Madrigal cartridge loading?


I have an old Madrigal cartridge and I'm trying to learn the correct output voltage/cartridge loading for it.

Does anyone know the answer?

The second part of my question is- if my pre-preamp, a Tom Evans Micro Groove, is set for a 20-30 ohm loading and my Madrigal’s loading is different from that, will I be sacrificing audio quality when I run the Madrigal through the Micro Groove at the wrong loading?

Can you help me?

Thanks,
shaq

Showing 1 response by eguth

In case this response is not too late, I had a Madrigal Carnegie a number of years back, until it broke down and could not be repaired. It sounded wonderful. I do not know whether it was the Carnegie 1 or Carnegie 2.

I loaded it with the 3 ohm setting on my MC transformer, into a 47K preamp MM.

I am told that the actual load on the cartridge may have been about 400 ohms.

Regards.

Eguth