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Quicksilver MC Step Up Help

Just purchased a used on from here at Gon. Setup is Scout with Shelter 501->Quick silver MC Stepup->PSAudio GCPH->Preamp

No output at all, (without the MC sound is normal) Qucksilver comes with the outpur RCA cables pre-attached, I have then hooked up to the phono amp.

Coincidently QuickSilver is in hte process of relocating to California and are closed, Waiting for seller to respond. Any help is appreciated.

regards
-BisP
bpuhan
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viridian
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I looked at the photos of the Quickie on the 'gon and I don't see how you could screw up the hookup on it. That leaves the PS audio. Do you have it set to MM gain with a 47K ohm load (moving magnet settings)? A low impedance load would make it quiet due to the voltage divider effect.
bpuhan OP
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thanks for your comments,

PSAudio GCPH is at MC gain and at 100K ohm setting, I did not connected the scout ground to Quicksilver input ground, will this could be the trouble ?

regards
-BisP
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tubegb
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Hello,

I could be missing something here, but if you're connecting to the moving coil input of the PS Audio GCPH you should not also be trying to use a pre-preamp or step-up device. The PS Audio unit would/should be designed with enough gain to accomodate your moving coil cartridge direct.
bpuhan OP
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Tubegb,

The gain is 60db on GCPH with my volume control on GCPH all the way up, my preamp id 18db, As the output of the catridge is only .4mv.
My logic is to put a stepup to so I do not have to use the full volume on the GCPH.

regards
-BisP
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