TPS_PIMO Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Hello! I had a few questions about what could be happening with my setup. I have a Technics SL 1200 M3D running into a Cambridge Audio - Azur 651P - MM/MC Phono Preamplifier that goes into an Onkyo TX-NR616 7.2 Channel THX Select2 Plus Certified Network A/V Receiver. My speakers are some Sony speakers that my cousin let me have. With my receiver I can attach a bluetooth dongle that lets me stream audio to it from my phone over bluetooth. While using this I noticed that the volume of that audio would be much louder than when I would play the same songs from my records. So I'm wondering what could be the problem that I have? A friend of mine told me my pre amp should have some controls but there are none that I know of the one I have. I currently have to crank my receivers volume to the high 50's - 60's in order to enjoy it at the same level as streaming from my phone through bluetooth where I have the volume in the 30's/40's Pre Amplifier - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0079OA0UU/ref=oh_details_o07_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Receiver - http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-NR616-Channel-Certified-Receiver/dp/B0077V88W2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1390069803&sr=1-1&keywords=Onkyo+TX-NR616+7.2+Channel+THX+Select2+Plus+Certified+Network+A%2FV+Receiver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxmartinxx Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 What cartridge are you using? Assuming you're using the MM setting, you can always try the MC setting, which will give you a bunch more gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS_PIMO Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 What cartridge are you using? Assuming you're using the MM setting, you can always try the MC setting, which will give you a bunch more gain. I'm using a Shure M97xe and the Preamp is on the MC setting already. The MM was even lower when I first tried it and I've stuck with MC ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I can't remember if the 640 has any loading settings inside but the preamp level is possibly correct and the bluetooth too high, have you tried any other sources like a DVD or CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnelltech Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 On my Onkyo TX-NR609 I increased the gain on the input I run my phono preamp into using the "IntelliVolume" feature. This allowed me to balance out the turntable level with the rest of my sources. Your receiver has the same feature. Setting it to +5 worked good for me. TPS_PIMO and WereAllDudesHey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS_PIMO Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 On my Onkyo TX-NR609 I increased the gain on the input I run my phono preamp into using the "IntelliVolume" feature. This allowed me to balance out the turntable level with the rest of my sources. Your receiver has the same feature. Setting it to +5 worked good for me. Man that helped quite a bit, I set mine to +8dB and its getting to where I want to have it without it starting to distort the audio. I'm gonna have to test it out on some other albums so I can set it just right but I did not know about this feature thanks! donnelltech 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnelltech Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 You're welcome, man... I'm glad it's helping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabrielle_finsley2010 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I'm using a Shure M97xe and the Preamp is on the MC setting already. The MM was even lower when I first tried it and I've stuck with MC ever since. me too, the MC setting seems to be best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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