Phono stage for 0.2mv cartridge?

tooblue
well at least we know you aint going to lose your shirt if you decide to sell the wall audio unit!
lmao

Regarding the Wall Audio Opus 120, out of curiosity I took a look at its description and at a German-language review of it which are provided at the Wall Audio site. I see no indication of what its gain is for either of the two settings of the front panel switch that is provided for selection of moving coil (as opposed to moving magnet) cartridges. "70 db" is indicated as the signal-to-noise ratio it provides for LOMC cartridges. (That being a spec which is generally useless, IMO, because as in this case those numbers are usually provided with no indication of the "weighting" and/or the signal levels they are based on).

For moving magnet cartridges there is an indication which seems to indicate that 2.5 mv in results in 777 mv out, which is a relatively high gain (for MMs) of 49.8 db. But no such spec appears for LOMCs.

@tooblue Did the manual provide an indication of gain for LOMCs?

Regards,
-- Al

The Wall Audio is going no where, the ATA Serenade will be listed for sale on U.S. Audio Mart next week, along with 7 other pieces of gear. Love audio, hate selling it. Enjoy the music

@almarg , thank you so much for coming in on this conversation, I was hoping you would. I did not get the owners manual but have requested for one to be sought out for me from a friend of a friend living in Germany so that should be forth coming. The dealer I bought the Wall from is listed as the only U.S. distributor, Highend Audio in California, and he seems to be dropping the line, this was his floor demo, which I bought for a song. He stated the mm @ 45db gain, and the mc @ 64 and 70 db of gain.

@tkr, the Wall is the only one of the three that has adjustable loading and it was set @ 100 ohms, which is recommended by the manufacturer (ZYX Universe). Enjoy the music