Making phono resistance plugs

@oldhvmec,

The post from @imhififan made the things crystal clear...LOL!!!

@oldhvmec,

Thanks for sharing the article. Pretty basic...as a newbie to analog, I am struggling a bit to find that ‘perfect’ load setting for my cart. The recommended load setting for my Hana Umami Red is >60 ohms.
Fortunately my phono allows me to adjust gain and load on the fly (EAT E-Glo S). My phono load settings are,

10R, 30R, 50R, 90R, 100R, 1K, 47K.

I keep toggling between 90R, 100R, 1K settings depending on the recording. Some recordings sounds superb and some harsh and lifeless. Adjusting load settings somewhat alleviate the harshness but still feel not getting the best optimal sound my gear is capable of.

My TT is SME 15 with 309 tonearm.

What else I can do to achieve some consistency in load settings? Or is that simply not possible with my current phonostage? I have thought about going the custom SUT route to optimize the sound....

Your thoughts?

@lewm,

Appreciate your feedback. I will definitely give it a shot later this afternoon. The E-Glo phono uses toggle switch to adjust load and gain (I deliberately pick this phono for easier operation rather than crawling back or messing with dip switches).

What you say is makes sense...I need to be bit more patient with the process. I knew going into Analog there is going to be a steep learning curve until you achieve that blissful analog sound :-)