Viridian, I don’t doubt what you say as regards liking a 1:18 SUT more than a 1:10 SUT, but there are many other possible reasons for the sonic differences besides the fact that the respective turns ratios result in a difference in cartridge loading. For one thing, when you use a higher turns ratio, that affects the capacitance (due to the cable between the SUT and the phono stage plus the input C of the phono stage) seen by the cartridge by a factor equal to the square of the turns ratio, so maybe somehow the big increase in capacitance with the 1:18 SUT works in your favor in your system. Or maybe it is only that your 1:18 SUT is superior in other ways to your 1:10 SUT. In fact, the difference in the load on the cartridge between the two would be way down my list of explanations, but maybe you have data not mentioned.
What SUT for Ortofon Cadenza Black and Simaudio 891 Preamp
The Cadenza Black has an output of 0.33mV and an internal impedance of 5 Ohms. I want to use one of the lowest gain settings of the preamp, which are 40, 54, 60, 66dB.
What SUT would be suitable for this combination? Budget to be determined.
Thanks
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