Dynaco PAT 4

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A friend gave me a Dynaco PAT 4 some years ago. I have used it off and on over the years but mostly it just sits on a shelf. I am thinking of getting a power tube amp or maybe a SS power amp kit or updating a 8w tube amp kit I built several years ago.
Regardless, I broke out my old turntable and plugged that into the PAT4 and used the headphone out. Sounded OK but the volume was low even with the volume knob all the way up. I tried two different headphones, both easy drivers at only 64 ohms. The cartridge has an average output of 4.7 mV and the specs on the phone input say ma of 10mV. There is a low, cer and high input on the phono on the back. Only the low even worked at all.
I am thinking of getting the upgrade kits from Akitika (upgrademydynaco). In the meantime, is this normal?

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Topic - Dynaco PAT 4 - joetech 13:58:30 01/15/25 (4)

RE: Dynaco PAT 4 - bare 07:44:10 01/16/25 (2)

RE: Dynaco PAT 4 - mg16 08:23:08 01/16/25 (1)

Remember the origin of the PAT-5 BiFet? - E-Stat 13:22:26 01/16/25 (0)

From page 5 of the PAT-4 manual... - 1973shovel 15:11:37 01/15/25 (0)

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