Benz Ruby 3s impedance loading


According to Scheafer from ASR (Basis Excl.) 10x the imp.
of the cart. According to some others 20x the impedance,
according to some 'other others':'use your ears'. On my
Basis 'gold 2009' I can use only 480 Ohm or 1000 Ohm .But I
am not satisfied with either. I.e. the Benz LP is regarded as an 'top cart' but the only difference between them is the wood. Btw I prefer the Phase Tech P-3G,an much cheaper
cart.Some 'light'or 'enlightenment will be much appreciated.
Regards,
nandric

Showing 1 response by elinor

Dear Nandric,

I owned a Ruby 2 for many years. My Hovland HP-100 is fixed at 530 ohms loading. I always found it to perform very well at this load setting. Raul Iruegas visited me about a year ago and brought his excellent preamp for an audition which has many impedence loads available. We played my Ruby 2 at 100 ohms and it sounded quite good. We did not have much time to experiment at this setting, but it seemed to have more body than at the 530 ohms on my Hovland. You should experiment and use your ear.