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

Showing 2 responses by samhar

When I used a Urushi Black with the XOno the settings were 475ohms, VTF 1.922 and the tail was lifted slightly. I also used it with a Joule OPS-1 @ 47kohms with a VTF 1.922 was the last setting, tried 1.863 - 1.960. I switched carts before the 1kohm resistors for the OPS-1 came, I think it would have sounded better at that loading.
Fjn04
I did have the Rosewood listed as a Sig because of the shape of the body, it came with my TT and I wasn't sure which it was so re-listed it as a Rosewood not a Rosewood Sig. Also the difference between the Urushi Black and the Rosewood was great enough I couldn't imagine it was a Sig!!! The Urushi needs a rebuild, the stylus isn't straight so I tried another brand cart, it wasn't that I didn't like/love the Urushi I just wanted to expand my experiences!!!