Dear Dave: I am not an electronic engineer but this question of critical damping of phono cartridge seems to be widely misunderstood. When I ask my cartridge builder (Allaerts) I have one answer and same question to my phono preamp. (Tron) designer I have a completely different answer. So with some help with Agon designers I try to understand, but finaly nothing. Damping is aparently more crucial with SS designs than tubes, and resisting valors more by tryal than preestablished. Transformers values have a complete different way of damp and again the given value by cartridge maker is not the same depending on the phonopreamp design ( SS, stepup, OTL, OPamp,...)
If you can put some info please feel free...
If you can put some info please feel free...