Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+ -OR- Moon 110lp v2 -OR- Parasound ZPhono XRM Phono

I made some gains detail-wise, by re-setting the arm and putting rubber feet under the rigid feet.

I also received a Musical Surroundings Phonomena II+, connected it and sounds absolutely bad. I know it shouldn't so I must be doing something wrong.

Double check to make certain that you have connected the new phono preamp to the "line" inputs on your amplifier and not to the "phono" inputs.

Set the gain to the lowest option and set the loading to 47K, or whatever is closest to that, and run it for a few days.

Keeping the gain setting low (your cartridge has extremely high output specs) try the loading options just below and just above 47K to see if either sounds better.

DeKay

thanks DeKay!

@grislybutter I just picked up the same Phonomena ll+ used from a local guy.  Definitely check the settings and make sure the gain is at it's lowest setting - all dip switches down I believe.  I have a Rega p6 with Exact 2 cart with similar high output to the Elys 2.  The Phonomena ll + is quite dynamic, maybe too much so for the Rega carts.  I do like what I am hearing for the most part but I seem to be getting more noise (clicks and pops) even in the lowest gain setting.  Loading is best at 47K for me so far.

@pkatsuleas

I did screw up the settings, back to fixing it!

So, yes, I found the details. It's super crisp and bright. Is there a way to tone it down to more neutral with the load and gain settings?