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How to increase the gain on a preamp

I just received a preamp I bought a week ago, and it sounds fabulous, but the gain is very low specially when playing vinyl, I use an MC cartridge, and the volume knob is all the way up, what can I do remedy this situation?
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onhwy61's avatar
onhwy61
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The question cannot be answered without knowing what the preamp model and cartridge are.
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jmcgrogan2
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Is it possible that you are running a low output MC into a MM or low gain phono stage? If so, you may need to use a Step Up Transformer (SUT) for your phono.
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marakanetz
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Use MM cartridge instead. It's way cheaper than SUT.
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