According to the specs both on the Outlaw web site and in the the user manual for the RR 2160, that model doesn't use a lower input impedance for MC, but just the same 47 kOhm as for MM. So in this case the bad sound quality would likely be due to phono stage overload.
spazus: According to the specs, your Outlaw should provide an MM gain of not quite 35.7 dB and an MC gain of not quite 50.5 dB. And while AT specifies 4 mV (@ 1kHz and 5 cm/s) for the AT-MV95E, it actually delivered 7.7 V at DIN 0 dB level (= 8 cm/s in 45°/stereo modulation) in the review of the German online magazine LowBeats (*), so that would rather be ca. 4.8 mV at 5 cm/s in 45°/stereo modulation.
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Manfred / lini
*) Lab testing performed by Peter Schüller, who has several decades of experience in measuring hifi equipment.
