My phono stage is a Rega Aria, not exactly top of the line, but at $1500, no slouch either. Ok, this is your phono stage 70 Ohm, 100 Ohm, 150 Ohm, 400 Ohm 63.5 db and 69.3 db There are dip switch settings for all Rega MC cartridge models, but what about your MC cartridges, they are all Rega ? |
None are Rega; They are Benz Micro Gold, AT 33ev, AT F2, and your favorite Denon103D. Haven't tried it yet. I usually use the vintage MMs, but recently wanted to play MCs against each other, which the Aria lets me do easily. MM's: At 12sa, at 440ml, shure v153 and M92e, Micro acoustcs 2002e,, Stanton 881s, and Empire 2000z, also Goldring 1042, and many more.l The Stanton and Empire come in as champions for overall performance.. |
''additional amplification stage...will add some noise" (mikelavigne). I use a SUT for carts with less than 0,2 mV output. However I will start not with ''theory'' but with practice. I own two phono- pres both with 4 amplification stages. Basis Exclusive and Klyne 7PX 3.5 . Both recommend the use of the lowest amplification stage in relationship to carts output. The ''theoretical'' assumption being ''the bigger amplification the bigger distortion''. I also own Denon AU-S1 SUT but use only with my Ortofon MC 2000 with 0.0 5 mV output. For outputs above 0.2 mV I don't need an SUT. |
