Pentotark
Active Member
Today I visited a near HiFi shop, they're really friendly and nice so, after I told them about my system and my desire to upgrade it, they recommended to upgrade my needle to a Grado Black 2 to make my system more even in quality.
Here my system before the upgrade:
I installed the cartridge but in order to listen to the record at a decent volume I need to turn the knob all the way up! By comparison the ortofon om10 used to go really loud at less then half turn while the Grado doesn't get as loud even if I set the amp to max volume.
The preamp has a mm/mc switch (has always been set on mm) behind but I'm worried to touch it without knowing what I'm doing. Maybe I did something wrong with the cables on the back of the cartridge?
What could the problem be and is there anything I can do to make this needle work? Hope your experience can help me, thank you!
Here my system before the upgrade:
I installed the cartridge but in order to listen to the record at a decent volume I need to turn the knob all the way up! By comparison the ortofon om10 used to go really loud at less then half turn while the Grado doesn't get as loud even if I set the amp to max volume.
The preamp has a mm/mc switch (has always been set on mm) behind but I'm worried to touch it without knowing what I'm doing. Maybe I did something wrong with the cables on the back of the cartridge?
What could the problem be and is there anything I can do to make this needle work? Hope your experience can help me, thank you!
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