Can I use a moving coil cartridge?
While our turntables may work with some moving coil cartridges, we do not recommend their use with Classic, Elite, or Reference Series turntables as we have not tested with them extensively.
If you do have a moving coil cartridge you want to use with your turntable, it's important to use a preamp that offers compatibility with moving coil cartridges. The preamp built into the RT80/RT81 and PA10 preamp are not compatible with moving coil cartridges.
Moving coil cartridges have a very low output level, as low as .2mV compared to the OM10's 4mV.
Due to this, they require special preamps that include a gain setting to further boost the signal.
If you do have a moving coil cartridge you want to use with your turntable, it's important to use a preamp that offers compatibility with moving coil cartridges. The preamp built into the RT80/RT81 and PA10 preamp are not compatible with moving coil cartridges.
Moving coil cartridges have a very low output level, as low as .2mV compared to the OM10's 4mV.
Due to this, they require special preamps that include a gain setting to further boost the signal.