I've used this cartridge for a number of years.
My various phono stages have all been of the moving magnet kind, 47Kohms at input. I have adjusted loading by means of different step up transformers.
For a long time I used an sut that reflected a load of 470 ohms back to the shelter, while stepping up its output voltage by 10 times. (aka 1:10 turns ratio)
And I enjoyed the cartridge quite a lot at this loading.
I have also loaded this cartridge at 209 ohms by using a sut with a turns ratio of 1:15.
With regard to your options with the Black Cube I'd try it at both 100 ohms and then 470 ohms. Choose between those.
I haven't tried it, but it has been suggested to me by someone who has that a 1000 ohm setting works very good with the 501-II. For me that would require an SUT with a 1:5 turns ratio.
My phono stages that I have used with the Shelter have been tubed, except for a couple that I tried for brief periods and returned. I haven't tried the Black Cube.
Current stage is a Hagerman Trumpet which I find quite ageeable with the rest of my signal chain.
And, of course, your mileage might (and probably will) vary.
-Steve
-Steve
My various phono stages have all been of the moving magnet kind, 47Kohms at input. I have adjusted loading by means of different step up transformers.
For a long time I used an sut that reflected a load of 470 ohms back to the shelter, while stepping up its output voltage by 10 times. (aka 1:10 turns ratio)
And I enjoyed the cartridge quite a lot at this loading.
I have also loaded this cartridge at 209 ohms by using a sut with a turns ratio of 1:15.
With regard to your options with the Black Cube I'd try it at both 100 ohms and then 470 ohms. Choose between those.
I haven't tried it, but it has been suggested to me by someone who has that a 1000 ohm setting works very good with the 501-II. For me that would require an SUT with a 1:5 turns ratio.
My phono stages that I have used with the Shelter have been tubed, except for a couple that I tried for brief periods and returned. I haven't tried the Black Cube.
Current stage is a Hagerman Trumpet which I find quite ageeable with the rest of my signal chain.
And, of course, your mileage might (and probably will) vary.
-Steve
-Steve