Cartridge Loading for a phono pre amp

Thanks Cleeds, he (Raul) deleted the text from his post where he declared Ralph to be stupid. To me there is no place in this forum for that type of behaviour.

enjoy the music😂

This has been a fabulous technical lesson provided by one of the industries best. This has also been an exercise in personal credibility. Desperation vs confidence. Compliance vs torque. What a discussion; one for the ages.

Rauli,

Ad hominem attacks do not win arguments, in fact once you do that you've lost the argument no matter the merits of your point.

At this point in the discussion the only way to win the argument is with data that proves your point. Conjecture, opinion and assertion won't cut it any longer. Make a design of experiment that will produce a data set that will prove one side or the other; it shouldn't be too difficult to do within a well equipped audio lab. I think the results would be interesting and probably really surprising to all involved.

Stating that someone is stupid, when he is clearly not, indicates the accuser has lost. Why don’t you just leave this forum until you’re able to behave as an adult.

Dear @fundsgon  :  So you agree that 47k is standard for LOMC since appeared as is in the MM/MI cartridges ?

How on earth did you infer that I agree that 47k is standard for anything? Certainly not in my previous post.
I will say that I heartily enjoy Ralph’s posts, and hope to audition his new solid state amp in the not too distant future. I can also say that I’ll be testing my mc cartridge at 47k Ohms when I finish watching Last Kingdom. Je-me

How does one safely send a square wave through a cartridge? Just curious as I have no intention of trying it.

So I have a Cadenza Black mounted on a VPI printed tone arm, on a VPI Classic 3 table. My previous phono pre was a Zesto Andros 1.2. With that one, when I dialed the resistance much past 400Ohms the sound became somewhat shrill and screechy. If I recall at 1000 Ohms and above it was unlistenable to my ears. Down below 100O the soundstage collapsed 

My current phono pre is a PS Audio stellar with which I can easily flip between 100 and 47k Ohms using the remote. There appears to be no significant difference between the two settings - maybe a bit more extension at the extremes, but difficult to tell during my short listening session. That extension I hear is probably expectation bias. 

The obvious difference between the Zestos and PS Audio as loading changes is clear as a bell.

Sure. How do I do a resonance test?