Linn Linto question

The Linto is a phono stage so any line level input, Aux, Tuner etc. DO NOT use MM, you could damage your system as it will greatly overload the pre. You will not need a phono stage in whatever pre you get as the Linto will take care of it; it is quite a good phono stage from all reports.

I had one a few years back. This is quite a decent phonostage for the money. It is meant to be used with medium to low output MC cartridges. I used it with a Lyra Helikon and it had just the right amount of gain for that cartridge (I believe the cartridge output was somewhere near .5 mv). The output of the Linto should feed a line level input (e.g., AUX), not into another phono input (a phono input would have too much gain and would have equalization (already done in the Linto).

The Linto does not offer any way to adjust loading. The loading is fixed at something like 125 ohms. This works for most cartridges, so this is not as big a deal as I thought it would be.

I have had my Linto for years and have tried a few others and feel this is the best sound for buck investment. It does offer two gain settings. Here is the manual link
http://www.linn.co.uk/files/e0de6237/linto_user_manual_rev2.pdf
Page 11 has the specs.