I did find some measurements of other SUT's on the Vinyl Engine's "Marriage of Step Ups and Cartridges" article. There were two listed with four settings and both topped out at 470 ohms . . . I would think that's likely my unit's highest ratio as well.
How to measure step up transformer ratios
I own a vintage Tango Step Up Transformer that has a selector switch with settings labeled 3, 10, 20 and 40 ohms. I've used it quite happily for years and have just relied on trials to match the settings with my cartridges. But I'm now thinking of buying a Soundsmith Paua, which evidently sounds best at 1K+ loading.
I would think my Tango's '40' setting might work . . . but before buying the cartridge it sure would be nice to know what the ratios of this mysterious but awesome SUT is ;-)
Is there an inexpensive tool I can buy to measure a step up's loading ratios? Thanks for any insight you can share.
PS -- I've often thought that I should have the Tango modified to bypass the selector switch . . . but it's beat all comers in it's present form, and they were mostly direct-wired single ratio designs.
I would think my Tango's '40' setting might work . . . but before buying the cartridge it sure would be nice to know what the ratios of this mysterious but awesome SUT is ;-)
Is there an inexpensive tool I can buy to measure a step up's loading ratios? Thanks for any insight you can share.
PS -- I've often thought that I should have the Tango modified to bypass the selector switch . . . but it's beat all comers in it's present form, and they were mostly direct-wired single ratio designs.