If you are looking for consensus, I agree with Photon46.
I think the Rothwells are an elegant solution for the money involved and that most folks with ordinary 'high fi' systems and are mere mortals here will will not detect their presence. If you have a highly resolved, synergistic system, properly set up, and you have a well trained ear, you could probably 'hear' them and anything else in the chain as well, but I think for most folks not so involved, these easy to use, cheap and reversable solution can't be beat.
BTW, be careful with the thought about changing the cartridge to a low output MC. You would in all likelyhood be posting thereafter about the low level hiss coming from your phono stage - and need to find the lowest low noise tubes to make it quiet again.
And, if we are wrong, you've only spent $70. There are other ways including the lowering of the phono stage gain or the pre-amp output gain, or even going to a medium output cartridge but the possibilities of Rothwell solving your problem without surgery is quite high.
I think the Rothwells are an elegant solution for the money involved and that most folks with ordinary 'high fi' systems and are mere mortals here will will not detect their presence. If you have a highly resolved, synergistic system, properly set up, and you have a well trained ear, you could probably 'hear' them and anything else in the chain as well, but I think for most folks not so involved, these easy to use, cheap and reversable solution can't be beat.
BTW, be careful with the thought about changing the cartridge to a low output MC. You would in all likelyhood be posting thereafter about the low level hiss coming from your phono stage - and need to find the lowest low noise tubes to make it quiet again.
And, if we are wrong, you've only spent $70. There are other ways including the lowering of the phono stage gain or the pre-amp output gain, or even going to a medium output cartridge but the possibilities of Rothwell solving your problem without surgery is quite high.