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HELP Digital bad, vinyl good???

OK, boys and girls, I need your help. Besides the obvious philosophical implications, can anyone tell me why two CDPs (Exemplar 3910 and CAL CL-10) using two diff i/cs, and two diff inputs, are highly distorted and my vinyl rig sounds great? VAC Ren Mk2 pre. Doesn't the phono stage feed into the line stage and then to the output? HELP. No XMAS tunes on vinyl.
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drubin
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Have you used these combinations successfully before and this distortion is a new development?
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swampwalker OP
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Yes. For several years. Vinyl relatively new; maybe about 2 weeks. Distortion started becoming apparent a few days ago; I thought the CDP might be going bad, so I plugged in my old CAL, w/diff I/cs and to a diff input.
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swampwalker OP
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I have not changed tubes because I always thought that the phono stage provided RIAA reverse eq; and gain to be bring the signal to line level, and then the line stage provided additional gain to the signal to provide sufficient voltage for the amp. If I am wrong (which it seems I must be), then I stand corrected. I will have to disconnect the phone and then check the line stage tubes.

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