Benz Micro Ruby Z

Hi I just got the Z and while I only have 3 hours on it, it seems to make lots of noise for loading above 500 - 47K ohms. On my Pass XONO (DIY) all loadings from 10 - 470 are fine, I think it actually sounds great at 470, but I wanted to try 870, 1k and 47K, but when I change the loading to these values, I get lots of loud "rustling" noise as I cue to the tonearm over the record. Is that just strange? I noticed you load it at 1000 ohms and everything is fine. Wonder if my has a defect?

Thanks Audioquest4life!

I too am loving my Ruby Z. I had thoughts of the SLR Gullwing but stuck with the Ruby Z...the wood body alone is beautiful!

I'll let you know my impressions as I get more listening of it, but I found the rustling noise to be an issue with the grounding of the tonearm to the table/phono preamp. In my case, with the bent bearing on my VPI JMW arm, when the arm moved, the ground connection was not consistent and would drop in and out, that was the problem...but only with the Pass Xono and not the Tom Evans I borrowed.

Weird!

T