Rick,
Have you tried to load the input of your ARC PH3se down to 500ohm? It may give you the same body and warm as the Rhea.
Have you tried to load the input of your ARC PH3se down to 500ohm? It may give you the same body and warm as the Rhea.
Is impedence so important for a pick/phono combo?
There are many opinion on this issue and I'd like to have them calrified.
There are sveveral MC cartridges that suggest a load impedence higher than the usual Pre-phono value.
For example the Colibrì XGW suggests a value of 500 Ohm against values fo 200 Ohm (ARC REF) 40 Ohm (Lamm LP2) and so on.
Steelhead and IO seem to handle this value.
Now, is the optimal load value so important in the process of choosing the Cartridge/pre-phono combo?
Thanks.
There are sveveral MC cartridges that suggest a load impedence higher than the usual Pre-phono value.
For example the Colibrì XGW suggests a value of 500 Ohm against values fo 200 Ohm (ARC REF) 40 Ohm (Lamm LP2) and so on.
Steelhead and IO seem to handle this value.
Now, is the optimal load value so important in the process of choosing the Cartridge/pre-phono combo?
Thanks.