Hi matem
Thank you for your great feedback.
The GCPH is very flexible phono in the market and sufficient for Zu103. I bought the SUT because I have read a lot of articles (Stereophile) mentioned the superior sounds achived by using SUT togeher with Denon 103 based cartidges.
I did set up the GCPH (no SUT) with loading 47K and lowest gain 42db. I intend to compare between the set up with and without SUT to findout what will be the best for the ZU103. Most of my gears, cart, TT and phono are still in break in period, so it may need another 50 hours at least.
It seemed that the most confused part left for me is the way to opimize the loading by adding or replacing resistor. Does it mean the resistor in the GCPH will need to be replaced ? How did you reach the resistor with a value of 15300 ohms. I still could not find the chart you mentioned in Kevin article, but will explore more.
Also I was told that generally SUT is better matching with Tube Phono, and Head amp is far better with Solid state. Any ideas ?
Thank you very much for helping to improve my understanding.
regards
Victor
"To achieve optimum loading, you would need to add a parallel resistor in one of the values shown in the chart in Kevin's article. For a resistive load of 150 ohms, use a parallel resistor with a value of 15300 ohms. You can buy them at Radio Shack; they're inexpensive."
Thank you for your great feedback.
The GCPH is very flexible phono in the market and sufficient for Zu103. I bought the SUT because I have read a lot of articles (Stereophile) mentioned the superior sounds achived by using SUT togeher with Denon 103 based cartidges.
I did set up the GCPH (no SUT) with loading 47K and lowest gain 42db. I intend to compare between the set up with and without SUT to findout what will be the best for the ZU103. Most of my gears, cart, TT and phono are still in break in period, so it may need another 50 hours at least.
It seemed that the most confused part left for me is the way to opimize the loading by adding or replacing resistor. Does it mean the resistor in the GCPH will need to be replaced ? How did you reach the resistor with a value of 15300 ohms. I still could not find the chart you mentioned in Kevin article, but will explore more.
Also I was told that generally SUT is better matching with Tube Phono, and Head amp is far better with Solid state. Any ideas ?
Thank you very much for helping to improve my understanding.
regards
Victor
"To achieve optimum loading, you would need to add a parallel resistor in one of the values shown in the chart in Kevin's article. For a resistive load of 150 ohms, use a parallel resistor with a value of 15300 ohms. You can buy them at Radio Shack; they're inexpensive."