Cartridge output question.


An electrical engineer of the old school with many years experience tells me that cartridges should have an output of close to 5 millivolt, that that is the way to setup a vinyl system where a phono stage sees a greater output than today's cartridges.
What are the advantages of low output moving coil.
As for me I prefer the lomc, should I consider the high outputs.
He has a phono stage that works great with the high output cartridges, what modern high output cartridge should be considered so I could give his phono a try.
pedrillo
The low output ones sound better. Go with a stage that works with the type of cartridge you intend to use. Dynavector 10x5 is a good HOMC, the new Ortofon MM have a good rep but if you really like the LOMC better you are just beating around the bush.
I am also "an electrical engineer of the old school with many years experience" (although not in audio), and I agree with Stan.

Regards,
-- Al
No need to give up your LOMC. The best way is to use a transformer to step up the voltage and use it into a convential MM phono stage, IMHO.