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Audio Research PH3 SE - Shelter 501 II compatibili

Is anyone using a Shelter 501 II with an Audio Research Corp. PH3 SE and if so did you have to change the load on the PH3 SE by soldering the 100-ohm resisters provided by ARC to the unit. The owner’s manual states that the PH3 SE is set at 47 ohms. Do I need to change that to get the best out of the Shelter 501 II?
razuli
peter_s
1,312 posts
 
I thought that the PH3 was a moving magnet or high output moving coil phono preamp. If I am right about that, I don't think it has enough gain to run the Shelter. The Shelter has an output level of 0.5mv, and probably needs around 60db of gain to feed into a linestage preamp.
nameci
53 posts
 
I'm using PH3SE with Shelter 901. I am using 500 ohm load after trying different loads. 100 ohm was way over damped in my system.
razuli OP
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Thanks for the response guys, Nameci, how did you load the PH3SE to 500 ohm? ARC provided 30,60,100,200,800 ohm resistors, do I purchase 500 ohm from ARC? Also, what was the sonic differance between the 100 and 500 ohm?
tonnesen
137 posts
 
I tried the PH3 with the Shelter 501 II, and felt that it did not have enough gain. Reading the specs it seemed like it might just marginally have enough gain, but it wasn't quite there in my system. I had a big improvement when I sold my PH3/LS8 Mk2 and bought a preamp designed for a MC cartridge.
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