Can ARC Reference Phono handle my Cartridge


Is there anyone who could help me?
I have a VdH Colibrì XGW with 0,65 mV and 500 Ohm optimal load impedence.
I understand that REFERENCE Phono from ARC can handle till 200Ohm. Is that true or is it referred only to the outpout level of the transformers?

Is it possible to modify the ARC REF. with the well known resistors in irder to make it compatible with a 500 Ohm load impedence of the cartridge?

Thanks a lot.
lucav

Showing 1 response by cmo

The simple answer is yes. The ARC Ref. has two inputs, one is high gain that includes a step up transformer (200 ohm) the other is low gain w/o tranformer (47k). They can be changed either by the factory or by the local dealer to different values.