You won't damage the cartridge. At the MC setting on the phono stage, the phono stage is supplying more gain to the signal as it delivers that signal to the rest of your system. This has no back effect on the cartridge.
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analog newbie question
Sorry if this has been asked before - just got back into analog - purchased Clearaudio Emotion pkg that included their Aurum Classic Wood Cartridge - MM. I also purchased their SmartPhono phono stage - find that if it is set at MC versus MM that the sound is much more dynamic forl ack of a better term - realize MC dbs are higher - here's the question then - will I cause any damage to the cartridge, etc if I set the phono stage at MC while using this cartridge?
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