I had questioned this variation in specs and sent an e mail to Gold Note back in March. They clarified the misprint and told me that it's 220pf. That is still on the high side for a lot of MM carts. When you add in 5pf for the cable in the tone arm, 50 to 120 pf for the phono interconnect and the input of 220pf its very high.
My AT20ss likes to see 100 to 150 pf total. The capacitance makes a huge determination in performance. It would be nice if they either offered variable settings or fixed it at a low level so that one could make adjustments via the phono cables.
I am surprised that Gold Note has not changed the specs in their listing as they know it is not correct.
My AT20ss likes to see 100 to 150 pf total. The capacitance makes a huge determination in performance. It would be nice if they either offered variable settings or fixed it at a low level so that one could make adjustments via the phono cables.
I am surprised that Gold Note has not changed the specs in their listing as they know it is not correct.