Hi,
I recently set up my NAD M33 and I am very impressed with it, but I have a question regarding the phono stage. I am driving a pair of KEF LS-50 Meta speakers, with a KC-62 subwoofer and the output is excellent with everything except the phono input. I have a B&O TX-2 turntable with a MMC-3 cartridge which has output of 2.12mV and I can turn the volume all the way up and it is not what I would call loud by any means. I have looked at the input level adjustment on the M33 and it looks like you can cut it back, but not boost it. I also tried it in both ADC settings in the M33 with the same result. The MMC-3 is moving iron, but is compatible with the MM input, although I tried it on MC just to see what would happen.
I am not sure if this is a result of the LS-50 Meta speakers being somewhat inefficient and the cartridge not having a really high output. I turned off both Dirac and the tone controls just to set everything as level as possible. Has anyone else had this experience with the phono input? Is anyone having a good result with it? It seems silly to either add a line level gain stage to the phono input, or an outboard phono stage to fix this. Any input will be appreciated!
I recently set up my NAD M33 and I am very impressed with it, but I have a question regarding the phono stage. I am driving a pair of KEF LS-50 Meta speakers, with a KC-62 subwoofer and the output is excellent with everything except the phono input. I have a B&O TX-2 turntable with a MMC-3 cartridge which has output of 2.12mV and I can turn the volume all the way up and it is not what I would call loud by any means. I have looked at the input level adjustment on the M33 and it looks like you can cut it back, but not boost it. I also tried it in both ADC settings in the M33 with the same result. The MMC-3 is moving iron, but is compatible with the MM input, although I tried it on MC just to see what would happen.
I am not sure if this is a result of the LS-50 Meta speakers being somewhat inefficient and the cartridge not having a really high output. I turned off both Dirac and the tone controls just to set everything as level as possible. Has anyone else had this experience with the phono input? Is anyone having a good result with it? It seems silly to either add a line level gain stage to the phono input, or an outboard phono stage to fix this. Any input will be appreciated!