Hi, hope nobody minds me resurrecting this thread but I was looking for assistance with my MX-VYNL phono stage and this this thread popped up. I know next to nothing about loading and gain etc so was looking for advice on settings for my Ortofon Quintet Black S, which is an MC cartridge mounted on a Rega P6.
The specifications in the doc for the Ortofon cartridge say the following about the load
Recommended load impedance
Here is the full link to the Ortofon docs specifications.
The Quintet Black S is the best example of Quintet’s overall excellence.The Quintet Black S is graced with a Nude Shibata diamond, considered one of the best stylus profiles available, mounted on a high-performance Sapphire cantilever.The Shibata’s slim, highly polished profile allows an...
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Because of my lack of knowledge that seems quite vague to just say > than 20 Ohm but not put a limit on it - eg, < 150 Ohm. The Loading selector wheel on the MX_VYNL actually goes up as far as 800 Ohm so it seems quite a jump from 20 to 800 Ohm.
In the MX-VYNL doc it has the following info about Gain. There are two settings, either 0db or +6db. What do these settings actually do and what should I be looking out for?
Gain selector. Use to select desired gain to match output to other sources in use in system
Sensitivity for 300mV nom.
Switch setting MM MC
0 db 5mV 0.8mV
+6db 2.5mV 0.4mV
Here is the full doc for MX-VYNL
On my MX-VYNL I have set the EQ to
IEC and the Gain to
+6db, and the Load is
50 Ohm.
It sounds pretty good but perhaps sometimes a little boomy in the bass depending what I'm listening to so any advice on how to improve or tinker with setings appreciated. Thanks.