Well, relative to the output of many MM cartridges 2.5mV is not high. Some MM carts will double that voltage, thus providing 6dB more gain.
What capacitance settings are available? I believe the Blue Point requires a low setting for this.
Need advice: Hegel V10 phono stage and Sumiko Blue No.2
Hello, first post here, love the community.
I need a little help.
Finally purchased an actual pre-amp for my turntable, and running into a snag. I have a Pro-Ject 2 Experience Classic turntable with a Sumiko Blue Point No.2 cartridge. This is a MC cartridge, but as I understand it, it's a "high output" cartridge and should be treated like a MM.
I connected it to my Hegel V10 phono stage via the MM input but left the default DIP switch settings (for MM). Sounds great, but not as much gain as I would have expected.
Does anyone have experience with this particular issue? Should I change the DIP switch settings for the V10 to match more of a MC cartridge (i.e., change the impedance , capacitance, or increase gain, etc)?
My local HiFi store guy didn't know. Any help would be immensely appreciated. Thank you!
Peder
Setup:
Hegel H190 amp
Hegel V10 phono stage
Pro-Ject 2 Experience Classic, Blue Point No.2 cartridge
Red River balanced XLR cables (b/w V10 and H190)
Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand speakers
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@yogiboy Gave you the information that you are looking for, all you need to do is change the gain to a higher setting and 47K load. With a moving coil capacitance is a non factor! In the case of moving-coil cartridges, their coil inductance is so much lower than their moving-magnet counterparts that capacitance will have little effect on the frequency response unless grossly excessive capacitance is added - the circuit would be not so prone to resonance because of the low inductance of the cartridge. |
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