Set it for 47k ohms, that should do the trick.
Please Help How to load my Grado?I am lost.
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I am lost in settings.My Grado Reference MM cartridge manual says this:input load 47,000 OHMS,inductance 45 Mh,Resistance 475 OHMS,Not sensitive to captive loads.
My pentagon phono stage has 8 dip switches per channel.
These are settings for MM Systems (one channel example):
switches 1,2 and 3 (impendance for MC systems) should be OFF.Switches 4 and 5 are amplification and i set them for highest one possible (switch 4-ON and switch 5-ON)
Switches 6,7 and 8 are capacitance level for MM (47 Pf,150 Pf AND 330 Pf).I set these switches for 47 pF (ON,OFF,OFF).
The problem is that the volume on the preamp has to be 40 as opposed to 30 when i was using low output Shelter 501 MC,loaded into 47kOhms.Should i load MM like i did with Shelter MC?
What am i doing wrong?The review said to load it into 47kOhms but on my phono stage 47 kOhms are for MC cartridge so i loaded it into 47 pF (whatever it means)
Any help would be appreciated.I bought Grado MM thinking it will pump up my system with it's 4,8mV output but ended up with even lower volume then when i had Shelter MC cartridge.
Currrent volume levels on my preamp:CD-20,Shelter MC was 30,with Grado i have to turn it up to 40-45.
I am lost in settings.My Grado Reference MM cartridge manual says this:input load 47,000 OHMS,inductance 45 Mh,Resistance 475 OHMS,Not sensitive to captive loads.
My pentagon phono stage has 8 dip switches per channel.
These are settings for MM Systems (one channel example):
switches 1,2 and 3 (impendance for MC systems) should be OFF.Switches 4 and 5 are amplification and i set them for highest one possible (switch 4-ON and switch 5-ON)
Switches 6,7 and 8 are capacitance level for MM (47 Pf,150 Pf AND 330 Pf).I set these switches for 47 pF (ON,OFF,OFF).
The problem is that the volume on the preamp has to be 40 as opposed to 30 when i was using low output Shelter 501 MC,loaded into 47kOhms.Should i load MM like i did with Shelter MC?
What am i doing wrong?The review said to load it into 47kOhms but on my phono stage 47 kOhms are for MC cartridge so i loaded it into 47 pF (whatever it means)
Any help would be appreciated.I bought Grado MM thinking it will pump up my system with it's 4,8mV output but ended up with even lower volume then when i had Shelter MC cartridge.
Currrent volume levels on my preamp:CD-20,Shelter MC was 30,with Grado i have to turn it up to 40-45.
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