Hey Jloveys,
For your situation, I would probably trust Jan on this one since he has far more experience with the loading of his cartridge than anybody else. I have no idea why a SS, tube or OTL amp would load a cartridge differently. The SUT does have some additional parasitics, but the load should simply be the load.
The situation I was asking about was a basic test methodology to see the frequency response of a cartridge. It was mentioned in another thread that it was simple to "ring a cartridge" and apply proper damping. From a technical perspective I want to know how this is done so some data can be collected and compared WRT the theory, measurements and the empirical.
I have yet to see a test record with frequency sweeps that go higher than 20Khz or one that contains a square wave so I was simply wondering what the trick was to see the ringing of an underdamped cartridge. It was pointed out to me by Peter of Soundsmith that nothing says your record and playback speeds need to be the same so this is one possibility but I was wondering if there were an "accepted" industry practice.
dave
For your situation, I would probably trust Jan on this one since he has far more experience with the loading of his cartridge than anybody else. I have no idea why a SS, tube or OTL amp would load a cartridge differently. The SUT does have some additional parasitics, but the load should simply be the load.
The situation I was asking about was a basic test methodology to see the frequency response of a cartridge. It was mentioned in another thread that it was simple to "ring a cartridge" and apply proper damping. From a technical perspective I want to know how this is done so some data can be collected and compared WRT the theory, measurements and the empirical.
I have yet to see a test record with frequency sweeps that go higher than 20Khz or one that contains a square wave so I was simply wondering what the trick was to see the ringing of an underdamped cartridge. It was pointed out to me by Peter of Soundsmith that nothing says your record and playback speeds need to be the same so this is one possibility but I was wondering if there were an "accepted" industry practice.
dave