Cinemag/preamp combo's- to much gain.

Posted by Qman (A) on March 28, 2008 at 14:22:49

Here's my set-up: Cinemags 24dB, Phono Stage 24dB, Line Stage 20 dB= 68dB with the DL-103. I want to get down to around 60dB total because that's what the math tells me and that's what my volume control tells me (not enough range). My speakers are high efficiency Altecs.

It seems I'm very limited to what combinations I can put together to achieve my 60dB goal. Most Line Stages are 20dB and most phono stages are at least 40dB. Even the old ARC and CJ's phono stages are to high for my purposes. Has anyone else run into these issues? I see Jensen has a couple of SUT's that have less gain that might work well with the DL-103.

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Topic - Cinemag/preamp combo's- to much gain. - Qman 14:22:49 03/28/08 (14)

What line stage has 20dB gain? - Allen Wright 03:51:42 03/29/08 (9)

RE: What line stage has 20dB gain? - Qman 07:01:52 03/30/08 (0)

RE: What line stage has 20dB gain? - Qman 17:12:04 03/29/08 (4)

are you still using the MiniMax? - trav 20:13:30 03/29/08 (1)

RE: are you still using the MiniMax? - Qman 07:21:59 03/30/08 (0)

Try a nice new... - anumber1 18:19:44 03/29/08 (1)

RE: Try a nice new... - Qman 07:18:48 03/30/08 (0)

Now, Allen,..... - JimL 15:24:02 03/29/08 (2)

Agreed! - Allen Wright 03:27:15 03/30/08 (1)

RE: Agreed! - tketcham 10:09:17 03/30/08 (0)

Worried about your math.... - tubesforever 23:26:10 03/28/08 (2)

"Most old phono stages were designed around MM having 5 to 10 v of gain." - HenryH 03:51:35 03/29/08 (1)

You are absolutely right.... 5-10 mv output NT - tubesforever 23:06:04 03/29/08 (0)

USe the 600 ohm taps on your cinemags. nt - Scottrt 14:30:05 03/28/08 (0)

Cinemag/preamp combo's- to much gain.

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