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| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @dover I use the word symmetrical deliberately rather than the word balanced. Ahhh... point taken. If the SUT were truly symmetrical as you state then one could reverse the polarity of the primary and net the exact same frequency response at... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @dogberry I expect we all know that volume influences how we perceive sound, and are aware of the warning that a constant desire to turn the volume up indicates there is something inadequate in the sound chain. That one is new to me and in fa... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? @mikelavigne ..but most of the best phono preamps are not true balanced designs, which is another issue. This is the key issue. As ralph points out just using an XLR means nothing and in order to take advantage of a balanced interface one mu... | |
| Does Everyone Use 2 Phono Cables with SUT There is actually one substantial difference between the cable that feeds the input of a SUT and the one that comes from the output of a SUT. The difference is the impedance level at which they operate which dictates the situational needs. Lets ... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this @dover This splinter of the OP's tree is in reference to the load a cartridge sees and in particular any variance from the cartridge manufacturers suggestions. Lewm was comparing active mc amplification vs SUT's. No.... Lew was wonderin... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this @dover I cannot fathom how you cant see the difference between increasing gain and reducing gain. again... not the topic at hand. The cartridge doesn't magically see a sut and say 20Ω is fine and scoff at that same 20Ω if it is a load resist... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this You are correct in your conclusion, but IMO asking the wrong question. I am the only one here asking the relevant question in this situation. This all goes back directly to the insistence that something was broken in your system if your cartrid... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this Ralph... we have been over this. I made a point above to never mention ground and simply referred to the cartridge as a two terminal device feeding a two terminal load. If the goal of that load is to maximize current draw then by necessity it ... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this @woofhaven1992 The reason a cartridge sounds different under a heavy load is because the low load impedance suppresses output voltage. so add more gain. I'm not trying to be cheeky here but this becomes a problem related to what happens dow... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this JCarr makes the exact point I am ultimately trying to get to when he says the below. Also, IV phono stages sound qualitatively different to voltage amplification phono stages., and part the reason is that undoubtedly the cartridge is forced to ... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this The maximum output of the cartridge will be with little or no load. 47K is the industry standard in this regard. the industry standard of 47kΩ was adopted from the MM cartridge world and applied to the MC realm because is first and foremost "do... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this @dover the last post in this thread from the OP is below: @dover The sheet that came with my cart says 20 ohms. AT has not been consistent with their specs on the OC9 series. More importantly, it sounds better around 20 ohms than at 100. Ple... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this apologies to all for veering off topic here.... @dover I have yet to se actual measured frequency sweeps from a MC cartridge that show the ""rolled off" top end you suggest above. Can you point me to some? The only reason I took the time to ... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this @dover Do you not think the cartridge designer and manufacturer knows what they are doing when they recommend a minimum of 100ohms ? If I had to guess that spec is set to assure near maximum output of the cartridge. Changing the loading valu... | |
| Added an SUT...not sure I understood this @dover The recommended loading for your cartridge is Min 100 ohms. Min means minimum and If it sounds better at 20 ohms, there must be something wrong with your system. since the OP has solved his issue I have to ask if 100Ω is minimum a... |