Plinius M16 Phono vs. Plinius M14 Separate Phono

Hi Jyprez,thx for your feedback. Did you audition any other phono stages before purchasing the M14 ?? If you don't mind....can you describe the sound characteristics of your M14.

Thx-Trevor.

Hi John,thx for reviewing your first response and thx for doing some research on my problem,I really appreciate it. What you mention makes alot of sense. So I did some digging in my file and found that the M14 has gain of 60db(high) and 54(low)as far as the M16 I found nothing,I will have to contact Plinius on the gain values for the M16. So...if following your guidelines as per your previous response the 60db of gain from the M14 may not be enough to drive the ZYX UNIverse ?? Any other phono stage suggestions ??

Thx again,
Trevor.

Hi John, my ZYX is a high output model(0.48mV) as per the literature attached with the cart....so the M14 will work.

Thx-Trevor.

Trevor, yes 60 db should be plenty of gain for a 0.48mV output.

Cheers,
John

Hi Tfjm, the Plinius, as a solid state amp, gave more detail and bass than the previous phonostages I mentioned. It has adjustable gain and loading. I use mostly low gain even though my cartridge is a Moving coil Shelter with .4mv output. This is not super low but I have the opposite problem from you in that if I use high gain I have very little play to use in the volume adjustment. I generally would only use one quarter adjustment but have more range to use with low gain.