How is my loading affecting my sound?


I bought a Tom Evans The Groove recently with high gain and 562 the gain is .2mv. I am using a Dynavector XV-1S set for 2.47g on a EMT 948 table. It is a .3mv cartridge which the recommendation is for greater than 30ohms loading.

What difference should the loading make? How does too high differ from too low or just right? Since I own a phonostage that has hardwired loading, how will I know what to have it set to?

How does loading change cartridge setup?
lakefrontroad

Showing 3 responses by onhwy61

Here's some theory from Bent Audio. In short, too high a value will bring up the top end, too low a value will do the reverse.
The last few paragraphs on the Bent page regarding the effects are generic and apply to both active and transformer stages.