travel in the platter. | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @nlitworld Thanks for the product links - I actually have an alignment block already that I used. I am going to pick up that scale. So with the phono level set to 2 and the preamp in active mode, vinyl playback will give me about the same deci... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @mesch looks like my cartridge is rated at 3.5 mV, so level 1 is correct. I suppose I could always run the preamp active for vinyl, passive for digital. This would still apply to the upgraded preamp I was considering as well. | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @atmasphere @jasonbourne71 I actually just turned off the active mode for the first time last week, prior to posting which is why I said I wasn’t using it. I switched it back on for now - thanks for the clarification. That seems to further the ina... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @nlitworld I’d love for it to be a free or cheap fix! Tracking force is 1.8g-2.2g, standard at 2.0 which is where I’m set and I did dial in the tracking on the turntable before setting that but have not measured with a digital scale. Platter mat i... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @oldrooney They’re adequately matched even though I have the phono set to level 2 rather than 1? As for my next question, and I know what is going to happen as. soon as I ask this...are you happy with the Freya + over the Freya S which technically... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @herbreichert that was surely my initial thought when I started this, but I truly don't know anymore! LOL | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @oldrooney my head is spinning from all of this, haha. Thank you so much for the wealth of information. I actually have the microline cartridge, the AT-VM95ML. Setting the gain level to "2" on my iFi phono, which is how the user "adjusts" the loa... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback Thanks for this great thread, everyone! It’s super informative so far. @mattmiller @jasonbourne71 is right, I am using a phono stage before my pre amp so the level in should be technically where it needs to be. It sounds like some of you think th... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @boomerbillone I did the same as you, @oldrooney , with a used table and new cart. I bought the alignment protractor and went as in depth with it as I could so I think I have it "fairly" lined up as it should be and it Is definitely a learning pro... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @audioguy85 I wasn’t planning on dumping much more than say ~$600 into it at the moment, about the price of the Freya preamp when I started the thread. I know I can sell off stuff to offset the cost of different equipment, but barring that at the ... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback So using gain 2, I definitely get a fuller and more muscular sound - hoping it ins't just placebo. If it is actually making a difference, does this point to the weak link being the phono stage in that I basically have to go against manufacturer sp... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @atmasphere It looks like the loading value is determined by the gain setting on this guy. I'm trying it at 2 now. | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback @atmasphere so, according to What Hi-Fi my phono does feature cartridge adjustment. Could it be that they're considering the ability to select between different gain levels for different cartridge types as such? Here's the quote from the manual: ... |