i spoke to the distributor (tricell in canada) about my benz ebony H and my H20 and they recommended 800 ohms for both. on my rhea, for the H20, i find that to be too dark, i float between 1000 and 5000. my ebony has a fixed 47k resistor in my foundation research V5 phono stage and it sounds fine. so i believe phono cartridges do react differently with phono stages. it's a trial and error thing, like most other aspects of this hobby.
Proper loading for Benz Ruby 2
Hi,
I have a Pass Labs XONO, SOTA cosmos, Graham 2.2 and the Ruby2.
What is the optimum loading for this cartridge?
I plan to do a very extended listening trial after Thanksgiving but Im looking for tips.
I started with 47k ohms as I read on the web that 22k was optimum. I was pretty impressed with the music from this new rig. Seems to blow away any expectation I had. Resolution and musicality to die for!
After a week, I changed the loading to 1k ohms and listened to a few lps but could not make an extended comparison.
Any others ideas would be appreciated as when I talked to a few people at the usual lp places; they thought I was crazy to use 47k ohms.
Thanks,
Tom
I have a Pass Labs XONO, SOTA cosmos, Graham 2.2 and the Ruby2.
What is the optimum loading for this cartridge?
I plan to do a very extended listening trial after Thanksgiving but Im looking for tips.
I started with 47k ohms as I read on the web that 22k was optimum. I was pretty impressed with the music from this new rig. Seems to blow away any expectation I had. Resolution and musicality to die for!
After a week, I changed the loading to 1k ohms and listened to a few lps but could not make an extended comparison.
Any others ideas would be appreciated as when I talked to a few people at the usual lp places; they thought I was crazy to use 47k ohms.
Thanks,
Tom