levrac13 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 New member here who recently purchased a pair of Chorus II's. I currently am using a Threshold 100 watt class A amp with a Forte pre. Sources are a CAL Icon cd player and a Rega P3 with a Dynavector high ouput mc cartridge (don't recall the model). My problem is that when playing vinyl it is too loud. The preamp has a volume control with steps, first step is too low and at the second step it is too loud for background music. I am interested in using tubes just because of everything I've read. What would be your suggestions about what to change, cartridge, preamp or amp? My brother has a dynaco 35 integrated amp that he has offered that will need some work but I wonder if I would be better off going ahead and moving to an SET. Any recommendations for particular SET's to use especially with vinyl. Thanks for any information and suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sberger Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Does the pre's phono stage have adustable gain? If so, turn it lower. Or, you could always trade in your Dyna high for a low output version. As far as SET's, I've used amps from Decware that are very good(decware.com). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ69 Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Ditto, your phono section has too much gain for the high output Dynavector. Call the manufacturer and he'll tell you what to do. Thanx, Russ Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 I love my SET amps, but I think you might need a little more power for the Chorus IIs. Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Welcome to the forum! I don't like stepped potentiometers on preamps for this exact reason. Dynavector is still around, but not sure about Forte Audio. Hopefully Dynavector can help you out. I was checking out those Threshold amps. Beasts! Stasis 7 is 64 LBS. Is there a tube preamp you can feed the Threshold amp with that has a more adjustable phono stage? That's where I'd spend coin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy Kirk Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 There is almost never any good reason to run a High Output MC cartridge through a phono preamplifier set to "MC". Find the switch that controls your phono input setting (might be hidden on the back panel or even as a DIP switch on an internal circuit board) and switch it to "MM". This should give you a bit more breathing room with your master volume control. Good luck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2point1 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Welcome to Klipsch. Now you know what "Pissing Off the Neighbors Since 1946" is all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 over 6 years between post 4 and 5? for reals? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Mustang guy types very slow... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenTacey Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I have a Rega P3 with a Grace tonearm and using an Ortofon High Output 150 MC using a David Hafler 110 preamp and I have the DH 101 that has two Phono inputs could make one input MC and one MM. My advise? Get a vintage preamp? A High Out MC was created so it doesn't matter what is plugged into the regular MM Phono a MM or a High Output MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Mustang guy types very slow... It's ironic the OP has 3 post in 6 years, this thread was silent for almost 6 years, the OP was online today 90 minutes before it was resurrected. I doubt he knows it's alive again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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