"Once you get to know your digital rig I think it’s the quickest, most dependable means of assessing the overall tonality of your analog rig. "
Terrific advice Thom!
"Personally, loading any Lyra down to 65ohms is killing it. It ius supposed to be loaded much higher."
Agree totally downunder.
However, it’s not just the cartridge that determines loading, but the phonostage too! Didn’t like my Lyra Etna loaded any less (numerically) than about 300 ohms or so on my modded Pass Xono. Started to become too thin sounding. On my ARC REF10 phono preamp, 1K is almost perfect. 47K (no loading) is still very listenable.
Terrific advice Thom!
"Personally, loading any Lyra down to 65ohms is killing it. It ius supposed to be loaded much higher."
Agree totally downunder.
However, it’s not just the cartridge that determines loading, but the phonostage too! Didn’t like my Lyra Etna loaded any less (numerically) than about 300 ohms or so on my modded Pass Xono. Started to become too thin sounding. On my ARC REF10 phono preamp, 1K is almost perfect. 47K (no loading) is still very listenable.