Thanks Peter! By a coincident, I also found the spec for the MMC 5 R pick-up today, and it says: Capacity <= 400 pF for all MMC {5,4,3,2} R pick-ups. I assume that 250pF is less than 400pF :-) Anyone got an idea of what's the difference in the sound? regards Poul

My record-player Beogram 5651 w/ MMC5 pick-up is connected to a TerraTec iVinyl PhonePreAmp . It has a setting for input capacity (" adjustable in three stages (100 pF, 250 pF and 430 pF ") - and I have absolutly NO CLUE to proper settings... Their manual says: " Input-range selector switch Please refer to the technical documentation