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Koetsu owners cartridge set up ?

Hai, my first ever thread started on audiogon, champagne!!!

(joking) I m just curious how other koetsu users set up theirs .
Having owned it now for 3 months .
First having tried the 100 ohm setting on the nagra ,as the advice seems to be 30 ohms (not possible on the plp)but as there is no koetsu factory site im only guessing.
I now notice much improvement however as i set it to 1 kohm , more dynamics /precision /speed ,this was the same for the condor to which i listened a couple of years ,this was the advised setting for the condor though ,so no problem there, but as i got lower with condor i had the same problem.
Further i set the tracking weight to around 2 grams which seems to be average although i read 1.90 grams also a lot.
My arm is not level but raised a bit at the back.
andromedaaudio

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andromedaaudio OP
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Yeah i ve turned the weight down a little , 1.91 grams at the moment .
I dont know why people call it overly warm or slow i would call it realistic at least in my set up which is not very "bloomy" in the first place ,dynamics are also fine in my view.
andromedaaudio OP
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I have an Urushi Wajima, if a cartridge doesnt have extended highs you would have to see considerable loss of output higher up the frequency range, i reckon all the koetsus will stay within plus minus 0,5 dB over the range 2o hz 2o khz or maybe even smaller , i have not seen any measurements anywhere .
andromedaaudio OP
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The measurements on almost live tell nothing of the output at a certain frequency, what i sometimes read about listening experiences of koetsus and the cheaper models in particular is that they have a roll off at the frequency extrememes.
There are a lot of speakers on the market which have that as well , so if one has the frequency response of a certain cartridge one can rule the cartridge out as a factor.
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