[VinceT]

I picked up a gently used Vision Q after hearing all the rave reviews to pair with my Dynavector 20x2L.

Just to make sure I am not screwing things up, switches up is on, down is off (cover off and switch panels to the right of the case). Switches 1 and 2 have to be on (up) to engage MC mode.

No matter what gain and loading I use in MC, I get a terrible scratchy/muffled sound like the Vision Q it is cutting out with very little output. I put it in MM setting by flipping all the switches down, sounds clear. I bypass the pre amp directly to the amp, sounds clear. Could it be something with the amp? I am using an old Marantz 2270 with this table and running into the phono.

Am I doing something wrong, or could it by an issue with the Vision Q?

[TomS]

You'd want to run an outboard phono preamp into a line input on the 2270 such as tuner, cd, tape, etc. not the phono input which has too much gain.

[VinceT]

I will give it a try.

Thank you

[VinceT]

That was it

No issues with pre amp, user error. Vision Q sounds great.

Decided on 60 DB gain and 100 ohm loading for the Dyna 20x2 cart for best sound so far.