Cartridge gain question

What does a person look for in the specs of a preamp to determine whether to buy a high, medium or low gain phono cartridge?

rockyboy11-30-2012 12:10am

manitunc Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 795 posts 11-30-2012 at 10:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You look at the cartridge to determine how much gain your preamp needs
rockyboy OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 335 posts 11-30-2012 at 11:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Please disregard my original post. I should have first searched the archives on this subject. I've since found a great explanation in an old thread.
viridian Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,184 posts 12-01-2012 at 03:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete KAB Acoustics has a really neat gain calculator that can be found here: http://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/m1200.htm It takes a lot of the guess work out of these calculations.