Sirspeedy,
Welcome back. What tonearm are you using now (or will be using) with your Orpheus?
Andrew
Welcome back. What tonearm are you using now (or will be using) with your Orpheus?
Andrew
Transfiguration Orpheus, what step-up
Hello everyone !
I have previously owned a Transfiguration Phoenix, that I have now traded in for a Transfiguration Orpheus, and I am almost embarrassed to say that I think that the Orpheus perfomred better than the Orpheus in my setup. While changing the PU, I also changed from Scoutmaster to Super Scoutmaster with SDS. The sound is definately more airy but I think that the P´hoenix was more dynamic and was mmore alive, and this makes me think that maybe the step-up I have is not the right one for this PU, I have the SoundTraditionLive! MC-10 MC Step-Up Unit with Switches for Low and High Cartridge Impedance . Mounting Hashimoto HM3 MC Step-up Transformers that accommodate MC cartridges whose internal impedance is between 2 and 7 Ohms.
The Orpheus has an internal impedance of 2,5 Ohms.
Any suggestions to an explanation to my findings. It could of course just be the design, but I would really welcome any suggestions.
Kind regards
Jesper
I have previously owned a Transfiguration Phoenix, that I have now traded in for a Transfiguration Orpheus, and I am almost embarrassed to say that I think that the Orpheus perfomred better than the Orpheus in my setup. While changing the PU, I also changed from Scoutmaster to Super Scoutmaster with SDS. The sound is definately more airy but I think that the P´hoenix was more dynamic and was mmore alive, and this makes me think that maybe the step-up I have is not the right one for this PU, I have the SoundTraditionLive! MC-10 MC Step-Up Unit with Switches for Low and High Cartridge Impedance . Mounting Hashimoto HM3 MC Step-up Transformers that accommodate MC cartridges whose internal impedance is between 2 and 7 Ohms.
The Orpheus has an internal impedance of 2,5 Ohms.
Any suggestions to an explanation to my findings. It could of course just be the design, but I would really welcome any suggestions.
Kind regards
Jesper