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Einstein TTC phono - Making Loading Plugs Help

My Turntable's Choice Unbalanced phono comes with 40, 85, 150 and 300 ohm loading RCA plugs. I need to make a "100ohm" loading plug. Measuring the true resistance of the plugs yields:

40 - 40ohm
85 - Not measured
150 ~ 220ohm
300 ~ 820ohm

So obviously I cannot use a 100hm resistor in this case. Any gurus can advise what resistor value I should use for an actual 100ohm loading for my Lyra Helikon SL cart?

Many thanks in advance!
shsohis

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intactaudio
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To me your results suggest an unloaded input impedance of 470 ohms (By chance does it use a 1:10 SUT?)

In any case the numbers work out close enough and you just need ot find the resistor to use in parallel with 470 ohms to get your desired load. To get 100 ohms you need a 127 ohm loading plug.

dave

Measured R__Actual Load=(R*470)/R+470)
40__________37
85__________72
220_________150
820_________299
127_________100
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