Is there a list of cartridge capacitance?

See the post by cartridge designer Jonathan Carr dated 8-14-10 in this thread for an explanation of the relevance of load capacitance to LOMC's.

Also see the discussion in this thread, particularly the comments by Atmasphere.

In general, with LOMC's the lower the load capacitance the better. Although whatever difference it may make will be dependent on the particular phono stage that is being used, and in some cases there may be no difference.

Regards,
-- Al

I've found that 100 ohms sounds better to my ears than the 400 ohms Clearaudio states.

Also ,30 /pf cap seems to work using the 55 gain setting.

I came upon a review of a review of another Clearaudio cart, the insider and for me this works.

I use Nordost 2 Frey as tonearm wire from my SME V arm and my IC from Steelhead to power amps is Heimdal series 1(why did they not include the WBT next gen on the Norse 2 series ?).

So cable cap may not be as big an issue for me using these cables,but it never hurts to try to get the max performance out of what we have.

Messing about with the cap seetings did change the sound when I was using the Grado Plat and the Rega Exact 2 on my P9 table.

It's been awhile since I was in the MC camp,my first times were with a Fidelity Research FR1mk3f and a Cotter P strapping transformer.I remember how important it was that the transformer be a correct match.

I flit back and forth between 400 ohms and 100 ohms and it seems to add or subtract depending on the LP.

Thanks for all the great advice and references,dialing in a cartridge isn't rocket science, but sometimes it's nice to know if what you settle for is within the accepted wisdom and not out in right field.

What matters is how it sounds after all the fiddling is over with.

Dear Almarg: Thank's to bring those links that I'm aware of.

A>s I posted, I made and have experiences changing capacitance with LOMC cartridges and I can't remember changes on quality level performance. I'm not saying that capacitance can't affect about but if you can't detect it all the theory could be only theory.
Of course that maybe my system has not enough resolution or my ears could be not good enough to distinguish that capacitance subject. Maybe you can do it but I don't know: could you share your experiernces about?, thank you in advance.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

06-05-12: Rauliruegas
Of course that maybe my system has not enough resolution or my ears could be not good enough to distinguish that capacitance subject. Maybe you can do it but I don't know: could you share your experiernces about?

Hi Raul,

Another possibility is that your phono stage is able to handle the ultrasonic resonant peak that Jonathan Carr and Atmasphere referred to, which is sensitive to capacitance, without any audible consequences.

My own experience to this point is just with high output MM and MI cartridges, and therefore is not relevant to the question. The intention of my previous comment was just to call attention to what a couple of distinguished designers had to say on the subject, which from a technical standpoint makes sense to me.

Best regards,
-- Al

Dear Almarg: Thank's again.

regards and enjoy the music,
R.