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    What does it sound like? You're using the Nak solely as a phono stage that way, not as a pre-amp.

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I was kidding. Actually, I'd probably do it the way you've described.
    I know, so was I! Merry Christmas!
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    What does it sound like? You're using the Nak solely as a phono stage that way, not as a pre-amp.
    ah got you,im just listening to ella and louis at the moment so not the best music to test it with,some Floyd coming up

    just a thought but i wonder if that would be the cause of me not being impressed with mc cartridges?
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    ella and louis is a nice recording on vinyl
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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie123 View Post
    just a thought but i wonder if that would be the cause of me not being impressed with mc cartridges?
    Maybe borrow one and find out? For some reason, there are phono stages that just don't 'gel' with MC's. Dunno if that would apply to the Nack.

    Personally, I've always been happiest using MC's through a good SUT, regardless of what phono stage I had. Other do things differently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    What does it sound like? You're using the Nak solely as a phono stage that way, not as a pre-amp.
    And I think the way you had it, you were using both the Nak and the Sony as a preamp.
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    Thanks to all replies, I was using both amps pre sections which can't be good. So now going tape out into aux on Sony, I'll give it a days listen and report back, at present the hard treble still seems to be there, although to a slightly lesser extent. Merry Xmas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jamie123 View Post
    ah got you,im just listening to ella and louis at the moment so not the best music to test it with,some Floyd coming up

    just a thought but i wonder if that would be the cause of me not being impressed with mc cartridges?
    Personally I find my CA5E is about the same quality as my first Kinshaw Perception phono on MC but prefer my second Kinshaw (I now have 2) over the Nak for MM. However I have been using the output RCA's rather than the tape out so will probably have a further experiment tomorrow.

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    Should sound more than listenable if set up properly and amps all working fine. Can you stick up some photos of the connections at the back and the settings at the front? Do tone controls on the Nac effect the tape out? When I was young with some basic system, I found they did but not the volume obv. Might want to send the nak back if the Phono is playing up. Is there a mc/mm switch at the back? Or load settings etc?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeandvan View Post
    Thanks to all replies, I was using both amps pre sections which can't be good. So now going tape out into aux on Sony, I'll give it a days listen and report back, at present the hard treble still seems to be there, although to a slightly lesser extent. Merry Xmas.
    if it helps i can bring mine over at some point to compare ? i can bring the sony 700es over too
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