Feickert blackbird, kuzma 4 point which cartridge

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i did not express myself. i found a top performer cartridge with a good price. i am not buying because it is cheaper. Also i do not believe the things, some components performs ten times of it price. You get what you paid. i am totaly thinking like you. But if i found a good deal in my target cartridges, tonearms etc. Never miss.

I am waiting for my Lyra Titan i.....

The Titan is a fine choice. For setup, I found it to be relatively insensitive to changes in loading, but, it is somewhat sensitive to changes in VTA/SRA. I found that small changes are audible (more than is the case with my Orpheus anyway). It is also pretty easy to mate with most MC phonostages because of its decent output.

Larryi what do you prefer for loading ohm also how many hours it takes burn in for a stable performance ?

I've used the Titan with two different phonostages, one solid state (the phonostage built into a Levinson No. 36 linestage) and a Viva Fono tube phonostage (the loading is on the primary side). With the Levinson, I actually ran the Titan wide open without much loading (47k ohms). But, the performance was not that radically different when I used 150 ohms and the steps between 150 and 47k offered by the Levinson. The Viva Fono came with a fixed 460 ohm load right at the input jack of the phonostage (primary side of the built in step up transformer). I tried unsoldering the resistor and using resistors with other values (I made plug in replacements using radioshack phono jacks) and again found that loading was not that critical and that the 460 ohm resistor worked reasonably well.

According to Jonathan Carr, the designer of the Titan cartridge, modern cartridges do not really need much loading to tame any kind of peak in the audible frequency range. However, some phonostages need loading in order to prevent ultrasonic peaks and RFI from causing problems. So, to him, loading requirements are specific to the particular design of the phonostage.

I have generally found that loading values of somewhere around 150 ohms to be almost universally acceptable for most cartridges. If the sound at such value is a bit too thin or sibilant and bright, then more loading should be tried (i.e., a LOWER value resistor, such as 50 ohms). If you do need a lot of loading to get the right balance, the good news is that the Titan has a reasonably healthy output so that high loading will probably not result in output that is less than ideal.

Also, keep in mind that changing loading affects tonal balance in somewhat the same way that changing VTA also affects tonal balance. So, while experimenting with loading, one should also try to optimize VTA at each loading option being tested because it will be some combination of the two that will work best (yes, this can be maddening).

I cannot recall how long it took for the Titan to burn in. I generally find that most cartridges are substantially stable at somewhere around 50 hours of play. If there is any change after that, it would be quite slow and hard to detect. The big swings will happen quite early (in the first 10 hours) and can be quite frustrating because the sound will go back and forth between good and problematic. I would not do much serious fiddling with setup and loading until something like 60 or more hours have passed.