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I have question to Chenin owners regarding phono input. When I switch input selector to phono, there is very loud tape hiss through speakers. Is it normal ? Or my Chenin is broken ? I do not have LP right now, but will in the future. How can one use lp with such loud tape hiss. It is pretty loud in 9 o'clock position.
Do you have the gain switches on the top of the unit set to the high gain setting? What about the master gain on the rear panel, where is that set? Is the cart you are using of relatively high output (say- above .9mV or more)?
Do you have this hiss or tube rush on any other inputs?
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