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Hi, I have just bought (together with some old records) a Thorens TD 145 MkII turntable with an Ortofon MC 20 element. After connecting it to my amplifier, it truns out that this turntable gives only very little sound and I have to turn the volume of my amplifier fully open to be able to hear something. This does not seem to be correct. Am I doing something wrong or is the turntable broken? Thanks, Johan
Re: Thorens TD145 + Ortofon MC 20 - HELP!
MC cartridge has output voltage about 0,2mV - do you have proper MC input (or step up transformer) on your amp?
Thanks Damir, I got an email from someone else with similar information. No, I don't have this MC input at my amp and I don't have a step up transformer, so it looks like I will have to buy one. Any ideas?
I`m afraid that I can`t help much - I`m not into commercial hi-fi products, more into DIY "world". There`re some good (and not too expensive) MC -trafo solutions, for example, Menno van der Veen`s MC-10: http://www.mennovanderveen.nl http://www.mennovanderveen.nl/mc10/mc-10-en.pdf Or LL9206 from Lundahl: http://www.lundahl.se/pdfs/datash/9206.pdf Of course, for step-up to work you must have a MM RIAA phono input on your amp - if not, separate MC in - line out preamp is in order...